Manitoba signs onto Ontario-led proposal to create national energy grid

Manitoba has signed onto an Ontario-led proposal to expand and modernize interprovincial transmission lines, and establish a national energy grid. The plan would help secure power grids across the country and strengthen Canada’s energy security.   Read more
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We don’t need fossil gas energy

Nov. 26, 2025 - Winnipeg Free Press - The announcement in last week’s throne speech of a new $3-billion fossil gas-fired power plant to meet growing peak electricity demand is a major disappointment that undercuts the government’s recent commitments to emissions reductions, affordability and economic development. Read more

Youth Video Challenge

The Climate Change Connection Youth Video Challenge is back for 2025 - 2026. Open to all students in Grades 5-12. Make a video. Make an impact. Win prizes for your school! Learn more

Manitoba Food Rescue & Emissions Reduction

Let's Feed People Not Landfills. We are working to establish a new freezer warehouse in Winnipeg that will store large volumes of rescued food and get it to those in need. Good food is ending up in our landfills, when it rots it produces methane gas, which quickly heats up the planet. Learn more.

Emissions in Manitoba 4.8% above 2005 levels

Emissions data for Manitoba, as reported in the National Inventory Report, reveal that our province continues to fall behind in the global initiative to reach net zero. Manitoba and Alberta are the only provinces in Canada where emissions have not decreased below the 2005 levels, the baseline year used to track progress. Read more

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  • 2025 was the third warmest year on record. What does that mean in Canada?

    Jan. 13, 2026 – Canadian Press – This past year was the third warmest on record and stood on the cusp of surpassing a major climate threshold globally, according to new data from the European climate agency. Canada is warming even faster than the global average.

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  • Federal deal with Alberta risks Canada’s climate competitiveness

    Dec. 12, 2025 – The National Observer – Last month’s agreement between the governments of Canada and Alberta lays the foundation for a new and highly contested oil pipeline to the northwest coast, swiftly putting a decade of federal climate progress in jeopardy in an attempt to protect our economy. But this approach misses the point; good climate policy is good economic policy. This agreement threatens both.

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  • Youth Video Challenge is Back!

    Think you’ve got a story that can spark change? 🌎🎥 Enter the Youth Video Challenge for your chance to win:
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    🥈 $800 for 2nd
    🥉 $500 for 3rd
    Make a video. Make an impact. Win Prizes! Videos Due: Earth Month – April 10, 2026.  Read more!

  • Onion Lake Cree Nation aims to be solar power ‘pioneer’

    Oct. 1, 2025 – CBC News – Onion Lake Cree Nation wants to lead the way into a new era of solar power for Indigenous communities. The First Nation, which straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan border about 50 kilometres north of Lloydminster, is installing rooftop solar panels on 123 homes in the community of about 7,000 people. The $1.28-million project is being paid for by federal grants and more than $500,000 from Raven Outcomes, which helps Indigenous communities find funding for projects.

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