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
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
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
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?
Interchurch Council on Hydropower 