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Emergency measures plans put to the test after gas shutdown in southeastern towns and municipalities
Many southern Manitoba residents fear a trio of new transmission lines will hamper their ability to farm or lower their home’s value
The CEC criticized Manitoba Hydro’s environmental assessments and says more consultation is needed with farmers, but it granted the environmental licence
Manitoba’s Clean Environment Commission (CEC) has granted an environment licence for Manitoba Hydro’s Bipole III transmission line, despite issuing a report criticizing the Crown corporation’s lack of consideration for agricultural and environmental concerns. “I’m extremely disappointed… it’s a sad, sad day for agriculture,” said Karen Friesen, president of the Bipole III Coalition, which represents affected
Coalition says an out-of-province company is signing contracts with local farmers on behalf of the Crown corporation
The voluntary merger that created the Municipality of Shoal Lake saves taxpayers $60,000 annually and improved local government efficiency
Don Yanick is getting a lot of calls from municipal officials across the province these days about the hot-button issue of amalgamation. And when asked if it was worth it, the mayor of the Municipality of Shoal Lake points to $60,000 in annual savings and a much more efficient local government. “Right off the top,Manitoba’s first anaerobic digester will be completed this fall and experts say it will prove that our cold winters are no problem
Province says biomass will be a $2-billion industry by the end of the decade, but admits it doesn’t even know the current size of the sector
Biomass proponents in Manitoba say new government policies are needed if the industry is going to develop in a meaningful way, especially in the face of cheap natural gas. “The current energy policy in this province, and it’s not Manitoba Hydro’s fault, is to get cheap energy, cheap electricity especially — that’s their mandate, that’sBipole III will see 148-foot-high towers placed mid-field in a swath of farms stretching from Langruth to St. Claude and nearly as far east as Steinbach
Manitoba Hydro just doesn’t understand modern farming and its Bipole III route will cause headaches across much of the province’s farming heartland for decades to come, a series of witnesses told the Clean Environment Commission over the past several weeks. The southern portion of the multibillion-dollar transmission line is slated to come down south of
