Former Chief responds to the Business Council of Manitoba’s CEO

As former Chief of one of the First Nations on the east side whose community would be directly affected by the BiPole III power transmission line, I take great exception to Jim Carr’s March 22 opinion piece.

It was only 34 months ago that the voters in Manitoba made a … Continue Reading

Stand Firm Manitoba: Protect the Heart of the Boreal and Say No to an Industrial Transmission Line

The political opposition in Manitoba, Canada has revived a proposal to run a major hydropower transmission line directly through the boreal forest on the east side of Lake Winnipeg. It’s an odd choice for an election issue. The current government had already made a decision to work with local communities … Continue Reading

Environmentalists attack Hydro line route

WINNIPEG – Environmental groups counter-attacked Wednesday in the growing war of words over Manitoba Hydro’s plan to build a $1.1-billion power transmission line down the west side of the province.

Manitoban, Canadian and U.S. groups launched an education blitz to urge the Manitoba government to keep its commitment and not … Continue Reading

Groups back Manitoba decision on boreal protection

Announcing Heart of the Boreal action alert/website

Canadian, Manitoban and U.S. organizations have joined together in an action alert to urge the Manitoba Government to stand firm on its commitment to not construct the BiPole III hydro transmission line on the east side of Lake Winnipeg and to protect millions of … Continue Reading

Lobby groups target province on BiPole issue

Canadian, Manitoban and U.S. groups launched a new eduction blitz today as part of an effort to urge the Manitoba Government to keep its commitment to not construct the BiPole III hydro transmission line on the east side of Lake Winnipeg.

Heading up the attack is a new website called … Continue Reading

East Side Road for Communities Not Hydro

By Susanne McCrea – Boreal Forest Network

Opponents to the West side routing of BiPole III continue to stir the pot, despite a firm decision by the government of Manitoba to not construct the third BiPole down the Eastside of Lake Winnipeg.
The latest criticism levelled at the government of … Continue Reading

Lake Winnipeg – East Side Montage

The Voices of the Land video educational project is under way. The video will promote greater cultural understanding of the traditional lifestyles and history of Indigenous Peoples, on the East Side of Lake Winnipeg, and will encourage a respectful attitude toward Indigenous Peoples and the caretaking role they play on … Continue Reading

Louis Young

Former Chief of Bloodvein First Nation

On the Manitoba Hydro Corridor – East Side Lake Winnipeg

A number of years ago, I worked with the Department of Indian Affairs in Thompson, Manitoba. One day, way, way up at Tadoule Lake, in one of the most northerly communities in Manitoba, I … Continue Reading

Garry Raven: Open Response

Ahnee,

As an Elder and a pipe carrier the lands on the Eastside of Lake Winnipeg is sacred. It is the place where the Creator sits, where we get our teachings, hold our ceremonies, have our sweat lodges, a place to pick our sacred medicines and where we still hunt, … Continue Reading

Paul Chief

A Response to the Wabanong Nakaygum Okimawin (WNO)

Written by C. Hunnie

Paul Chief, a member of Brokenhead First Nation, is a committed and active citizen on issues that affect First Nations. The list of the many projects he has been involved with is extensive. He has sat on the … Continue Reading