252 of the new cases were in Winnipeg, with 50 in the southern health region, 42 in the Prairie Mountain region, 40 in the Interlake-Eastern region and 18 in the north. The Cross Lake/Pimicikamak health district had six new cases since Tuesday, while three other northern districts, including Island Lake and Lynn Lake/Marcel Colomb/Leaf Rapids/O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation (South Indian Lake)/Granville, had three new cases each, according to the provincial government website. Across the province, there are 293 people in hospital due to COVID, including 231 with active infections. Sixty-one of those with active infections are in intensive care as well as 19 people who are no longer considered infectious.
Three more deaths from the virus, two of them linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern, were also reported, making the total number of Manitobans who have died from COVID-19 1,019. The Grand Rapids/Misipawistik/Mosakahiken/Moose Lake/Easterville/Chemawawin health district had the nighest number of new cases in the north, with 11, while there were five new cases in the Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry/Sherridon district and four each in the Cross Lake/Pimicikamak and Pukatawagan/Mathias Colomb health districts, according to the provincial government website. Three active cases listed in the Lynn Lake/Marcel Colomb/Leaf Rapids/O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation (South Indian Lake)/Granville on the website on May 19 have been removed and there are no active cases in the district listed anymore. Thompson/Mystery Lake had two new cases and has a total of four active cases.
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CONSERVATION and Climate Minister Sarah Guillemard signed off Thursday on a permit that grants Manitoba Hydro a final, long-term licence to manipulate the Churchill River within the operating parameters laid out on temporary terms decades ago.
CONSERVATION and Climate Minister Sarah Guillemard signed off Thursday on a permit that grants Manitoba Hydro a final, long-term licence to manipulate the Churchill River within the operating parameters laid out on temporary terms decades ago.
Operation of the Churchill River diversion began in 1976, on an interim licence issued under the Water Power Act. The move caused the water level of Southern Indian Lake to rise by approximately three metres, devastating ecosystems and First Nations communities in the region.
Operation of the diversion began in 1976, on an interim licence issued under the Water Power Act. The move caused the water level of Southern Indian Lake to rise by approximately three metres. In 1986, Manitoba Hydro was given permission to increase the amount of water the utility diverted from the Churchill River by 15 per cent. What has become known as the augmented flow program now allows the Crown corporation to raise and lower the water level of Southern Indian Lake by as much as three to 4.5 feet. Temporary approval permits have been repeatedly reapproved on an annual basis for three-and-a-half decades.