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Additional conditions have been added to the licences in an effort to address concerns raised by affected Indigenous communities about the effect these hydroelectric megaprojects have had on the environment and their way of life. “The province has undertaken rigorous and decade-long consultations with the Indigenous communities affected,” said Conservation and Climate Minister Sarah Guillemard in a statement emailed to media. “Manitoba Hydro will be held to multiple licence and non-licence conditions in the operation of these water-power licences. Consultation will continue into the f...

Save to Read Later Charlie McPherson of Dunnottar Bird Watch comes to this beach ridge at the southwest rim of the lake because migratory birds must pass by to reach their summer breeding grounds. (Katlyn Streilein / Winnipeg Free Press) The reflections of migratory birds whiz by Charlie McPherson’s binoculars as he faces southwest down the shoreline. The sun is just now breaching the distant, still-frozen expanses of Lake Winnipeg. The reflections of migratory birds whiz by Charlie McPherson’s binoculars as he faces southwest down the shoreline. The sun is just now breaching the distan...

Save to Read Later Looking at spreadsheets and map plots of trees is far beyond Rhian Brynjolson’s typical day as a visual artist, but she became entranced and inspired by data collected by Canadian scientists for a new art project. Looking at spreadsheets and map plots of trees is far beyond Rhian Brynjolson’s typical day as a visual artist, but she became entranced and inspired by data collected by Canadian scientists for a new art project. Her hope is to try and bring the numbers, map dots and statistics to life in a new way to help the public better connect to climate science.

We The Nuclear Free North/Facebook Page A new group against nuclear waste in Northwestern Ontario is voicing their concerns, ahead of the Nuclear Waste Management’s site selection for a geological repository. Since 2010 the NWMO has been looking for a new site and has narrowed it down to the Ignace area and South Bruce. “We are volunteers, we don’t have any funding. We’re a group of local environmentalists, Indigenous peoples, people from all different walks of life, who all have the same view of opposing transporting and burying of nuclear waste in our area,” said Charles Faust, a ...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Shirley Ducharme and Doreen Spence Posted: Photo credit: Michael Tyas The Missi Falls Control Structure, which raises the level of Manitoba’s fourth-largest lake by three metres. The provincial government will soon decide whether to disregard our wishes and grant Manitoba Hydro a final licence for the Churchill River Diversion, a project that diverts up to 95 per cent of the flow of the second largest river in the province — at great cost to us. Opinion The provincial gover...