Manitoba Environment and Climate solicited public feedback to inform the development of a water strategy action plan. Our submission highlights the valuable data generated by the Lake Winnipeg Community-Based Monitoring Network. We also raise significant concerns about Manitoba’s water strategy framework.

Jointly with the International Institute for Sustainable Development, we review the evidence supporting a focus on phosphorus to address algal blooms on Lake Winnipeg. Aggressive phosphorus-reduction policies have been implemented in many jurisdictions since the 1980s, yet action to reduce phosphorus loading in Manitoba has been stalled for decades by ongoing debate about the need for nitrogen reduction. We urge the Manitoba government to make use of the best-available evidence to implement and enforce clear phosphorus-reduction policies for point and non-point sources.

Together with the Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective, we urge the federal government to renew the Lake Winnipeg Basin Program for a 10-year period in Budget 2023 to enable robust and continuous knowledge generation for evidence-based decision making.

Our Fall & Winter 2022 issue introduces our new five-year strategic plan, outlines critical next steps for Winnipeg sewage treatment and celebrates our relationship with the Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective – plus more!

Read Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective Communications and Engagement Coordinator Kakeka ThunderSky’s reflection on Michelle Good’s novel, which follows a group of friends dealing with the trauma they endured at a church-run residential school.

Jointly released by LWF, the Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective and the International Institute for Sustainable Development in advance of Winnipeg’s 2022 election, this report lays out the specific city council commitments required to achieve accelerated phosphorus compliance at Winnipeg’s North End Water Pollution Control Centre.

Read LWF Communications Advisor Marlo Campbell’s reflection on Clayton Thomas-Müller’s memoir, which documents a childhood marked by violence to a career spent in pursuit of environmental and social justice.

Presenting to the Standing Policy Committee on Water and Waste, Riverbank Management and the Environment, we support recommendations to enable accelerated phosphorus compliance at the North End Water Pollution Control Centre.

Together with the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective, we reiterate our call for accelerated phosphorus compliance at Winnipeg’s North End Water Pollution Control Centre.

Together with the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective, we reiterate our call for accelerated phosphorus compliance at Winnipeg’s North End Water Pollution Control Centre.