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July 10th, 2018

Huge Manitoba Conserved Boreal Forest Achieves World Heritage Site Status

CPAWS congratulates First Nations and the provincial government for their tremendous efforts in achieving a United Nations World Heritage Site on the east side of Lake Winnipeg. We also want to thank the thousands of Manitobans who expressed their support for the initiative, which includes large-scale conservation of our boreal
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December 1st, 2014

Pimachiowin Aki setting the stage for critical change to World Heritage Site selection process

Shortcomings of the current UNESCO designation process to adequately assess sites nominated on the combined basis of cultural and natural heritage value was a topic of discussion at both the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee and at the 2014 World Parks Congress. Catalysed by the Pimachiowin Aki World
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September 12th, 2012

To build or not to build?

The public debate has largely centered on the question of where do we erect a Bipole III major hydro transmission line – on the east or west side of the province? Now we are asking the most important questions, the ones we should have discussed first. To build or not
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June 11th, 2012

PROVINCE CONGRATULATES SOPHIA RABLIAUSKAS FOR WINNING PRESTIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD

Premier Greg Selinger congratulated Sophia Rabliauskas of Poplar River First Nation today for receiving the prestigious Ongoing Commitment Award from Earth Day Canada. – Manitoba Government News Release
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September 29th, 2011

Protecting the Bloodvein River

Bald eagles soar over Manitoba’s Bloodvein River and a forest of lichen-draped Jack pines and mattress-thick moss. Piloted by grinning guides who shout at one another in Ojibwa, our boats splash through a series of churning rapids en route to an ancient rock painting on a granite cliff.
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September 29th, 2011

Scientists weigh in on Bipole, boreal forest

More than 75 scientists from around the world are urging Manitoba to protect one of the Earth’s largest intact boreal forests.
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September 21st, 2011

David Suzuki: Protecting the boreal wilderness known as Pimachiowin Aki

According to a study published several years ago in the journal Science, few places on our planet have been untouched by modern humans. Satellite images taken from thousands of kilometres above the Earth reveal a world that has been irrevocably changed by human land use over the past few decades.
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September 20th, 2011

Keeping BiPole 3 Away from East Side of Lake Winnipeg is a Good Deal

For Immediate Release September 20, 2011 – If the government of Manitoba reversed its decision to disallow constructing BiPole III down the east side of Lake Winnipeg, the claimed savings in construction and line costs would likely be eaten up very quickly. Community benefits agreements, costing the government of Manitoba
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September 19th, 2011

Bipole 3 Debate

Drawing the Line: Social and Ethical Considerations in the Bipole III Debate Public Forum: Thursday, Sept 22, 1:00 – 2:30 Speakers will include: Lynne Fernandez (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives), John Ryan (University of Winnipeg) All are welcome
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August 24th, 2011

The Majesty of Manitoba Preserved

The remote reserve of the Poplar River nation occupies a tiny cranny of the vast boreal forest that circles the Northern hemisphere like a verdant tonsure, stretching across Canada, Scandinavia, and Russia’s upper reaches. During summer, people and supplies access this small eastern Manitoba community by air or river barge.
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June 28th, 2011

PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS BEGIN ON BLOODVEIN LAND-MANAGEMENT PLAN

Manitoba Conservation advises the Bloodvein River First Nation’s proposed Pimitotah Management Plan for its 3,482 square kilometre traditional land-use area is going to the public consultation stage. In December 2009, Bloodvein River’s renewed interest in the Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage Project was announced.  The project is a partnership of the
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June 7th, 2011

Transmission corridor or World Heritage site?

BLOODVEIN RIVER, MANITOBA—Rob Whaley and his friends just discovered something about one of Canada’s most pristine wilderness areas: just when you get away from it all, you can’t, because a provincial premier and 38 other people might drop in. That’s what Whaley, a Huntsville, Ont., family doctor, found out as
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