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A fight is shaping up in the Interlake over a spectacular, colour-shifting lake that sits on top of a promising nickel deposit.

On Friday, March 19, federal Environment Minister David Anderson and Manitoba Premier Gary Doer signed a Memorandum of Understanding committing the two governments to renew efforts to establish a national park in the Manitoba Lowlands, with a target date of May 2005.The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) welcomes this

Reprinted with permission from The Cottager, July/August 2003 [www.thecottager.com] Growing up in southeastern Saskatchewan, I spent my summers as a beach bum at Kenosee Lake in Moose Mountain Provincial Park.Some of my strongest memories are the heat of the early morning sun beating through our thin cabin walls waking me

On April 29, Conservation Minister Steve Ashton announced the creation of Manitoba’s newest provincial park, South Atikaki. This is welcome news for Manitobans who care about and enjoy our parks.As a point of clarification, however, this is not “new” park land, as the area was originally part of Atikaki Provincial

In October 2002 Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s wish list for 10 new national parks created an impression among many people that establishment of Manitoba’s new park was a sure thing, with only a few details to be worked out. This is not the case, as there are major hurdles to

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

THE province has signed an accord with 16 First Nations along the east side of Lake Winnipeg that ensures bands won’t get railroaded by development projects on their traditional lands. The deal, in the works since 2000, kicks off what’s expected to be a long process of creating long-term development

The North Eastman portion of the Trans Canada Trail is getting some much-needed funding from the Building Canada Fund. A boost of $2.9 million announced last weekend will go toward making the Border to Beaches trail project a reality. The project is a trail completion initiative of the Manitoba Recreational

A woman from Manitoba who has been fighting to preserve one of the world’s last stretches of untouched boreal forest is one of six international activists to win a major environmental award, handed out Sunday in San Francisco. Sophia Rabliauskas of the 1,200-member Poplar River First Nation received this year’s

Occurring in the United Nations International Year of Fresh Water, Boreal Rendezvous is being organized with First Nations colleagues and involves high profile Canadians in all events, such as Rick Mercer, Justin Trudeau, Cathy Jones, Tomson Highway, Sarah Harmer, Silken Laumann, Tom Cochrane, Jimmy Rankin, and many more. This will

A bird and three plants have been added to the province’s list of species threatened with extinction. The province made the announcement Monday, and also declared that a gull found in Churchill is officially endangered, not just threatened. “Once they’re gone they’re irretrievable,” said Jim Duncan of the wildlife and

Citizens, landowners, educators, conservation organizations, First Nations, and government agencies in the Riding Mountain region have a new resource and education tool to work with—the Riding Mountain Ecosystem Community Atlas. This shared information provides common ground for everyone interested in issues affecting the Riding Mountain region and can contribute to