Thursday, July 10, 2025
A Resilient Province
For years, Manitoba has battled water. Cultivating life on a flood plain has meant makeshift dams and dikes, and eventually multi-million infrastructure projects such as…
Manitoba
Manitoba to Create Surface Water Management Strategy
The Manitoba government is partnering with a variety of provincial stakeholders to reduce flooding and maintain a healthy Lake Winnipeg through the creation of a…
Manitoba Seeks Input on New Groundwater and Water Well Act
Manitoba is seeking input from the public, the water well-drilling industry, the geothermal industry, and other stakeholders on a new Groundwater and Water Well Act. Conservation and Water Stewardship…
Prairie Flooding Takes Top Spot on Weather Stories List
Spring flooding in Canada’s Prairie region took 2011’s top spot in Environment Canada’s annual list of top weather stories. Epic melts occurred everywhere, says EC’s…
Lake Winnipeg Clean Up Projects Receive Funding
The federal government has announced over $398,000 in federal funding for nine new community projects supported under the fifth round of the Lake Winnipeg Basin…
Around the World
“People ask what Manitoba and Israel could possibly have in common. Well, the answer is water. And we’re learning through collaboration how we can do…
Selinger Unveils New Plan for Lake Winnipeg
The Government of Manitoba will take new action to protect the province’s water and save Lake Winnipeg, Premier Greg Selinger announced yesterday. “The stakes are…
Manitoba to Launch Action Plan for Lake Winnipeg: Selinger
The Government of Manitoba will take the steps necessary to save Lake Winnipeg, Premier Greg Selinger announced today, concluding Dr. Peter Leavitt’s five-year study of…
Know Your Well
For Saskatchewan , spring runoff season presents a huge risk for private well contamination, especially considering the province’s high levels of arsenic, selenium, and uranium.…
Red Cross Offers Help for Flood Evacuees
With floods expected to worsen with the spring thaw, the Canadian Red Cross is ready to ramp up its response for families who have been…
Manitoba Announces Shoreline Protection Pilot
The Manitoba government is supporting a $100,000 pilot project to preserve and build up Victoria beach, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick announced today. Through a…
Manitoba Funds Flood Protection Study
The Manitoba government has set aside a total of $740,000 to conduct feasibility studies for future permanent, community flood-protection dikes in 11 municipalities for consideration,…
Manitoba to Spend $22M Fighting Floods
Manitoba will invest $22 million in equipment and technology to improve flood-fighting capacity and preparedness as it faces the potential for widespread spring flooding, Premier…
Pilot Aims to Keep Pollutants Out of Lake Winnipeg
A pilot project at Netley-Libau Marsh, supported by $150,000 in provincial funding, will explore ways of preventing pollutants from getting into Lake Winnipeg while at…
Canada-Manitoba Sign Lake Winnipeg Clean-Up Memorandum
Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety and Member of Parliament for Provencher, on behalf of Canada’s Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, and Manitoba’s Minister of Water Stewardship,…
Manitoba District Celebrates Completion of IWM Plan
Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick today congratulated the Seine-Rat River Conservation District and its project management team for completing the Seine River integrated watershed management…
Feds Ban Dish Detergents Containing Phosphorus
An effort led by Manitoba to reduce phosphorus in consumer products across Canada goes into effect July 1 when a ban on dishwashing detergent containing…
Blaikie Proposes Sewage Ejector Rules Amendment
Manitoba is proposing amendments to its Onsite Wastewater Management Systems Regulation that are aimed at addressing concerns raised about the province’s phase-out of sewage ejectors,…
Steinbach Lagoon Expansion Begins
A sod-turning ceremony took place last week to mark the start of Steinbach, Manitoba’s Lagoon Expansion project—the largest capital works project ever to take place…
Making Progress on Lake Winnipeg Recommendations
Two years after the release of the Lake Winnipeg Stewardship Board’s final report containing 135 recommendations for action, the board has evaluated the progress made…
Winnipeg Treatment Plant Opens
This morning, Winnipeg’s Mayor Sam Katz toasted the official opening of the City’s new drinking water treatment plant—a facility that took 10 years to plan…
FOE Launches Awareness Project in Manitoba
Friends of the Earth Canada is launching its new water awareness project, Be True To Blue, in Manitou, Manitoba in cooperation with the Pembina Valley…
NAWS Project Ruled in Manitoba’s Favour
The U.S. District Court has again ruled in favour of Manitoba in its case against the Northwest Area Water Supply (NAWS) project, Water Stewardship Minister…
FlowSense Comes to Canada
FlowSense, a U.S.-based manufacturing and production company, has opened an office in Canada. Currently, FlowSense serves both the industrial and military sectors by partnering with…