Existing power lines cross the prairie near Winnipeg. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

Coalition considering Bipole III legal action

Coalition says an out-of-province company is signing contracts with local farmers on behalf of the Crown corporation

Facing likely defeat in their bid to reroute the Bipole III transmission line, affected landowners are now organizing to fight for a fairer deal from Manitoba Hydro. Members of the Bipole III Coalition are contacting those who will see the huge towers run through their fields about forming a landowners’ association, and will meet with

Our history: February 1972

As far as we can tell, this “fits in your trunk” snowmobile advertised in our Feb. 3, 1972 issue did not catch on, but stories over the next few weeks remind us that some issues never go away. On the U.S.-Canadian hog dispute front, Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau had announced a deficiency payment of


Farmers decry plan to put transmission towers in fields

Bipole 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

France Takes On Germany In Global Gastronomy Battle

France unveiled a global campaign Feb. 16 to reconquer the world’s dinner plates and regain its standing as the gastronomic yardstick four years after Germany overtook it as Europe’s top food exporter. Germany, known more as an industrial powerhouse, pushed ahead of France in the European Union’s 2007 food export ranking, as tough competition in


AMM Takes Stand On West Route For Bipole III

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

Letters – for Aug. 5, 2010

Not such a big deal As I ponder whether or not I’ll be farming next year, I am also reviewing the terms and conditions of the 2010 Canada- Manitoba Excess Moisture Assistance program. Are we flooded a bit? This is July 21 and we don’t have a bale yet to feed my 200 cows this