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		<title>Around the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“People ask what Manitoba and Israel could possibly have in common. Well, the answer is water. And we’re learning through collaboration how we can do things better,” says Christine Melnick, Manitoba’s minister of water stewardship. It turns out that Israel isn’t the only country that has water in common with Canada. Entities such as NATO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manitoba Announces Shoreline Protection Pilot</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Manitoba government is supporting a $100,000 pilot project to preserve and build up Victoria beach, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick announced today. Through a grant to the Rural Municipality of Victoria Beach, the funding will help build up the beach using a process called aggradation. Beach aggradation projects encourage the deposition of sand, to build [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manitoba Funds Flood Protection Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Manitoba government has set aside a total of $740,000 to conduct feasibility studies for future permanent, community flood-protection dikes in 11 municipalities for consideration, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick announced yesterday. “The value of community ring dikes in the Red River Valley has been proven several times and these studies are the first step [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plan to Clean Up Lake Winnipeg Bolstered by New Research Chair</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The appointment of Dr. David Lobb as Manitoba&#8217;s first-ever research chair in watershed systems is a significant step in developing new, innovative ways to clean up Lake Winnipeg, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick and Dr. Digvir Jayas, University of Manitoba vice-president (research), announced today. &#8220;Support for cutting-edge research is one of the cornerstones of our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada-Manitoba Sign Lake Winnipeg Clean-Up Memorandum</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety and Member of Parliament for Provencher, on behalf of Canada&#8217;s Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, and Manitoba&#8217;s Minister of Water Stewardship, Christine Melnick, today signed a Canada-Manitoba Memorandum of Understanding Respecting Lake Winnipeg and the Lake Winnipeg Basin. The signing of the agreement aims to provide a foundation for a long-term, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manitoba to Develop New Conservation Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Water conservation efforts in Manitoba will be further improved with the development of a new strategic plan by Manitoba Water Stewardship and the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), supported by an $80,000 grant to IISD, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick announced on August 23. The development of the strategic plan is part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manitoba District Celebrates Completion of IWM Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick today congratulated the Seine-Rat River Conservation District and its project management team for completing the Seine River integrated watershed management plan, one of the first plans to be initiated in Manitoba. &#8220;We recognize and appreciate the Seine-Rat River Conservation District&#8217;s efforts in working with over 50 organizations and agencies to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds Ban Dish Detergents Containing Phosphorus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 21:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An effort led by Manitoba to reduce phosphorus in consumer products across Canada goes into effect July 1 when a ban on dishwashing detergent containing phosphorus is enacted across the country, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick announced last week. “I am pleased the federal government followed the lead of Manitoba by introducing a ban on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Progress on Lake Winnipeg Recommendations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two years after the release of the Lake Winnipeg Stewardship Board&#8217;s final report containing 135 recommendations for action, the board has evaluated the progress made by the Government of Manitoba in implementing the recommendations, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick said today, as she released the board&#8217;s progress report. &#8220;The board has recognized the tremendous challenge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAWS Project Ruled in Manitoba&#8217;s Favour</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. District Court has again ruled in favour of Manitoba in its case against the Northwest Area Water Supply (NAWS) project, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick announced today. Judge Rosemary Collyer, in her decision issued Friday, March 5, ordered the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to take a &#8220;hard look&#8221; at the consequences of biota [...]]]></description>
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