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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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February 26th, 2021

Presenting the CPAWS Manitoba Photo Contest Winners

Here are the winning photos and honourable mentions selected by our judges for our photography contest, featuring nature in Manitoba.
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February 10th, 2021

How to Survive Getting Lost in the Wilderness

Sherman Kong from Maple Leaf Survival shares must-know wilderness survival information for Manitoba adventures.
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February 9th, 2021

Enter the CPAWS Manitoba Wilderness Photo Contest

Show off your photography skills and nature in the province with our 2021 Manitoba Wilderness Photo Contest.
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February 4th, 2021

Filling Our Imaginations with Nature For I Love to Read Month

See our list of 100 nature-themed children’s books for I Love to Read Month to read as a family safe at home.
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February 1st, 2021

Rescuing Ourselves — and Our Kids — From a Pandemic of Screen Time: Get Outside

While dealing with COVID-19, we have inadvertently amplified nature-deficit disorder in youth. Thankfully, there’s a simple solution: get outside.
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July 4th, 2019

Students Explore Assiniboine Forest, Learn About Conservation

Students from Amber Trails School joined CPAWS on a hike in Assiniboine Forest to learn about conservation and biodiversity.
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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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March 3rd, 2016

Know the North guest blog #3 – Start the Conservation Conversation!

Whenever I head up into the far north it feels like I have gone back in time. For the most part the remote Canadian wilderness is the same now as it was a thousand years ago – eskers and drumlin fields dominate the landscape, and forests of black spruce and
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