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    Is This Polar Bear Town Canada’s Key to the Arctic?

    Dec. 3, 2025 – The New York Times – The tiny town of Churchill has two of Canada’s largest pieces of Arctic infrastructure, but years of neglect have left them in poor shape amid growing superpower rivalry in the region.

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    Climate change evidence too prevalent to ignore

    Dec. 5, 2025 – Brandon Sun – Drought in Manitoba has been ongoing for over the past six years, 2024 marked the second low water year in a row and third Manitoba Hydro has experienced in a four-year period.

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    Why riparian buffers fail to filter agricultural runoff contaminants

    Dec. 4, 2025 – Open Access – There is an abundance of research data and field observations which demonstrate that riparian areas do not always work as filters of potential contaminants in runoff from agricultural land, and should not be promoted as a ‘silver-bullet’ Best Management Practice for agricultural watersheds. This is certainly the case in cold climate regions such as the Northern Great Plains of North America.

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    Why agriculture is Canada’s energy ace

    Dec. 4, 2025 –  Western Producer – By linking renewable energy sources for transport, processing and refrigeration, the rest of the food system can maintain a positive energy balance of our food.

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    Manitoba signs on for proposed east-west power plan

    Nov. 28, 2025 – The Winnipeg Free Press – The chair of Manitoba’s expert advisory council says the province’s work on various environmental projects, including creating a path to net-zero emissions and a review of its wildfire response, are well underway.

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