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New Training For Water Treatment Operators

A new apprenticeship program will ease a worrisome shortage of water treatment operators across the province. The new Water and Wastewater Apprenticeship program, which has already begun accepting applications and will start in September, will help build a much-needed pool of qualified employees for hire, municipal officials say. Some municipalities have struggled in recent years
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Manitoba Municipalities Receive Green Project Money

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Twelve Manitoba municipalities will split $112,000 in grants to develop plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preserving the environment. The municipalities will use the funds to develop action plans to conserve energy through municipal services. That could involve redesigning municipal buildings for energy efficiency, converting to geothermal heating or simply switching to low-energy light
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In Brief… – for Jan. 6, 2011

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Road language:Manitoba will be one of the first provinces to begin using standardized terms to describe winter driving conditions, Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Steve Ashton has announced. New standardized definitions and colour schemes are now being used on the province’s road information website along with other improvements. The new colour schemes on maps were chosen
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DFAA For Farmers Not On The Table: Toews

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Farmers wanting compensation for damage to agricultural operations from natural disasters will have to get provinces to ask Ottawa for it, says Public Safety Minister Vic Toews. So far, that hasn’t happened, Toews said. “That has not been raised with me specifically,” he said after speaking to the Association of Manitoba Municipalities annual convention last
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AMM Takes Stand On West Route For Bipole III

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Most municipal leader s attending last week’s Association of Manitoba Municipalities convention said they want the province to reroute its proposed Bipole III high-voltage transmission line down the eastern side of Lake Winnipeg. But the province is not about to make “reckless changes of direction,” said Premier Greg Selinger, who made a brief appearance AMM
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More Money For Rural Bridges

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The province is promising to help municipalities fix aging bridges, some of which are now well over a half-century old and in dire need of upgrades or repairs. The pledge came from Premier Greg Selinger during a brief appearance at last week’s Association of Manitoba Municipalities convention. But the premier offered few details on the
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Golf Carts Studied For Green Transportation

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Move over golfers. Instead of simply scooting around the greens, those nifty little carts have a higher calling – making small-town living greener. As people increasingly turn to electric golf carts for short-distance travel in smaller towns, the province has launched a study to explore wider use of these types of vehicles as part of
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Communities Face Big Challenge Ahead To Reduce GHGs

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Communities that know how heavy their carbon footprint is, now face the even more daunting job of figuring out how to reduce it. Eleven towns, plus the cities of Brandon, Thompson and Winkler, are the first municipalities to grapple with reducing greenhouse gas emissions. They were selected two years ago by the province to lead
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MWI Rolls Out “Women In Leadership” Series

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Rural women who aspire to leadership roles but also ask “what does it take?” may find some answers in a series of workshops beginning next month. Four workshops will be held over the next eight weeks featuring speakers and panel discussions devoted to building capacity among rural women eyeing greater involvement in the voluntary sector.

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