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VANCOUVER (CP) – The company that owns lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret says it will not buy wood pulp for its well-known catalogue from some areas of Western Canada. The move is in response to an environmental campaign aimed at the catalogue industry in general and at Limited Brands, which owns

There’s been no net gain in Manitoba’s protected natural lands and waters since 1999, when the present government came into office. That’s why it came as no surprise when the Manitoba government received a poor protected areas grade for 2006. To add insult to injury, Manitoba was once a leader

THE Manitoba government received a dismal grade for its commitment to protecting areas in the province from industrial development. Manitoba was hit with a D by Manitoba Wildlands. Protected areas are where mining, logging, hydro development, oil and gas exploration are prohibited. The organization maintains the Doer government has fallen

The federal government has pledged to complete Canada’s national park system, starting with work on a brand-new park bridging forest and tundra. The plan, announced Friday by Environment Minister Rona Ambrose, also includes a long-awaited timeline for expansion of Nahanni National Park in the Northwest Territories and promises to move

After 7 days of reasonably good weather and 100 kilometers of paddling, Manitoba Executive Director Ron Thiessen has returned from an expedition along the Manigotagan River. Ron’s trip was in support of the Manitoba Eco-Network’s Manigotagan River Web-Based GIS Project. It’s all part of CPAWS efforts to put conservation and

Re: Province providing funds for east side land use plans (Aug. 20) I was delighted to read the Manitoba government is starting to make good on its long overdue commitment to support First Nations on the east side of Lake Winnipeg in producing community lands management plans. Half a million

In the wake of cross-country canoeist Jay Morrison’s visit to Manitoba, CPAWS Manitoba Executive Director Ron Thiessen is canoeing the Manigotagan River on the east side of Lake Winnipeg, in support of the Manitoba Eco-Network’s GIS Mapping Center Project. The Mapping Project’s current mission is to produce a canoe map

After paddling solo from the Atlantic (over 3,000 km since April), CPAWS Board member Jay Morrison stopped in Winnipeg this week to voice his support for new protected areas on the east side of Lake Winnipeg. Please join CPAWS and Jay by sending a letter to the Manitoba government. Let’s

That’s a lot of paddling. An Ottawa man arrived in Lac du Bonnet along the Winnipeg Riveron Sunday, completing a 3,100-kilometre canoe trip that took nearlyfour months. Canoeist extraordinaire Jay Morrison paddles up behind the Manitoba Legislature yesterday.  MARCEL CRETAIN Sun. Jay Morrison, 57, began his journey in the ocean

JAY Morrison paddled 3,000 kilometres through heat and storms to deliver a paddle to the Manitoba legislature yesterday. The 57-year-old member of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAW) put his canoe-kayak hybrid in the Gulf Of St. Lawrence on April 9, and arrived in Winnipeg—somewhat tanned—yesterday to remind the

Winnipeg—After paddling 3,000 km since starting in April in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, solo canoeist Jay Morrison was greeted in Winnipeg today by Manitoba Conservation Minister Stan Struthers and Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) Manitoba chapter director Ron Thiessen at the banks of the Assiniboine River south

After much urging by CPAWS, and a stream of letters from CPAWS supporters, the Manitoba government has now provided an avenue for citizens and experts to provide comments and make improvements to the provincial Caribou Recovery Strategy.Thank you for your support! Our woodland caribou’s future depends on a Recovery Strategy