| Southern Chiefs Seek Federal Hydro Review | 26 November 09 |
 The Southern Chiefs Organization (SCO), representing thirty-six First Nation communities in southern Manitoba, are urging the federal and provincial crowns to do an independent environmental audit of Manitoba Hydro practices because of rising concerns about both flooding and erosion impacting communities.The SCO says that 26 First Nations communities are concerned about flooding and that every year flooding is getting worse, destroying shoreline and damaging property. This spring alone, 296 houses were impacted. The SCO want Manitoba Hydro held responsible for the destruction. Manitoba Hydro says there is no basis for the complaint and that lake levels have not changed since hydro started regulating them. View November 20, 2009 CBC News articleView November 21, 2009 Winnipeg Free Press article View November 19, 2009 SCO resolutions- Environmental Audit (PDF) Sources: CBC, Canadian Press |
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