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How five Cree nations in Manitoba are uniting to regain sovereignty and conserve lands – The Narwhal
Nov. 1, 2024 As huge hydroelectric dams blocked most major rivers in northern Manitoba, life for some First Nations forever changed. Five Cree Nations share their stories of the long road back to sovereignty A little ways upstream, the path is cut off by the Long Spruce hydroelectric dam. It’s unassuming from here, dwarfed by […]
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The beautiful and the dammed – Winnipeg Free Press
Nov. 1, 2024 The boat saws left, kicking out a tail of spray that sends a flock of 70-odd geese fluttering into the northern Manitoba sky. Ryan West watches from behind the wheel as they soar over the treetops and the maze of transmission towers that stand like steel scarecrows in the boreal woods. For […]
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Statement from Environment and Climate Change Minister Tracy Schmidt on International Day of Climate Action
October 24, 2024 Today, as Manitoba marks International Day of Climate Action, our government is reaffirming our commitment to taking meaningful climate action to protect Manitoba’s lands and waters and work towards net zero targets. Started by young people concerned about the impact of climate change, the International Day of Climate Action has grown into […]
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Wawanesa Accepting Applications for Community Wildfire Prevention Grants
October 16, 2024 Winnipeg, MB – To help Canadians safeguard their communities from the threat of wildfires, Wawanesa Insurance is offering $150,000 in Community Wildfire Prevention Grants in partnership with FireSmart Canada and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction. The deadline to apply for the Community Wildfire Prevention Grants is November 29, 2024. The initiative […]
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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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