"Our politicians must seize this opportunity and invest it wisely in the best interests of Lake Winnipeg. Let’s not find ourselves reading the same disappointing evaluation in another five years, with plenty of money spent, but no real improvements."
"Vince Palace is the head research coordinator for the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), which operates the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) southeast of Kenora, led a community information night at Knox United Church on Thursday, Sept. 7 about the research the facility will be conducting on how spills affect freshwater ecosystems."
"But some say Nilekani grossly overestimates the savings. “It’s a lie—most of the de-duplication that the government claims has been dealt with without the use of Aadhaar,” says agricultural economist R. Ramakumar from Mumbai’s Tata Institute of Social Sciences. List-based de-duplication—getting officials to “sit with the local data to identify who came from the same address”—was reported to be 15 to 20 times more effective than Aadhaar-based de-duplication, Ramakumar says, citing a 2016 study by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, a Canada-based research organization."
"As Winnipeggers gear up for back to school and fall recreational programs data released Wednesday from Peg shows physical activity in Winnipeg is lower than the majority of Canada. Data released by Statistics Canada shows that in 2014 52.4 per cent of Winnipeggers were only ‘sometimes’ or ‘often’ physically active during leisure time down from the 54.3 per cent five years earlier."