Page 14 - Shell River News Today

Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline construction is running into tribal resistance over fears of water pollution, wild rice impacts, climate change, and exploitation of Native women.

  PRINCE ALBERT -- Lexi Zbaraschuk has been advocating for improved safety measures on Highway 3 west of Prince Albert after she suffered life-threatening injuries during a car crash in November 2018. She says “there were no words that could describe” how happy she was when she saw that the provincial government is planning on twinning the portion of the highway where the accident occurred. “I was smiling so much I could barely talk, that’s how excited I was. I kind of did this hap...

  PRINCE ALBERT -- Lexi Zbaraschuk has been advocating for improved safety measures on Highway 3 west of Prince Albert after she suffered life-threatening injuries during a car crash in November 2018. She says “there were no words that could describe” how happy she was when she saw that the provincial government is planning on twinning the portion of the highway where the accident occurred. “I was smiling so much I could barely talk, that’s how excited I was. I kind of did this hap...

Prince Albert Daily Herald Donna Harpauer Local leaders are applauding Tuesday’s announcement that the province will twin part of Highway 3 west of Prince Albert. In budget announcements, the twinning project was described as a key commitment. The twinning project will be from Prince Albert city limits to Shell River. Area leaders have been pushing for the project for years. RM of Buckland Reeve Don Fyrk described it as good news. “It has been a while coming. We have been working on it and ...

(Submitted photo/Rae Marie Photography) Auto Rescue, Lakeland Towing, and Shell River Towing also participated in Wednesday night’s rally. John Medynski owns Lakeland Towing and he tells his drivers every day to watch what they are doing and also watch oncoming traffic. “If that traffic coming towards you isn’t slowing down, I say you’ve got to stop what you are doing and you’ve got to get into a safe spot. If it takes longer to get someone out, it doesn’t really matter. At least yo...

LETTER: Stand for the river The following is a letter to the editor submitted to the Park Rapids Enterprise by a reader. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the Park Rapids Enterprise. To submit a letter, email sgeisen@parkrapidsenterprise.com or mail it to Park Rapids Enterprise, 203 Henrietta Ave. N., Park Rapids, MN 56470. Written By: Rose Ragole, Menahga | 12:00 am, Feb. 8, 2021 Have you seen the Shell River? We are stewards of these beautiful Minnesota waters. ...

8 protestors, 1 piano at Line 3 blockade Many of the protestors traveled from the northeast “to act in solidarity with Anishinaabe peoples here in Minnesota,” according to a news release. 9:04 pm, Feb. 4, 2021 × Dozens of protestors gathered where Enbridges Line 3 replacement project crosses the Shell River. (Submitted photos) PARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- Eight self-described “water protectors,” locked to each other with barrels of concrete and a piano, blockaded an Enbr...

Many of the protestors traveled from the northeast “to act in solidarity with Anishinaabe peoples here in Minnesota,” according to a news release.

8 protestors, 1 piano at Line 3 blockade Many of the protestors traveled from the northeast “to act in solidarity with Anishinaabe peoples here in Minnesota,” according to a news release. 9:04 pm, Feb. 4, 2021 × Dozens of protestors gathered where Enbridges Line 3 replacement project crosses the Shell River. (Submitted photos) PARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- Eight self-described “water protectors,” locked to each other with barrels of concrete and a piano, blockaded an Enbr...

Many of the protestors traveled from the northeast “to act in solidarity with Anishinaabe peoples here in Minnesota,” according to a news release.