Julia-Simone Rutgers

A local, grassroots plastic recycling initiative is chipping away at one of the planet’s most pervasive pollutants.

Federal government announces $1M for ecological corridor in Manitoba

A proposal to push the City of Winnipeg closer to phasing out the use of natural gas in new and existing buildings is in limbo.

Property owners on the western shore of Lake Winnipeg want the Manitoba government to address environmental and infrastructure concerns from peat harvesting in the area before approving a proposed mine.

The Nelson River is the lifeblood of northern Manitoba — for generations it served as both a well-travelled highway and a key source of sustenance. Now, its slow decline has prompted members of five nearby First Nations to band together to protect what remains of the sprawling watershed.

Manitoba is no stranger to water — now it will put that expertise to use as the hub for Canada’s water policy, research and funding initiatives.

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There’s a saying in Nigerian Pidgin: “na mumu dey go boutique.” It translates roughly to “It is only a fool that goes to the boutique,” Ebunoluwa Akinbo says, laughing as she perches on the arm of a couch in her south Winnipeg apartment. The armchair to her right is piled high with an eclectic assortment of fabrics: a polyester pantsuit, a sequined mini-dress, ripped jeans, a windbreaker, long sheer curtains, a straw hat, a thick patterned scarf, faux snakeskin boots. Each garment still bears a paper price tag from one of Winnipeg’s myriad thrift stores. The Nigerian-born photographer’s living room […]

A new study out of northern Manitoba is helping to make the case for Indigenous-led conservation amidst a global biodiversity crisis, putting the spotlight on Canada’s unique abundance of birds. North...

The province waited nine days last spring before alerting the public of potential structural risks to the main gas pipeline that serves Winnipeg, internal government records reveal.