Fresh Water

• Funding for projects helping Canadian freshwater bodies now open, Manitoba lakes included

  Indigenous governments, organizations and communities with projects and initiatives to protect certain freshwater bodies can apply for funding under the Canada Water Agency.

  Environment

  Jan 22
  
• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set to spend day in Winnipeg

  Trudeau is set to meet with Indigenous high school students in the morning before making an announcement about protecting fresh water.

  Politics

  May 24, 2023
  
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• N.B. filmmaker and diver aims to shed light on the health of freshwater ecosystems

  Harrison Burton is encouraging all levels of government to invest more in studying and preserving Canada's vast number of freshwater lakes.

  Environment

  May 5, 2023
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• Canada’s abundance of fresh water under threat from toxic algae, climate change

  Canada will be up a creek without a paddle if it doesn't acknowledge threats to its fresh water, says a report from some of the country's top water scientists.

  Nov 19, 2019
• Lake Winnipeg Basin initiatives receive $2.2 million in federal funding

  The feds have awarded $2.2 million to 19 projects aimed at improving the health of Lake Winnipeg by reducing nutrients in the water.

  Environment

  Jul 5, 2019
• Spurred by drought, California town builds desalination plant

  California's drought has prompted one Pacific Coast tourist town to build a long-desired desalination plant.

  Environment

  Jan 3, 2015