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The five main threats to Lake Winnipeg

Environment, Our City, Outside Winnipeg, PoliticsBy Paul S. GrahamOctober 28, 2013

Local workshop hears how threats to Lake Winnipeg and other bodies of water are coming from nutrient pollution, toxic chemicals, climate change, invasive species and poor government policy.

Fracking in Manitoba

Environment, Our City, PoliticsBy Paul S. GrahamOctober 28, 20131 Comment

The controversial process of fracking is being scrutinized in Manitoba, where 570 new horizontal wells were drilled and more than 600 are projected for 2013.

On the beaten track

Environment, SportsBy Gregory C. McNeillOctober 25, 2013

What happens when you take a bike designed to go fast over flat, level ground, and race it on dirt, gravel, and even pavement? You get the latest craze in two wheeled sports — Cyclocross.

Energy East Pipeline Project faces opposition

Environment, Our CityBy Paul S. GrahamOctober 25, 2013

A proposed project that will transport Alberta tar sands crude to eastern Canada is meeting growing opposition from First Nations, environmentalists and citizens who live along the planned route.

10th month is a wonderment of fall season

Environment, Our CityBy Roger CurrieOctober 12, 2013

Enjoy October, because it’s almost half done. A spectacular harvest is wrapping up in the fields, and the Living Skies are absolutely amazing.

Report reveals mine on shaky ground

Environment, Health & Safety, Outside Winnipeg, Politics, Science & TechnologyBy Noah ErenbergSeptember 13, 2013

The Wilderness Committee is calling on the Manitoba government to fix an underground mine on the verge of collapse under Bernic Lake in eastern Manitoba.

MP’s determination inspires innovative ideas

Economy & Business, Environment, Outside Winnipeg, PoliticsBy Roger CurrieSeptember 13, 2013

MP Steven Fletcher says Manitoba should be sending surplus hydro power west to the tar sands region of northern Alberta, rather than selling it at a loss to the Americans

Crash kills Arctic researcher

Education, Environment, Outside Winnipeg, Science & TechnologyBy Noah ErenbergSeptember 11, 20131 Comment

Dr. Klaus Hochheim, a respected climatologist and research associate with the Centre for Earth Observation Science at the University of Manitoba, has died tragically in a helicopter accident in the Canadian Arctic.

The gamble of farming Canada’s breadbasket

Economy & Business, Environment, Food, History, Outside WinnipegBy Roger CurrieSeptember 11, 2013

Farmers are working to complete the harvest which is considerably behind this year. Spring was late, reducing that ‘window of opportunity’ to produce a crop before frost damages nature’s bounty.

City’s largest riverbank forest a natural gem

Education, Environment, Our City, SoutheastBy Stephanie StaplesSeptember 9, 2013

The chirping sounds of the crickets, the stutter of the woodpeckers, the fluttering of birds on the water and the faint hum of distant traffic all combine to let me know I am in my happy place.

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