Fossil fuel fouls clean-grid future
Manitoba Hydro can’t escape its emergency reliance on natural gas as demand ramps up for electric power.
Manitoba
Imperial pipeline shutdown affects delivery of fuel to Winnipeg
The Manitoba government says it's taking measures to mitigate potential impact to the province's economy after Imperial Oil Ltd. announced it has temporarily shut down a pipeline that supplies gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to Winnipeg and the surrounding area.
Concerns raised over mining exploration in caribou habitat
“The Manitoba government is paying a company to bulldoze a provincial park and bulldoze boreal caribou habitat,” said Eric Reder, director of The Wilderness Committee’s Manitoba field office.
Manitoba Hydro losing money as need for more power draws near
The Crown utility is forecasting a $190-million net loss for the fiscal year that will end in March.
Manitoba government says fuel-tax cut helped lower inflation rate
Manitoba's NDP government touted its recent fuel-tax cut as an inflation-buster on Tuesday, while the Opposition Progressive Conservatives accused the government of letting costs rise elsewhere.
Manitoba chooses safe drinking water over sand extraction project
Premier Wab Kinew and Tracy Schmidt, Manitoba’s environment minister, announced Friday the province decided not to grant an environmental licence to the Vivian project.
Manitoba RCMP investigate deaths of three children and two women
Manitoba RCMP continue to investigate the deaths of five people, including three children, who they say died in separate but connected events.
Shifting sands, mounting concerns
Just a stone’s throw from Winnipeg, Sio Silica has announced plans to drill thousands of holes through two aquifers over the next two decades for what it claims will be “the greenest sand mine in the world.”
Looming need for new energy sources: Manitoba Hydro CEO
Debt, drought and demand weigh heavily on the Crown corporation.
Drought lowers hydropower production in Western Canada as reservoir levels drop
Two hydro-rich provinces are being forced to import power from other jurisdictions due to severe drought in Western Canada.
Pristine watershed steps closer to protection for posterity
On Thursday, an agreement on this initiative was signed between the Seal River Watershed Alliance and the governments in Ottawa and Winnipeg, kick-starting a feasibility study on an Indigenous-led conservation area in the region.
Climate change made warm Canadian December twice as likely, research shows
Climate change made Canada's warmest December in more than 50 years about twice as likely, a temperature anomaly that stood out around the world, a new study has found.
Meta offers Canadians whose images were stolen by Facebook a settlement in four provinces
A multimillion-dollar settlement proposed by Meta sends a message to other companies about the importance of paying attention to the country's privacy laws, says a lawyer representing Canadians in the class-action lawsuit against the social media giant.
Assembly of First Nations elects a new chief. Here’s her take on the climate file
Cindy Woodhouse was elected the new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) in Ottawa on Thursday, with the mandate to move the AFN through the implementation of the organization’s climate action strategy, among other environmental priorities.
Conservative deputy says Liberal MP is 'unhinged' for linking Poilievre and Winnipeg killings
Federal Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman is calling a Metro Vancouver MP "unhinged" for a social media post that questioned if there was a connection between Pierre Poilievre and a weekend shooting in Manitoba that killed four people.