At least one waterspout funnel touched down over Lake St. Martin on Saturday after unstable weather struck the area and others in the Interlake region, Environment Canada says.
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Kevin Settee, whose family is from Fisher River Cree Nation, says naming WMAs after non-Indigenous men is another colonial tactic by governments to erase the connection of Indigenous people to the land.(Kevin Settee/Facebook)
An Indigenous writer and filmmaker, an Ojibwe grandmother and an MLA say the province s decision to rename eight wildlife management areas after prominent Manitobans is disrespectful and colonialist.
On Monday, Agriculture and Resource Development Minister Blaine Pedersen announced new names for the Wildlife management areas, which are designated parcels of land for the better management of the wildlife resource. Those given the honour were all men and none of them are Indigenous.