Unlike If Day, Winnipeg’s winter was not a drill
We live in an era of cascading crises that seem to have similarly begun to scratch at our door. The wars, invasions and occupations, the climate, the emergence and re-emergence of disease, the slow simmering of neo-fascism that laps at our border.
Fossil fuel fouls clean-grid future
Manitoba Hydro can’t escape its emergency reliance on natural gas as demand ramps up for electric power.
Concerns raised over mining exploration in caribou habitat
“The Manitoba government is paying a company to bulldoze a provincial park and bulldoze boreal caribou habitat,” said Eric Reder, director of The Wilderness Committee’s Manitoba field office.
Houston: We have a solution
The Texas city’s housing-first approach has been widely lauded for tackling chronic homelessness. Can we learn from its model?
Shifting sands, mounting concerns
Just a stone’s throw from Winnipeg, Sio Silica has announced plans to drill thousands of holes through two aquifers over the next two decades for what it claims will be “the greenest sand mine in the world.”
Looming need for new energy sources: Manitoba Hydro CEO
Debt, drought and demand weigh heavily on the Crown corporation.
Exhibit tells story of artist’s own journey of understanding the relationship between Canada and Indigenous Peoples
Last year, Lani Zastre embarked on an art project to figure out what it means to be a settler and a respectful Indigenous ally in Canada. The result is Be a Better Settler, a gallery exhibit and self-published book featuring 16 portraits created following interviews with First Nations, Métis and Inuit individuals from across the country.
Manitoba defends choice of lowest energy code for new builds
The Manitoba government has decided to adopt the lowest possible standard for energy efficiency when the newest national model codes take effect next year.
‘Conversation is climate action’: Guide to assist educators in age of eco-anxiety
Amid a season of heat waves and wildfire smoke, a new curriculum is urging Manitoba teachers to normalize climate change conversations in classrooms and it provides tips on how to do just that in 2023-24.