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	<title>Water Canada &#187; Lake Winnipeg</title>
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		<title>Lake Winnipeg: Canada’s Great Dead Zone</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2011/lake-winnipeg-canada%e2%80%99s-great-dead-zone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We need to be honest with ourselves. What we have created is the largest inland freshwater dead zone in the world. At 15,000 square kilometres in area, algal blooms in Lake Winnipeg are now larger than the record 8,500-square-mile area of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. We need to admit that we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Winnipeg Clean Up Projects Receive Funding</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2011/funding-for-new-projects-to-clean-up-lake-winnipeg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government has announced over $398,000 in federal funding for nine new community projects supported under the fifth round of the Lake Winnipeg Basin Stewardship Fund. Turtle Mountain Conservation District Pembina and Long River Riparian Enhancement Program, $20,000 Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER) Peguis First Nation Sustainable Cattle Management Project, $15,000 University of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selinger Unveils New Plan for Lake Winnipeg</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2011/selinger-unveils-new-plan-for-lake-winnipeg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government of Manitoba will take new action to protect the province’s water and save Lake Winnipeg, Premier Greg Selinger announced yesterday. “The stakes are too high and the time to take action is now,” said Selinger. “Lake Winnipeg is one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world and it’s in trouble. We must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manitoba to Launch Action Plan for Lake Winnipeg: Selinger</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2011/manitoba-to-launch-action-plan-for-lake-winnipeg-selinger/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2011/manitoba-to-launch-action-plan-for-lake-winnipeg-selinger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 16:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hank Venema]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government of Manitoba will take the steps necessary to save Lake Winnipeg, Premier Greg Selinger announced today, concluding Dr. Peter Leavitt&#8217;s five-year study of the lake. Leavitt&#8217;s study of Lake Winnipeg, commissioned by the province, is a comprehensive report that establishes a benchmark for restoring the health of the lake. &#8220;Dr. Leavitt&#8217;s research spells [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manitoba Announces Shoreline Protection Pilot</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2011/manitoba-announces-shoreline-protection-pilot/</link>
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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>Bio or Bust</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2011/bio-or-bust/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2011/bio-or-bust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerryF</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[agricultural runoff]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Henry David Venema]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Fjeldsted]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Anybody who thinks this is a run-of-the-mill problem is wrong,” says John Fjeldsted, executive director of the Manitoba Environmental Industries Association (MEIA). “Make no mistake—this is a world-class problem. Maybe we should think of a world-class solution.” He’s referring to Lake Winnipeg’s blue-green, eutrophified hue, which demonstrates that its phosphorus loading problem isn’t getting any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MB Hydro Commits Funds for Lake Winnipeg Research</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2011/mb-hydro-commits-funds-for-lake-winnipeg-research/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2011/mb-hydro-commits-funds-for-lake-winnipeg-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manitoba Hydro has committed more than $1.35 million over six years to help fund further research into ongoing water quality and biological changes in Lake Winnipeg. The first installment of the $1.35 million includes $226,000 for the current year ending March 31 and equivalent funding for the next five years. &#8220;As we look to further [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plan to Clean Up Lake Winnipeg Bolstered by New Research Chair</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/plan-to-clean-up-lake-winnipeg-bolstered-by-new-research-chair/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2010/plan-to-clean-up-lake-winnipeg-bolstered-by-new-research-chair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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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>Monitoring Not Adequate: Vaughan</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/monitoring-not-adequate-vaughan/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2010/monitoring-not-adequate-vaughan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://watercanada.net/?p=7601</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Environment Canada is not adequately monitoring Canada’s fresh water resources, says Scott Vaughan, Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, in his report tabled today in the House of Commons. “Environment Canada has been running the federal government’s water monitoring programs for 40 years,” said Vaughan. “Yet it has not taken such basic steps as defining its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilot Aims to Keep Pollutants Out of Lake Winnipeg</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/pilot-aims-to-keep-pollutants-out-of-lake-winnipeg/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2010/pilot-aims-to-keep-pollutants-out-of-lake-winnipeg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A pilot project at Netley-Libau Marsh, supported by $150,000 in provincial funding, will explore ways of preventing pollutants from getting into Lake Winnipeg while at the same time reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, Manitoba&#8217;s Premier Greg Selinger announced today. In partnership with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the University of Manitoba, the project will [...]]]></description>
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