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Winnipeg Free Press By: Erik Pindera Save to Read Later
FIREFIGHTING crews are working to protect Manitoba Hydro infrastructure near a massive, out-of-control blaze in the isolated northern Interlake.
FIREFIGHTING crews are working to protect Manitoba Hydro infrastructure near a massive, out-of-control blaze in the isolated northern Interlake.
The 345,000-acre wildfire, situated in forests off Lake Manitoba’s northeastern tip, is more than 80 kilometres long and approximately 16-km wide at its largest point. It sparked May 12.
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Northern Manitoba RCMP officers with special training in fire evacuation & suppression assisted Grand Rapids RCMP, local fire fighters & community members with the nearby forest fire.
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O-Pipon-Na-Piwin and Tataskweyak Cree Nations are calling for improved consultations on the potential for a Final Licence on the Churchill River Diversion and the end of the Augmented Flow Program, which they say has devastated their fisheries.
Manitoba Hydro has been operating on annual interim licences since the project was completed in 1977 and the province has said a final licence will be granted to take Hydro through to 2026. The Augmented Flow Program has been in place since 1986 and has permitted Hydro to operate at a range of water levels and flows above and below what is stipulated in the original licence.
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PUB orders Hydro to produce financial data
Tribunal gives Crown utility 30 days to act on order; transparency vital to protect ratepayers, achieve public trust By: Carol Sanders | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Tuesday, May. 11, 2021
Last Modified: 9:18 PM CDT Tuesday, May. 11, 2021 | Updates Save to Read Later
The Public Utilities Board may soon be able to get a look at Manitoba Hydro s finances and predictions for future health, both of which have been kept under wraps in recent years.
The Public Utilities Board may soon be able to get a look at Manitoba Hydro s finances and predictions for future health, both of which have been kept under wraps in recent years.