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Members of the Fisher River Cree Nation and an environmental protection group have renewed pleas for the province to keep its promise to declare Fisher Bay Park Reserve a provincial Park. Chief David Crate and representatives from the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society met at the legislature last Tuesday to

Fisher River Cree Nation has put a lot of work into making the Fisher Bay Provincial Park a reality, and a lot of time; indeed a heinous amount of time. Lack of support is not the problem—the abundant show of hands in favour attests to that. The Fisher Bay area

WINNIPEG, March 10. The Fisher River Cree Nation and a leading environmental organization are taking their campaign for a wilderness park to the Manitoba legislature. The groups will appeal directly to elected legislators and the NDP government to finish the job they started and create a new provincial park. They

A northern community’s efforts to convince the Doer government to create a provincial park in its area is moving to Winnipeg today. The Fisher River Cree Nation is holding a news conference at 11:30 a.m. in room 334 of the Legislative Building. Fisher River chief David Crate said the province

Winnipeg -Manitoba Liberal Leader Dr. Jon Gerrard today met with Chief David Crate of the Fisher River Cree Nation (FRCN) and endorsed their proposal for the Fisher Bay Provincial Park. Gerrard called on the government to respect the wishes of the First Nation and create a provincial park according to

A proposal to create a 160,000 hectare (ha) protected area west at Fisher Bay on Lake Winnipeg was ignored by Manitoba Conservation, proponents of the Fisher Bay Park Reserve claim. Instead, the province is presenting a plan for an 89,000-ha reserve west of Fisher Bay, including about 60,000 ha of

Fisher River Cree Nation, a community working with CPAWS to establish a Fisher Bay provincial park around the south basin of Lake Winnipeg, won a tourism award today for the Leigh Cochrane Memorial Visitors Centre. The Visitors Centre is proposed to serve as the hub for the candidate park. At

Manitoba citizens – over 18,000 letters of support sent to the Manitoba government Bill Blaikie – Manitoba NDP Conservation Minister Jon Gerrard – Liberal leader, Manitoba Legislature James Bezan – Conservative Member of Parliament, Selkirk-Interlake (location of Fisher Bay) James Beddome – Manitoba Green Party Leader Ron Evans – Grand