Friday, June 17, 2016

Liz Makes More Sense in the House of Commons (No One Applauds)

Petition to Create Metis Hunting Zones

CJ Radio
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The Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba has passed a resolution and created a petition to have the Provincial Government create designated hunting zones for Metis status hunters in the province. Story here.

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Energy East - Taking Manitoba in the Wrong Direction

CCPA

TransCanada Pipeline’s Energy East pipeline (EE), if approved, will run from Hardisty Alberta to St. John, New Brunswick and will carry bitumen from Alberta’s Tar Sands to refineries in Quebec and New Brunswick. Story here.

Exposed: Pesticide Industry Deployed Aggressive Lobby Effort to Quash Bee Protections

CommonDreams

Bayer, Monsanto, and Syngenta are effectively "shaping new pollinator 'protection' plans nationwide that do little to protect bees, but a lot to protect industry profits." Story here.

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Bipole III Route Could Change, Manitoba Tells UNESCO World Heritage Group

CBC News
Future transmission lines could influence World Heritage designation for boreal forest. Story here.
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Please watch video below to see the kind of project Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister seems prepared to scuttle. Heartless, ruthless politics I'd say! PinP
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Oil giant broke deal to deactivate thousands of pipelines and faced no penalty, documents reveal

The Investigate Journalism Foundation. Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. promised to deactivate thousands of inactive pipelines under a specia...