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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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UN says world must jointly tackle issues of climate change, pollution, biodiversity and land loss
Dec. 9, 2025 – Associated Press – Running out of time. Ten years ago, almost 200 nations signed the Paris Agreement with the goal of limiting future warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since preindustrial times to avoid or lessen the most catastrophic effects of climate change. But on the current trajectory, the climate could warm by 2.4 degrees Celsius (4 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2100, Watson said.
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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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Manitoba’s Climate Action Team raises concerns over Deep Sky project
Nov. 27, 2025 – Discover Westman – In early October, the Montreal-based company, Deep Sky Climate, announced their intentions to build a facility that draws carbon dioxide out of the air using Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology here in the southwest corner of the province.
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$3B turbine project gets warm welcome from Brandon mayor, cold shoulder from environmentalists
Nov. 202, 2025 – CBC News – A multi-billion-dollar combustion turbine project planned for the city of Brandon will give the province “power sovereignty,” said the Wheat City’s mayor, echoing comments made by Premier Wab Kinew during Tuesday’s throne speech.
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Pretty much everything you need to know about Manitoba’s new obsession with AI data centres
Nov. 14, 2025 – The Narwhal – Manitoba — home of much hydro power and notoriously cold winters — says it’s perfectly positioned for a data centre boom. Here’s what that means for the province.
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We Really Can Live Without Fossil Fuels! Curt Hull, Director, Climate Change Connection presentation at Speaking Up October 19th, 2023 at X’Cues in Winnipeg.
