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Manitoba, Ottawa ink deal to protect dwindling boreal caribou population
Manitoba’s boreal woodland caribou are one step closer to having their population — and habitat — protected. This week, the federal and provincial governments signed an agreement reaffirming their commitment to protecting and recovering the threatened and declining population. → Read More
Resources, reconciliation and Wetiko
For Manitoban author, filmmaker and environmentalist Clayton Thomas-Müller, healing is about connection to the land. → Read More
Seeking a watertight plan: flood mapping, forecasting programs fail First Nations
Before the flood waters overwhelmed Peguis First Nation last spring, local trappers noticed the beehives had been built much higher than in years past. The beaver dams looked different; the foxes and raccoons they usually snared had moved to higher ground. → Read More
Get proactive to protect belugas
Before she was a marine biologist with a PhD focused on beluga whales, Kristin Westdal ran a small kayaking ecotourism outfit out of Churchill, Man., in the waters of Western Hudson Bay. → Read More
Arctic energy corridor: A pipe dream for Churchill? How we got here and what might be next
Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was met with rousing applause last week as he laid out a vision for a prosperous northern Manitoba that hinges on the contentious Port of Churchill. → Read More
Ottawa tabs $1.6M for Lake Winnipeg support
The federal government is chipping in to help restore the health of the Lake Winnipeg watershed, providing nearly $1.6 million to support projects aimed at reducing nutrient loads in the lake basin. → Read More
Greening the concrete jungle, in Winnipeg and Edmonton
Winnipeg’s downtown is a concrete jungle. → Read More
‘Zombie deer’ in crosshairs
In early December 2021, a grisly scene unfolded along Manitoba’s western border: marksmen armed with semi-automatic rifles loaded into a helicopter and hovered low over the prairie. → Read More
In time of climate crisis, Manitoba unveils new water strategy
From nutrient-rich wetlands and 100,000 lakes to a dry southern region and an Arctic port, Manitoba is a province defined by water — after all, nearly a fifth of the province is covered in it. → Read More
Seal River Watershed Alliance paddle to preserve one of the world’s largest remaining intact watersheds
It had been a stormy August week in Tadoule Lake, nearly 1,000 kilometres north of Winnipeg. Days of lightning and rain had darkened the skies over the 325-person community and Stephanie Thorassie was praying for sun. → Read More
Free parking helps keep councillors driving to city hall
Most city councillors, like the majority of Winnipeggers, drive to work, and those commutes help make driving the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the city. Despite the city’s plan to slice emissions in the coming decades, one city hall perk makes it hard for councillors to abandon their cars — a free parking pass. → Read More
Winnipeg’s shiny plan for net-zero emissions
The City of Winnipeg is taking steps toward a net-zero emissions future; a committee of council has unanimously approved an ambitious, multibillion-dollar ‘road map’, with hopes of getting there by 2050. → Read More
Compost Winnipeg fills a gap in city services
It’s a wet and windy morning in Winnipeg and Garrett LeBlanc’s main concern is dodging the foul-smelling juice spraying out from the dozens of green bins he’ll tip during the day. He zips his raincoat up high and secures a 290-litre bin to the hydraulic arm on the side of his ride for the day — a compact garbage-collection truck — then pushes a button to start the lift. → Read More
Next city council needs to up its green game, advocates say
In advance of the civic election this fall, advocacy groups are trying to make the environment and sustainability ballot-box issues. “We’re trying to make sure that mayoral candidates are challenged to put forward a strong climate platform in their campaigns,” said Niall Harney, a researcher at the Manitoba chapter of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, at an event at the courtyard at… → Read More
Winnipeg Railway Museum to shutter at end of year
The final boarding call has sounded for the Winnipeg Railway Museum — home of the iconic Countess of Dufferin steam locomotive. Representatives for the museum, located at Via Rail's Union Station, announced Wednesday its doors will clank shut for good Dec. → Read More
Another dry year raises concern for future
It’s been a long, dry year in Manitoba. Those used to frosty mornings and first licks of snow by this point in November, have instead been met with clear, sunny skies and unusually balmy days. → Read More
Another dry year raises concern for future
It’s been a long, dry year in Manitoba. Those used to frosty mornings and first licks of snow by this point in November, have instead been met with cl... → Read More
Family seeks help to find woman missing since Oct. 25
The family of a woman missing for more than a week in Winnipeg has joined police in issuing a public appeal to find her. Klarissa Muswagon, 27, was last seen on Oct. → Read More
Manitoba Harvest mandates vaccines for staff, volunteers in preparation for holidays
Manitoba’s largest food bank has implemented a new rule in preparation for the busy holiday season mandating that staff, volunteers and visitors are f... → Read More
Harvest Manitoba mandates vaccines for staff, volunteers in preparation for holidays
Manitoba’s largest food bank has implemented a new rule in preparation for the busy holiday season mandating that staff, volunteers and visitors are fully vaccinated. Harvest Manitoba put the policy into effect Oct. → Read More