East side power line wrong

The July 21 editorial, Tilting at windmills, makes an uninformed statement. The notion that hundreds of kilometres of newly constructed high-voltage direct current transmission lines down the east side of Lake Winnipeg would be a passive exercise borders on the absurd.

First, hundreds of thousands of cubic metres of primary … Continue Reading

East side forests essential

Eva Pip hit the nail on the head with her statement about industrial logging and its negative effects on Lake Winnipeg. The boreal forests in eastern Manitoba capture phosphorus that would otherwise enter the lake, causing increased algae blooms and reduced oxygen levels. In other words, the east side forests … Continue Reading