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		<title>Prairie Flooding Takes Top Spot on Weather Stories List</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring flooding in Canada&#8217;s Prairie region took 2011&#8242;s top spot in Environment Canada&#8217;s annual list of top weather stories. Epic melts occurred everywhere, says EC&#8217;s website, from the Qu’Appelle Valley to eastern Manitoba and from The Pas south to the Canadian-American border—resulting in more acreage under water than ever recorded. Statistically, the flooding on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Winnipeg Clean Up Projects Receive Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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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>Around the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerryF</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Manitoba-Israel Water Experts Symposium]]></category>
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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>Selinger Unveils New Plan for Lake Winnipeg</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 16:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Know Your Well</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2011/know-your-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 17:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerryF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Saskatchewan , spring runoff season presents a huge risk for private well contamination, especially considering the province’s high levels of arsenic, selenium, and uranium. At the height of this year’s flood crisis in the Prairies, Terry Hanley, director of science, information, and monitoring for the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority (SWA) shared details on the water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Cross Offers Help for Flood Evacuees</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2011/red-cross-offers-help-for-flood-evacuees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With floods expected to worsen with the spring thaw, the Canadian Red Cross is ready to ramp up its response for families who have been evacuated in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. &#8220;The Canadian Red Cross is a leader in disaster response in Canada and around the world,&#8221; says Ange Sawh, director of disaster management for [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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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>The Flood from Above</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2011/the-flood-from-above/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerryF</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Vicki Burns posted this North Dakota National Guard aerial video of the major flooding occurring along the Red River. We see this devastation annually in Canada&#8217;s Prairie region, but Burns says that this year&#8217;s event is being called Manitoba&#8217;s second-worst flood in 150 years—30 municipalities have declared states of emergencies, 80 provincial roads are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manitoba Funds Flood Protection Study</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2011/manitoba-funds-flood-protection-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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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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