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No answer on when producers might receive flood compensation for 2012

By Shannon VanRaes February 28, 2013

The federal government needs to pay up before the provincial government can offer more compensation to those still suffering damages from the 2011 flood, says Manitoba Finance Minister Stan Struthers. Speaking to more than 200 farmers, cottage owners, First Nations representatives and politicians during a crowded meeting at the centennial-era Meadow-Lea Hall north of Marquette,

Livestock, Weather

Manitoba Beef Producers hears calls for second Lake Manitoba outlet

By Daniel Winters February 22, 2013

Calls for a second outlet to improve the province’s ability to prevent Lake Manitoba from flooding shoreline properties were heard at the recent Manitoba Beef Producers annual general meeting. Jackie Jonasson, who ranches near Vogar, spoke in support of a resolution that was passed to lobby for keeping the lake’s level at 813 feet above

News

Seven Manitoba projects supported

January 4, 2013

Staff / Seven rural Manitoba groups are among those receiving $80,000 through FCC’s AgriSpirit Fund next year. FCC is donating a total of $1 million to 90 rural community groups across Canada for various capital projects that will help improve quality of life for residents. Now in its ninth year, the FCC AgriSpirit Fund awards

News, Weather

Province admits to flooding from Shellmouth operations

By Daniel Winters December 6, 2012

The Manitoba government now admits there was some “artificial flooding” downstream from the Shellmouth Dam this summer and has promised compensation. But the chair of the Assiniboine Valley Producers Association is wary and fears farmers won’t be fully compensated because of the narrow definition of artificial flooding in the Shellmouth Dam Act. “They say if

News

OUR HISTORY: September 1954

October 10, 2012

CCo-operator> editor Quincy Martinson decided to be a little more colourful than usual with prose describing the Dominion Bureau of Statistics crop estimate for Sept. 1954. Our main Sept. 23 headline was “Cosmopolitan home despoiled by vandals,” referring to more than 200 million bushels of wheat that had been robbed from the Prairies that year.

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

Prairie feed barley bids strong

By Ryan Kessler July 20, 2012

Cash bids for barley across Western Canada have seen an increase from last year. Limited supply on the Prairies and adverse weather conditions in the U.S. have contributed to the higher prices, particularly in Alberta. Bids at Lethbridge have moved up to anywhere between $5.75 and nearly $5.95 per bushel delivered to the feedlots, almost

News, Weather

Frost touches the Prairies

June 5, 2012

winnipeg / reuters / Temperatures dipped slightly below freezing on parts of the Canadian Prairies May 24 overnight, but damage to newly emerged crops looked to be minor, an agricultural meteorologist said. A few regions dipped slightly below freezing for several hours overnight, including parts of southern Alberta, southern and central Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba,

News

Fury over new flood peg

By Daniel Winters May 14, 2012

The province’s apparent decision to make 2011 Lake Manitoba flood levels the new standard has raised the ire of area ranchers and municipal officials. “It’s fine for Mr. Topping to hope that we will raise our cottages and homes up to levels that would be safe in another flood. But we can’t raise the farm-

News

Lake Manitoba ranchers fear another year of losses

By Daniel Winters April 30, 2012

The flood waters have receded, but residents along the shore of Lake Manitoba are still dealing with the damage they caused. Flooded fields, clogged drains, downed fences, and cattail-filled pastures where now only seagulls graze are common sights. Langruth-area farmer Jonas Johnson and his wife Lydia live in a 94-year-old house about half a

News

Professor says more must be done to prevent repeat of Lake Manitoba flood damage

By Daniel Winters April 30, 2012

Scott Forbes estimates flood damage at $2 billion and says most of it  could have been prevented if there had been better drainage

Like the problem child in the family, Lake Winnipeg gets all the attention over its phosphorus problems, while its well-behaved smaller sister to the west tends to be ignored. Or at least that was the case for Lake Manitoba until last year, said Scott Forbes, a professor of biology at the University of Winnipeg, who

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Tag Archives Geography of Manitoba

No answer on when producers might receive flood compensation for 2012

Manitoba Beef Producers hears calls for second Lake Manitoba outlet

Seven Manitoba projects supported

Province admits to flooding from Shellmouth operations

OUR HISTORY: September 1954

Prairie feed barley bids strong

Frost touches the Prairies

Fury over new flood peg

Lake Manitoba ranchers fear another year of losses

Professor says more must be done to prevent repeat of Lake Manitoba flood damage

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