Interior Health said the bloom was discovered on Lake Country's Wood Lake.

Reports of algae blooms on the lake, particularly in the Victoria Beach area, have been rampant this summer, and conservation groups are looking to the City of Winnipeg to help solve the problem.

It's a global problem and one that seems to be particularly plaguing Alberta's lakes but a professor emeritus with the University of Alberta says new research suggests there's a course of action governments can take to address blue green algae showing up in provincial lakes.