By Sarah Klein The Manitoba government is introducing some of the toughest regulations in the country to protect the province's wetlands. The multi-year surface water management investments come at a cost of $320 million and will also see flood protection and water...
The federal government is funding 16 new projects to clean-up Lake Winnipeg. The nearly $1 million in funding announced Friday comes from the Lake Winnipeg Basin Stewardship Fund, part of the Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiative. "Like the National Conservation Plan, these...
Two canoeists were rescued from Lake Winnipeg on Sunday after ice blocked their access to the shore. Two men, aged 19 and 22, set out at around 12:30 p.m. in Grindstone Provincial Park. Windy conditions forced ice to move in and the pair weren't able to safely make it...
The Manitoba government has released further details on how it plans to address the zebra mussels problem on Lake Winnipeg. Four harbours on the lake are at-risk, including Gimli Harbour, Silver Harbour Marine Resort/Arnes Harbour, Boundary Creek Marina/Winnipeg Beach...
To mark World Water Day on March 22, the Manitoba Museum is launching an exhibit to ask visitors, "How would you fix Lake Winnipeg?" Lake Winnipeg: Shared Solutions is the first $1 million exhibit to be built in the museum's Science Gallery. The centerpiece of the...
Lake Winnipeg advocates are speaking out about the lack of work being done to protect the sixth-largest freshwater lake in Canada on the anniversary of the body of water being designated as “threatened” by the Global Nature Fund. The Save Lake Winnipeg Project is...
Invasive zebra mussels have turned up in Lake Winnipeg, raising concern for conservation officials. Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship says the mussels were recently found on the hull of a private boat and a dock at Winnipeg Beach, and on some fishing boats...
A school teacher from Grand Marais is preparing to paddleboard nearly 25 kilometres across Lake Winnipeg. Jay Hawranik will stand up during Paddle for a Purpose on July 27 in support of the Lake Winnipeg Foundation’s summer Lake-a-thon. Hawranik will start his...
The Province of Manitoba is hoping a new partnership program between several jurisdictions will see the nutrient loads in Lake Winnipeg drop dramatically. Called the Lake Friendly Accord and Stewards Alliance, it's hoped the new partnerships will see all the...
By Sarah Klein The Lake Winnipeg Foundation has received national recognition for its work to preserve one of the province's largest bodies of water. On World Water Day (March 22), the LWF received the Council of the Federation’s first-ever Excellence in Water...
Supporters of Lake Winnipeg want the public's help in creating a word cloud to show what the lake means to Manitobans. “The Global Nature Fund recently described Lake Winnipeg as the Threatened Lake of the Year in 2013,” said Vicki Burns, outreach coordinator with the...
Manitoba Liberal leader Jon Gerrard is hosting a forum on Saturday to address the issues facing Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba. Earlier this week, the Global Nature Fund named Lake Winnipeg as the most threatened lake of the year due to nutrients in agricultural...
