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The Manitoba government is cost-sharing $540 million for the Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin outlet channels with the federal government.
The deal, announced Monday in St. Laurent, will mitigate flood risk and high-water levels on Lake Manitoba, which were seen in 2011 and 2014. The new outlet channel will carry water directly from Lake Manitoba to Lake St. Martin.
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s overall flood risk remains low this season, but the province is warning there’s a moderate chance of overland flooding in low-lying areas along the Red and Assiniboine rivers.
In its latest flood update, the Hydrologic Forecast Centre says ice is expected to break up and start moving this week. The province also expects to begin operating the Red River Floodway by early next week.
By Sarah Klein
Construction on a $540 million outlet channel project on Lake Manitoba is about to begin.
The Manitoba government says the channel, meant to prevent future flooding, will protect the lives and livelihoods of residents of the Interlake and Lake Manitoba basin.
WINNIPEG — Despite a late winter snowstorm on March 5, Manitoba’s flood risk remains low to moderate for much of the province.
The second — and likely last — flood outlook of the season was released Friday, setting the stage for a relatively worry-free spring flood season.
WINNIPEG — The lack of snowpack in Manitoba this winter is turning out to be positive news on the flood front.
The province on Friday released its first spring flood outlook for the season, highlighting there’s little to worry about once what little snow we do have begins to melt.
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s spring flood risk remains low, but mostly depends on future weather events this winter.
The province says it will monitor any future heavy precipitation and adjust its flood forecast accordingly should a winter storm dump a large accumulation of snow.
WINNIPEG — Improved flood mapping will give forecasters in Manitoba a better sense of a potential threat when water levels rise each spring.
The federal government is investing $794,520 to add vital flood information to Manitoba’s flood mapping inventory in three of its priority watersheds in the Assiniboine River and Lake Manitoba.
By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – About 4,000 members of Manitoba First Nations displaced by flooding six years ago are to share most of a $90-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit they filed against the provincial and federal governments.
Lawyer Sabrina Lombardi says payments could flow to the Lake St. Martin, Dauphin River, Little Saskatchewan and Pinaymootang First Nations as early as next spring if the deal is approved by a judge later this year.
