Ripple Effect

• Ripple Effect: Investigating Winnipeg’s waterways

  A full look at Global News' investigative series, 'Ripple Effect.'

  Oct 17, 2016
  
• Turning Winnipeg’s rivers into a hub of activity: setbacks and solutions

  For centuries, people used the Red and Assiniboine rivers like highways. Whether it was transporting goods, fishing, or promoting immigration - the waterway was a necessity of life for many.

  Oct 13, 2016
  
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• The sinking tourism on Winnipeg’s rivers

  There were once five large cruise ships running down the Red River Paddlewheel Queen, the Paddlewheel Princess, the River Rouge, the MS Lady Winnipeg and the MS Lord Selkirk II. Now there are none.

  Features

  Oct 12, 2016
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• Eroding riverbank: Winnipeg couple watches land disappear before their eyes

  Over the past few decades, the Red and Assiniboine rivers have been causing heavy erosion. What was once on the riverbanks, is now at the bottom of the rivers.

  Environment

  Oct 11, 2016
• Ripple effect: Zebra mussels could cause province-wide power outages, Manitoba Hydro says

  Manitoba Hydro could be looking at spending huge dollars to protect all of its generating stations against invasive zebra mussels.

  Environment

  Oct 6, 2016
• Ripple effect: No easy fix for Winnipeg’s flood-prone riverwalk

  Should the city raise the riverwalk several feet? Should the province use the floodway to help reduce summer and spring flooding on the path? Global News dove into these questions to help find a solution.

  Environment

  Oct 5, 2016
• Ripple effect: The Red River, what’s in the water and how safe is it?

  Winnipeggers have a complicated relationship with the river. The popular perception of the Red is one of pollution; full of raw sewage, junk and at times, dead bodies.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2016