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January 4th, 2022

Manitoba Must Preserve Its Ocean Ecosystem: Op-Ed

Manitoba must embrace its identity as an ocean province and take steps to protect and conserve our threatened marine habitat.
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September 15th, 2021

Why We Must Protect Beluga Whales: Quotes from Kids

Here are the summer 2021 winners of the CPAWS Manitoba colouring contest and quotes about the importance of protecting beluga whales.
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July 21st, 2021

Enter the #ProtectHudsonBay Colouring Contest

Spread the word of the importance of protecting beluga whales and Hudson Bay through the CPAWS Manitoba colouring contest.
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March 30th, 2021

Announcing the #ProtectHudsonBay Colouring Contest Winners

Here are the winners of the CPAWS Manitoba colouring contest and quotes from participants about the importance of protecting beluga whales.
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March 8th, 2021

Enter the #ProtectHudsonBay Colouring Contest

Spread the word of the importance of protecting beluga whales and Hudson Bay through the CPAWS Manitoba colouring contest.
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March 2nd, 2021

Protecting ‘World Treasures’: Making Western Hudson Bay a Marine Conservation Area

The Western Hudson Bay is home to some of the largest concentrations of beluga whales and polar bears in the world. And it needs protection.
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June 10th, 2019

Northern species in danger

The situation in western Hudson Bay is a prime example of why Canada needs to triple ocean habitat protection. Manitoba has lost a third of its polar bear population in the past two decades and beluga whales in western Hudson Bay have been on Canada’s species-at-risk list since 2004.
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May 7th, 2018

Protect Hudson Bay for the future (letter to the Editor)

With the largest concentration of beluga whales and polar bears on the planet, western Hudson Bay presents a spectacular opportunity to protect these animals and a vast richness of wildlife while building our economy and maintaining a treasured way of life.
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September 9th, 2016

Know the North guest blog #6 – Lessons in Positivity

Our trip this summer was a steep learning curve for me on multiple fronts. (I mean, sure I had paddled before… but 46 straight days of paddling really gave me an opportunity to perfect skills that I may have previously considered to be more than adequate…) To my surprise, the
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August 31st, 2016

Know the North guest blog #5 – A Land of Stories

If you have ever paddled on a seldom-traveled river, you likely know the joy of seeing a rock that has been marked with canoe paint. Rocks donning red, green, and yellow streaks can be found in shallow creeks, at campsite landings, and in eddies along the river. To me, these
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January 28th, 2016

Know the North guest blog #2 – Lessons In Fear

I agonized over whether or not to join the expedition for weeks.
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January 20th, 2016

Know the North guest blog #1 – We’re Headed North

Our trip will take us 1,400 kilometres through Canada’s north. Though we travel as eight, we hope to share our trip as widely as possible.
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