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The AMC Commends Historic Canada Water Agency Announcement
October 16, 2024 Treaty One Territory, Manitoba – The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) was pleased to be part of a historic announcement today at The Forks in Winnipeg, where the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, launched the Canada Water Agency (CWA) as a standalone federal entity. Chief Clarence Easter of […]
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Canada strengthens protection of freshwater with launch of standalone Canada Water Agency
From: Canada Water Agency October 16, 2024 Fresh water is our most precious natural resource, needed for drinking, cleaning and sanitation, recreation, industry, agriculture, and ecosystem health. Water is also sacred to many Indigenous peoples and honoured as a giver of life. Yet, fresh water in Canada is under increasing pressure from climate change, pollution, […]
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Trees are meant to grow here’: Millions of seedlings planted to bring Interlake forest back from the ashes – CBC
Oct 14, 2024 First Nations join partners in 8-year project to reforest Devils Lake and fight climate change Farron Sharp sticks a shovel into the ground as her anchor point to draw a four-metre circumference, then counts how many seedlings are still alive in that circle two years after being planted. The survival assessment is […]
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FN files suit over 2019 toxic fluid leak – Winnipeg Free Press
Oct. 10, 2024 A Manitoba First Nation has launched a $10-million lawsuit against the paper mill in The Pas after a massive amount of toxic fluid leaked into the river where its residents fish, in 2019. Opaskwayak Cree Nation has filed a claim against Canadian Kraft Paper and the federal and provincial governments that says […]
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Curious belugas frolic in a warming Hudson Bay that threatens polar bears – Maharlika News
October 3 2024 Playful large white beluga whales’ happy chirps leap out in an environment and economy threatened by warming water that’s melting sea ice, starving polar bears and changing the entire food chain. ‘The social butterflies of the whale world — you can see it in Churchill,’ says whale biologist Loud and curious belugas […]
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Manitoba’s Seal River a bright spot for birds — and conservation – The Narwhal
Sept. 23, 2024 In the Seal River watershed, the site of a proposed Indigenous-led conservation project, community members worked with the Audubon Society to identify more species than were previously known A new study out of northern Manitoba is helping to make the case for Indigenous-led conservation amidst a global biodiversity crisis, putting the spotlight […]
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SCO Seeks Charter Rights for Lake Winnipeg and Environmental Assessment
September 19, 2024 ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB — The Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) is taking Manitoba Hydro and the Government of Manitoba to court. Decades of poor decision-making and Hydro friendly regulation have left Lake Winnipeg, known traditionally as Weeniibiikiisagaygun, on life support. SCO is launching a Charter challenge, an unprecedented move in Canada, […]
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Coming home after nearly month-long wildfire evacuation ‘made me feel kind of whole,’ says Bunibonibee woman – CBC
Sep 12, 2024 All residents home after massive August wildfire forced full evacuation of northeastern Manitoba community Residents forced to evacuate Bunibonibee Cree Nation earlier this summer have now all returned home, almost a month after an out-of-control wildfire prompted a full-scale evacuation of the northeastern Manitoba community. A slew of flights, including military Hercules […]
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Fire Bulletin #17
August 29, 2024 There are currently 83 active wildfires across the province, with a total of 275 wildfires this season. Due to ongoing lightning and human caused fires, new wildfire starts continue to persist, especially in the western region. The wildfire (NO097) approximately 10 kilometres (km) south of the community of Bunibonibee Cree Nation (Oxford […]
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New Ducks Unlimited Canada Tool Maps Prairie Biodiversity
August 22, 2024 Innovative study highlights 39 per cent more species on sites with conservation easements compared to unprotected lands Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is proud to announce the first successful application of a groundbreaking biodiversity tool, which demonstrates the critical role that conservation easements and similar programs play in supporting biodiversity and protecting natural […]
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