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Flood Bulletin #27
May 29, 2022 Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure forecasters are monitoring a system that could bring significant rain between 40 and 60 millimetres (mm) over the next three days with potential for heavy thunderstorms to result in over 60 mm of high-intensity precipitation in localized areas. The Hydrologic Forecast Centre is issuing an overland flood warning […]
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R.J. Simpson: Aurora College Transformation Highlighting Phase One Accomplishments and Planning for Phase Two
May 27, 2022 Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to speak about our progress in establishing a polytechnic university in the Northwest Territories. The magnitude of this project was never something to be taken lightly, and we remain committed to completing work in the right order and at the right time. The transformation follows […]
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Shane Thompson: Climate Change
May 27, 2022 Mr. Speaker, our environment is changing rapidly. Average temperatures in the territory are rising up to four times faster than the rest of the world. Coastal erosion is already affecting communities, and melting permafrost is impacting infrastructure. We know that ice-free summers in the Arctic will become a reality in the future, […]
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7 Years On: Reflecting on Indigenous Law since TWN’s TMX Impact Assessment
On May 26, 2015, Tsleil-Waututh Nation launched our independent assessment of the Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker expansion (TMX), grounded in Tsleil-Waututh’s unextinguished law and contemporary policy. The assessment consisted of scientific analyses by world-leading experts on issues such as oil spill risk, as well as traditional TWN knowledge about Burrard Inlet, in order to […]
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Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc: Ammonia Leak in Mount Paul Industrial Site
On behalf of Council, I wanted to reach out to membership regarding the emergency vehicles within the Mt Paul Industrial Park. Currently there is an ammonia leak at one of the businesses in the area of East Sarcee Street and Mount Paul Industrial Park. Kamloops Fire Rescue is on the scene with a Hazardous Materials […]
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‘We can’t come home’: Peguis First Nation evacuees tally up flood damages – Global News
May 27, 2022 Floodwaters have receded in Manitoba’s Interlake and some of the Peguis First Nation evacuees are heading home to clean up and assess the damage. Around 100 community members returned to move sandbags and tear down tiger dams. Despite the evacuation order remaining in effect, Peguis resident and evacuee Sarah Flett says she […]
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Sandy Bay First Nation councillor raises concerns over diesel spill on farm near Lake Manitoba – CBC
May 27, 2022 Spill reported immediately, no signs of contamination in drinking water currently, province says Officials say a diesel spill on a property near Lake Manitoba just over two weeks ago has been contained and there is little risk of the fuel contaminating Sandy Bay First Nation’s water source, but a community official says […]
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Together for Wildlife grants support wildlife research
May 26, 2022 VICTORIA – The Province will provide as many as six research grants of $25,000 to university graduate students to help guide effective wildlife stewardship in B.C. and support the goals of the Together for Wildlife strategy. “The more we understand about wildlife and how they interact with the ecosystems around them, the […]
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B.C. restoring flood-damaged waterways with local partners
May 26, 2022 VICTORIA – Local communities, First Nations and specially trained teams have removed significant amounts of large- and small-scale debris from B.C. rivers affected by November 2021 flooding. The atmospheric river event in fall 2021 led to unprecedented impacts from human-made and natural debris on B.C. rivers, water courses and infrastructure. Through a […]
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Yukon University and Champagne and Aishihik First Nations working together to assess impacts of climate change on Traditional Territory
From: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada May 26, 2022 Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) and researchers at Yukon University are working in collaboration to address the effects of climate change thanks to a multi-year research project that will assess the vulnerability of the CAFN Traditional Territory to climate change and permafrost thaw. Today, […]
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