Free Press opinion piece
From Jan 6, 2016 Winnipeg Free Press Hydro’s outlook still unsettled By Will Braun Winnipeg Free Press, Jan 6, 2016 The provincial government has weathered the major storms of scrutiny created by its Manitoba Hydro-related decisions in recent years, but it still faces three awkward dilemmas in 2016. First, a survey of the current situation. Despite sustained opposition to the $4.6-billion Bipole III transmission project, the government wavered not. And by the time the April election is done, Hydro will have spent about $2 billion on the project, so even if there is a change in government, a change … Continue reading Free Press opinion piece
The Art of Reconciliation
The Interchurch Council on Hydropower and Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery bring you photos, video and art from the other end of the power line. – 22 large scale photos of people and places near big dams – 15 pencil-drawn … Continue reading The Art of Reconciliation
School Curriculum
In 2014, ICH Co-Chair Derek Eidse (who is also a high school teacher), created a unit of study on the impact of hydroelectric development in Northern Manitoba. This unit is part of a larger section on Colonization that can be … Continue reading School Curriculum
The Other End of the Line
High-Powered Reconciliation
MB Hydro & South Indian Lake
A Spirited Dialogue
Polarization Public debate too often slides toward polarization. Battle lines are drawn, arguments are lined up, and charged rhetoric replaces what is really needed: reasoned inquiry into the pros, cons and nuances of an issue. Rather than broadening public understanding, … Continue reading A Spirited Dialogue
Faith
As people from faith traditions, we believe hydro development has deep spiritual dimensions. Mixed in with the benefits and harms of Manitoba’s hydro system are various spiritual implications. We believe an element of sacredness flows in every river. All life … Continue reading Faith
Welcome
Welcome to hydrojustice.org, the new home of the Interchurch Council on Hydropower. Over the next few weeks, we will be migrating our site to this new domain. Feel free to look around, comment, and engage with us via this site. And … Continue reading Welcome
Hydro lacks authority to build Bipole
by Ivan Keeper and Robert Spence As Premier Greg Selinger prepares to meet with First Nations this week to apologize for hydro development that’s been ongoing since the 1970s, we remain in conflict with Manitoba Hydro over the construction of … Continue reading Hydro lacks authority to build Bipole
