April 7, 2017 Winnipeg – A new report highlights the urgent need to protect Canada’s iconic boreal woodland caribou, a species listed as “threatened” under Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA) due to habitat loss. Representatives from the Wilderness Committee, which released the report, and other conservation groups are charging that the failure of federal, provincial and…
Category: Manitoba
Woodland caribou need urgent protection in Manitoba
Manitoba government needs to live up to its legal responsibility to protect woodland caribou, say conservation groups.
Energy East Pipeline hits protected area roadblock in Manitoba
The pipeline route would cross the Whitemud Watershed Wildlife Management Area, which is protected from oil and gas development
Whiteshell Provincial Park protected in Manitoba
Environmental groups applaud the new protection, which they say is a gift for all Manitobans.
Skownan First Nation and Manitoba government announce new protected lands
New Chitek Lake Provincial Park successfully protects Skownan First Nation’s territory.
Transport Minister expresses concerns over sending oil through Churchill
Canada’s federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt recently came out bluntly against shipping oil through Canada’s north.
Conservation group decries Manitoba’s first new provincial park mine in 25 years
The Manitoba government has quietly issued an environmental licence for Hudbay’s Reed Mine copper project in Grass River Provincial Park, the first new mine in a provincial park in more than two decades.
Conservation group decries Manitoba’s first new provincial park mine in 25 years
The Manitoba government has quietly issued an environmental licence for Hudbay’s Reed Mine copper project in Grass River Provincial Park, the first new mine in a provincial park in more than two decades.
Solar Co-op, Green Investor, Love Your Lake – GCNews #803
803: 14 January 2013 – Published by Green Communities Canada. SOLAR CO-OP. Windfall Centre manages York Solar Co-operative’s project development that offers York Region residents an opportunity to invest (Solar Bonds for $1000 each) in local community-owned rooftop solar energy projects. In order to apply for Feed-in-Tariff contracts, the Co-op needs 50 York Region homeowners to sign…
Manitoba Conservation Districts Association: “Thriving with Change” Conference, Dec 3-4
Registration is now open for the MCDA’s 37th annual conservation conference December 3-4 at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba.
Wilderness Committee: new report on mining impacts in Manitoba
Winnipeg – The Wilderness Committee has released a new report designed to educate Manitobans about the impact mining is having on Manitoba’s parks.
The publication documents which parks have mining activity, the risks of all… Read more..
Sun Gro proposes a peat mine in Manitoba’s Hecla Park
Public comment essential on multinational corporation’s bid to mine peat in Hecla Provincial Park.
How to become an environmentalist – Science Matters
Young people often ask me what they have to do to be environmentalists. They want to make a difference. My answer is, “Follow your heart. Do what you love most and pursue it with passion.”
SodaStream: World Without Bottles
Toronto – Ever wish you could reduce the amount of flavoured beverage containers you use? Do you love carbonated drinks, but hate the waste they generate?
Manitoba’s Meditation Lake still protected Whiteshell Park
Manitobans celebrate the provincial government’s announcement to permanently protect the Meditation Lake area in Whiteshell Provincial Park. But concerns about private development at Sylvia Lake in Whiteshell Provincial Park remain.
Caribou habitat still in decline in Canada’s Boreal Forest
Winnipeg – The Manitoba government has granted the logging corporation Tolko approval to log the habitat of endangered woodland caribou in northwestern Manitoba.
Green Manitoba
Green Manitoba, an agency of the Government of Manitoba, strives to create “a greener and cleaner Manitoba” by bringing together “all partners to achieve more than if each acted alone.” Green Manitoba delivers programs to foster environmental innovation and community development. This includes community-based approaches to promote waste reduction and the efficient use of water…
Landscapes from Manidoo Abi – A Photographic Journey on the Eastside of Lake Winnipeg
For the First Nations people who have lived for thousands of years on the Eastside of Lake Winnipeg this is the place where the Creator sits – Manidoo Abi. The intent of Landscapes from Manidoo Abi is to capture for the first time ever the timeless beauty of the land and waterways on the Eastside…
