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Today’s must-read
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.
SunGro Horticulture, the largest peat producer in North America, operates 25 peat mines across the continent, including several in Manitoba’s Washow Bay region on the western shore of Lake Winnipeg. The company is seeking environmental approval to mine an additional 8.5 square kilometres of Interlake wetlands over the next 40 years.
Joan Buss, a permanent resident of the Little Deer cottage community, said mining has caused extensive damage to the community highway, released peat and other sediment into the lake and sparked a wildfire that destroyed six cottages.
Julia-Simone Rutgers has the story.
Forests are cleared, as seen here in 2013, in order to harvest peat held in the ground. (Supplied / Eric Reder)
On the bright side
Shannon Foster’s volunteer work stems from her vocation as a registered social worker.
“I think it’s just an integral part of being a social worker — having some sort of volunteer work in areas that you’re passionate about,” she says.
One of Foster’s long-standing community involvements is with the Manitoba FASD Coalition, a provincewide network of individuals and organizations committed to supporting prevention, education, research and intervention activities in the area of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Aaron Epp has more here.
Shannon Foster began volunteering with the Manitoba FASD Coalition in 2014 and is now a board member. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On this date
On Nov. 18, 1938: The Winnipeg Free Press reported details of a new Canada-U.S. trade deal, signed in Washington, D.C., were revealed in Ottawa, as well as an explanation of Canada’s part in the Anglo-American trade deal, signed at the same time. Among other features, Canadian farmers would lose preferred status for their wheat in the United Kingdom, but would gain access to wider markets. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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