Julia-Simone Rutgers

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...

Carpooling program jump-started

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.

Parks Canada says it will wait on the results of more extensive testing before it decides whether to treat Clear Lake with a pesticide to eradicate zebra mussels. Last week, the federal agency announc...

There’s evidence of a “localized” zebra mussel infestation at Clear Lake’s main boat cove, Parks Canada announced Friday, adding the race is on to contain the invasive species before it spreads throughout the lake — or to the Assiniboine River.

Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

Some 6.5 million litres of oil, saltwater and other petroleum products have spilled from Manitoba pipelines since 2008 — but none of the incidents have garnered provincial penalties or fines. Instead,...

Manitoba has not formally inspected Winnipeg’s main fuel-supply pipeline in the last four years, instead allowing industry to take the lead on oversight — a practice critics say lacks transparency and...

Daryl Kines started to get nervous when Parks Canada made the decision to ban boats on Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park this summer. Kines is president of the Sandy Lake Water Protection Wo...

The NDP government made good on an election promise Tuesday, as millions of dollars in rebates for new and used electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids was announced as part of the provincial budget. Pr...

Despite its reputation as one of Canada’s cleanest electric grids, Manitoba Hydro used more natural gas-fuelled electricity in the last 12 months than it has in a decade. A perfect storm of drought co...

The rhythm of Northlands Denesuline drummers filled the air Thursday, as chiefs of four Manitoba First Nations led provincial, federal and Indigenous leaders into a historic ceremony that marked a formal step towards establishing Manitoba’s first — and Canada’s largest — terrestrial Indigenous-protected area across the vast wilderness of the Seal River Watershed.

An ethics probe won’t affect the timing of a decision on an environmental licence for a controversial silica sand mine near Vivian, says Manitoba’s environment minister.