Exploring Theme: "Specific Industry Environmental Issues"

NationTalk: The Manitoba government is investing $3.1 million to establish an environmental advisory committee for the Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin Outlet Channels Project, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Doyle Piwniuk announced today. “Since plans for the outlet channels project first began in 2011, our government has continually engaged with Indigenous groups and other communities...

Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs – On January 13, 2022, a court order approved the settlement agreement of $85.5 million for anyone who owned real or personal property, off the nearby First Nation’s reserve and within a 30 km radius of the lake that was damaged by the intentional flooding of Lake Manitoba in 2011. AMC...

CTV News – The Interlake Reserves Tribal Council, which includes six communities in Manitoba’s Interlake region, is in court asking for a judicial review related to ongoing work on a multimillion-dollar flood protection project. The First Nations say the province issued a permit to start clearing a 23-kilometre-long portion of Crown lands to start building...

The pipeline giant said Wednesday the 1,765-kilometre Line 3 — which will carry oil from Alberta to Enbridge’s terminal in Superior, Wis. — is “substantially complete....

Indigenous Group: Interlake Reserves Tribal Council (IRTC) Business: Government of Manitoba Issue: The IRTC states that there was an agreement with Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister to consult with First Nations that is not being honoured. Comment: IRTC – In 2017, Premier Pallister promised that consultations with Indigenous communities on the Outlet Channels Project would be...

The Government of Canada – has approved Enbridge’s Line 3 Replacement Project, subject to 37 binding conditions that will be enforced by the National Energy Board (NEB) before construction can begin, during construction and during operation. The conditions will ensure that the pipeline and facilities are built and operated in a manner that is safe...

Indigenous Group: 122 First Nations and Tribes Business: Enbridge Pipelines Inc. Issue: All 122 First Nations and Tribes have signed the Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion Comment: The Enbridge Line 3 project represented Enbridge Pipelines Inc.’s largest project in history at the time. It started as a $15.7 billion dollar replacement and expansion that...

Trans Canada pulls plug on Energy East...

Indigenous Group: 122 First Nations in Canada and the US Business: Trans Canada Pipelines Issue: Proposed pipeline crosses 155 First Nations territories Comment: Energy East is a proposed 4,500-kilometre pipeline that would carry 1.1 million barrels of crude oil per day from Alberta and Saskatchewan to refineries in Eastern Canada and a marine terminal in...