Boreal Forest tract worth $120 M per year

Researchers Study values land, water, trees

A team of Winnipeg-based researchers has calculated that keeping intact a 40,000-square-kilometre tract of boreal forest in Manitoba and Ontario is worth upwards of $120 million per year.

The year-long study, conducted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, will form part of the … Continue Reading

Bands get east-side planning authority

The Doer government introduced legislation Monday that paves the way for a world heritage site on the east side of Lake Winnipeg and effectively bans the construction of a power line through the boreal forest.

“This land is part of us,” said Sophia Rabliouskis, a Poplar River First Nation band … Continue Reading