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		<title>Lake Winnipeg: Canada’s Great Dead Zone</title>
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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>Ontario Too Slow: ECO&#8217;s Annual Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ontario&#8217;s Environmental Commissioner is worried that Ontario has lost momentum when it comes to the province&#8217;s pressing environmental issues. In his 2010/2011 Annual Report, titled Engaging Solutions, Gord Miller says there&#8217;s no shortage of talk about the problems such as climate change, waste diversion, and the loss of biodiversity. &#8220;But when it comes to doing [...]]]></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>
		<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>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>
		<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>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2011/manitoba-to-launch-action-plan-for-lake-winnipeg-selinger/</link>
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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>Feds Invest in More Lake Simcoe Restoration Projects</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2011/feds-invest-in-more-lake-simcoe-restoration-projects/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2011/feds-invest-in-more-lake-simcoe-restoration-projects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government announced on Tuesday that 19 projects will receive funding under round six of the Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Fund. &#8220;Since 2008, the five-year Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Fund has provided more than $15 million to 165 local projects undertaken to preserve and improve this important water body. Today, we highlight the continued support of [...]]]></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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		<title>N.S. Government Addressing Water Quality Concerns</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/n-s-government-addressing-water-quality-concerns/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2010/n-s-government-addressing-water-quality-concerns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Land inspections, more water quality testing and new regulations are some of the actions the Nova Scotia government is taking to address water quality in the province&#8217;s Carleton River Watershed. The Department of Environment released a report yesterday outlining the state of 10 lakes within the Carleton River watershed in Yarmouth and Digby counties. Residents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds Ban Dish Detergents Containing Phosphorus</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/feds-ban-dish-detergents-containing-phosphorus/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2010/feds-ban-dish-detergents-containing-phosphorus/#comments</comments>
		<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>Wheatley Harbour Restored</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/wheatley-harbour-restored/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wheatley Harbour, Ontario is once again a clean and healthy aquatic ecosystem, announced Dave Van Kesteren, MP for Chatham-Kent-Essex last week. Wheatley Harbour was designated a Great Lakes Area of Concern in 1985 pursuant to the Canada-United States Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The major environmental concerns were historical sources of PCBs, contaminated sediments, high [...]]]></description>
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