FLOODWAY AUTHORITY AMENDMENT ACT INTRODUCED IN MANITOBA LEGISLATURE

Bill Would Expand Manitoba Floodway Authority’s Mandate To Manage Road Construction on East Side of Lake Winnipeg: Lemieux

The Government of Manitoba has introduced legislation that would enable the Manitoba Floodway Authority (MFA) to oversee construction of an all-season road on the east side of Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba Infrastructure and … Continue Reading

Caring for caribou is a matter of urgency

You may have a caribou in your pocket. This important Canadian icon has appeared on our 25-cent coin since 1936. It would be a tragedy if this were the only place you could spot this magnificent animal, though.

If we don’t protect Canada’s boreal forest, that could be the result. … Continue Reading

Canada’s boreal kingdom needs a political champion

Re: Province’s caribou numbers stable (April 13). Across Canada, woodland caribou have disappeared from half of their historic range. The new federal government report on woodland caribou shows that we need to maintain and protect their boreal forest habitats in order for this threatened species to survive. In Manitoba, the … Continue Reading

First Nations excluded from land use planning

Pity nobody asked First Nations about the biggest review of Manitoba land-use policies in the last 15 years.

This month, the Doer government announced the province will overhaul its policies on land use to better balance the competing interests of development with industry and conservation, heritage and environment. The last … Continue Reading

Environment Canada puts off action to protect woodland-caribou

Environment Canada assembled some of the world’s top woodland-caribou scientists for advice on the habitat needed to save the threatened animals, and then it rejected their suggestions.

The scientists’ conclusions, released in a report last week, say that development should be tightly controlled in about half the northern boreal forest, … Continue Reading

Half Canada’s boreal caribou herds in decline: report

OTTAWA — The federal government plans to release a report Thursday that finds half Canada’s boreal caribou herds are in decline and may die out in the next century without changes to their habitats, The Canadian Press has learned.

The finding that 29 of the 57 recognized herds are “not … Continue Reading

Conservation group welcomes new federal science report on caribou

Calls for halt to logging and road building in remaining intact habitat

Winnipeg – Today, the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) welcomes the release of a groundbreaking scientific report from Environment Canada on Boreal caribou. The report underscores the importance of protecting large areas of … Continue Reading

Our green carbon future

Boreal forest a gold mine of conservation opportunities

At a recent speech to the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, national Chief Phil Fontaine made the strong case that indigenous peoples, as the current and historic stewards of vast tracts of lands, could be key players in a new green-collar economy based … Continue Reading