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Thanks to churches
We are deeply grateful to the church bodies that so generously support this work both financially and in spirit. They are the ones who make this work of reconciliation possible. They include: Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba Evangelical Lutheran Church in … Continue reading Thanks to churches
Protect the PUB – Oppose Bill 36
Protect the PUB Coalition Website The Interchurch Council on Hydropower has joined with several other organizations to form the Coalition for an Independent Public Utilities Board in order to protect the PUB and the interests of Manitobans The PC government … Continue reading Protect the PUB – Oppose Bill 36
Voice your Opinion
Manitoba Hydro has requested an interim hydro rate increase of 5% as of Jan. 1, 2022 to the Public Utilities Board (PUB). An increase of this size will have a huge impact on already massive hydro bills for northern customers … Continue reading Voice your Opinion
Kikāwinaw (to Mother Earth)
I knew you when I was young your pristine forests, my playground your sparkling clearwater lakes with calm depths and sandy beaches with haunting calls of loons as the sun is setting across the lake I knew your fast-flowing waters, … Continue reading Kikāwinaw (to Mother Earth)
Standing at the Edge of a Limestone Cliff
absorbed in thought as I stand atop high limestone cliffs gazing across the divide at a shoreline that mirrors the one upon which I stand looking downward to the space beneath dry riverbed full of shrubs and willows struggling to … Continue reading Standing at the Edge of a Limestone Cliff
Now we are the tāpānak
July 10, 2021 I want to continue my lament, mainly about Manitoba’s racist premier Pallister, but I needed to ‘take ten’ after I heard him ‘imply’ that Indigenous people “only destroy rather than build.” Those hunks of metal become meaningless … Continue reading Now we are the tāpānak
Sacred Sites
A Reflection on the Toppling of Statues July 7, 2021 I have just returned from a northern community which has been impacted by hydro development with the building of another dam in their area. People are grieving the loss of … Continue reading Sacred Sites
When Does Reconciliation Begin?
July 12, 2021 As the impoundment begins at another northern dam, I cannot help but express my despair and grief over the loss of more land and shoreline along those lakes and rivers, as well as all the factors involved … Continue reading When Does Reconciliation Begin?
Support the Open Letter – Updated
UPDATED AS OF MAY 30, 2021 Many of you have heard the final licence was granted. This letter has been updated accordingly. Please continue to let our government know that this is not ok and not what we want. ORIGINAL POST – A lot of you are asking, “What can we do to help?” and often the answer to that question starts with simply learning more about where your electricity comes from, but right now a letter supporting the Open Letter from O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation and Tataskweyak Cree Nation and asking them to refuse the Augmented Flow Program renewal will … Continue reading Support the Open Letter – Updated
Open Letter from Impacted Communities
Read Full Letter Here April 13, 2021 O-pipin-na-piwin Cree Nation & Tataskweyak Cree Nation released an open letter to Manitoba Hydro customers calling on us to raise our collective voices alongside theirs. In the mid-1970s, Manitoba Hydro built the Churchill River Diversion project in our home territories in northern Manitoba. They poured cement in the water, they blasted a nine-km channel through the forest, and they forcibly relocated an entire community. The massive project diverts 85 percent of the flow of the second largest river in Manitoba. It also floods 675 square kilometres of boreal forest and largely dries up … Continue reading Open Letter from Impacted Communities
Ki Ta Ski Naw Conference
The Ki Ta Ski Naw Conference this last weekend was a collection of approximately 250 people who were passionate about hydro justice. Powerful keynotes by Winona LaDuke, Senator Mary Jane McCallum, and Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue, were supported by workshops and … Continue reading Ki Ta Ski Naw Conference
Interfaith Council on Hydropower 