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Canada Is Exporting Fresh Water In Commodities

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Canada is giving away massive amounts of fresh water in the form of exported grain, meat and food products as well as other commodities, the Council of Canadians says in a report. It says the agriculture industry accounts for 70 per cent of the water shipped from the country. It calls the moisture content of
Livestock, Weather

Sweeping Flood Aid Announced For Livestock Producers

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Although the details are still being worked out, the Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) is welcoming the compensation the province is offering livestock producers affected by flooding and blizzards this spring as a “meaningful recovery package.” “MBP commends the province for the leadership it is providing at the provincial level with the announcement of special aid
News, Weather

Why Hoop And Holler Site Was Chosen

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Once only known to locals as a former destination for some whooping and hollering, this oxbow is now a national icon as the place where flood fighters tried something never done before in this province. Choosing this site for a deliberate breach makes sense despite the protests of local farmers that it will affect highly
Opinion

Making Friends With The Enemy

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You can’t help but marvel at Manitoba’s capacity for fighting water. It’s become part of who we are as a province – Herculean efforts of people, money, sand and machines against the forces of nature. As we went to press this week, it was not clear who would win this latest round. This province is
News

Wetland Drainage Increases Spring Flooding, Research Shows

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It’s a long way from Broughton’s Creek in southwestern Manitoba to Lake Winnipeg smack in the middle of the province. But to Pascal Badiou there is a relationship between this tiny rivulet in Prairie pothole country and the condition of one of Canada’s largest freshwater lakes. There’s also a connection between the history of the
News

Algoma Seals Upper Lakes Acquisition

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About five months ago, an investment banker approached Algoma Central Corp. with an offer that didn’t come as a complete surprise to president and CEO Greg Wight. With owner Jack Leitch in his 90s, privately held Upper Lakes Group wanted to sell its vessels and related marine assets. As a longtime partner in Great Lakes
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Climate Change To Hit American West

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Climate change could cut water flow in some of the American West’s biggest river basins – including the Rio Grande and the Colorado – by up to 20 per cent this century, the Interior Department reported April 25. This steep drop in stream flow is projected for parts of the U.S. West that have seen
Cereals, News, Weather

Rain And Snow Extend Flooding In Manitoba

An unwelcome weekend storm which swept across the province will prolong Manitoba’s most widespread spring flooding on record, officials say. Rain and snow driven by high winds were general throughout much of Manitoba. The heaviest precipitation occurred in the Duck Mountain region northwest of Dauphin where up to 50 cm of snow fell. Between 20
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WEBs II Funding Announced

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The impact farming has on water quality and ways to mitigate it will continue to be studied in Manitoba thanks to $1.8 million in new funding under the federal government’s Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices (WEBs) project. “The WEBs program is really about efficiency,” Les McEwan, president of the Deerwood Soil and Water Management
Opinion

Revenue From Wetlands

When the health of Lake Erie began to deteriorate in the 1960s, the world noticed. Its problems were visible to millions of people in two countries who live around or near that lake, and it wasn’t hard to find public support for measures to restore it to health. It’s been different for Lake Winnipeg. While

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