St-Lazare derailment investigation ongoing
Overhead footage of the St-Lazare derailment taken with a drone by Curtis McLeod and Amon Rudolph. (Submitted)
The final report into an early 2019 train derailment that spilled more than 800,000 litres of crude oil near St-Lazare is still ongoing nearly two years later.
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The final report into an early 2019 train derailment that spilled more than 800,000 litres of crude oil near St-Lazare is still ongoing nearly two years later.
The Sun reported in July 2019 the Transportation Safety Board’s report into the February 2019 derailment was due to be completed in late 2020 600 days later.
But as of Wednesday, the report has not been completed.
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Future snow and spring rain will determine Manitoba’s 2021 spring run-off and potential for high water situations across many of the province’s watersheds.
The Manitoba Hydrologic Forecast Centre’s mid-January basin conditions assessment indicates drier than normal conditions for much of the southern and central Manitoba basins. The Red, Souris, and Assiniboine river basins continue to receive below-average precipitation since August 2020. However, northern Manitoba basins, including the Churchill and Saskatchewan river basins, continue to receive average to above-average precipitation since July 2020.
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Community co-operation transforms stretch of Assiniboine into winter playground for skaters, skiers, sliders and strollers By: Ben Waldman | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021
Bev Findlay steps onto the Assiniboine River with a purpose nay, a duty in mind: she wants to find a shovel, and she wants to work until she can’t work anymore.
Bev Findlay steps onto the Assiniboine River with a purpose nay, a duty in mind: she wants to find a shovel, and she wants to work until she can’t work anymore.
In leather boots, woollen mitts and a dyed beaver-fur cap, each of her own making, Findlay climbs down the eroding river wall just east of Ferry Road on Sunday morning, skittering along the ice without falling.
Fields in southern Manitoba remain essentially bare this winter.
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The Province says future snow and spring rain will determine Manitoba’s seasonal run-off and potential for high water situations this year.
According to the Manitoba Hydrologic Forecast Centre’s mid-January basin conditions assessment, drier than normal conditions remain for much of the southern and central Manitoba basins.
The Red, Souris, and Assiniboine river basins continue to receive below-average precipitation since August 2020. However, northern Manitoba basins, including the Churchill and Saskatchewan river basins, continue to receive average to above-average precipitation since July 2020.
“Our government continues to strengthen its’ efforts to protect Manitobans in response to high water events; to achieve that, we must always be prepared,” said Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler. “We will monitor watershed conditions closely despite low levels o