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Posted on Wednesday, September 07
Bombers fish for a cure
Posted by Jim on Thursday, July 02, 2009 (15:16:23) (2 reads)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers linebacker Barrin Simpson sets out for a day of fishing at last week's Fish for a Cure event at the Lac du Bonnet town dock. The derby is held to raise money for the Never Alone Foundation.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers converged on the Lac du Bonnet town dock June 18 for the third annual Fish for a Cure derby.
Despite a thunderstorm warning, the day ended up being perfect for the football players and participants who took part.
The Bombers all looked forward to a great day of fishing as they strode onto the town dock at around 9:30 a.m. after getting off the team bus.
“Hopefully we’ll catch even more fish than last year,” team defensive tackle Doug Brown said.
Bombers president and Fish for a Cure founder Lyle Bauer told the Leader the derby was again a huge success, with over $20,000 being raised for the Never Alone Foundation, also founded by Bauer to assist cancer patients and their families through research, education, and support services.
“We always have a great time out in Lac du Bonnet,” Bauer said. “It’s such an important event for us and this year was no exception.”
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Teams of two pay $2,650 for a day of fishing with a member of the Blue Bombers and their very own pro fishing staff (courtesy of Lund) on hand to assist. Teams begin the day at Winnipeg’s Sun Centre before coming to Lac du Bonnet for the main event. They then head back to the Sun Centre for dinner.
This year, boats used in the derby were raffled off to families with children battling cancer. The winner of the derby was nine-year-old Fransesca Abiusi, who caught a nine-pound walleye.
Source: http://www.lacdubonnetleader.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1629920
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$1.1M for Lake Winnipeg - Federal cash to be used for 14 projects to ensure heal
Posted by Jim on Thursday, July 02, 2009 (15:09:47) (0 reads)
OAK HAMMOCK MARSH -- Robert Kristjanson's family has fished on Lake Winnipeg for five generations.
Kristjanson, himself, has fished for 61 years on the sixth-largest lake in the country and he has witnessed its decline from a relatively clean body of water to one where half the surface is covered with huge blooms of toxic blue-green algae.
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Kristjanson, who listened as Treasury Board President Vic Toews announced during a press conference here that 14 projects to help Lake Winnipeg would get a total of $1.1 million in funding, said the biggest announcement was unspoken, but easy to see.
"The biggest step is now we have the federal people here," Kristjanson said on Thursday, pointing at Toews.
"The province has to be given credit for what they've done so far, but you have to have the federal government in this. This is monstrous for us. It's a good first step.
"This is one of the most important things that has ever happened to Lake Winnipeg."
Kristjanson, who was named to a new federal advisory committee to give advice to the federal environment minister on future project proposals to be funded, said he looks at the $1.1 million, which came out of a previously announced $18 million, as the first of more money to come.
"It's the opening of the door," he said. "Lets keep doing it."
Earlier, Toews said the 14 projects to receive funding "will help ensure a healthy future for Lake Winnipeg.
"We support projects that show demonstrative results."
The projects include:
"ö $25,000 to reduce runoff of nutrients into the Icelandic River and Washbow Bay Creek by putting up fencing and providing different water sources for cattle
"ö $25,000 to the University of Manitoba for a study to look at Lake Manitoba's water quality to get a basis for gauging nitrogen and phosphorus reduction, which could also be used to measure initiatives on Lake Winnipeg
"ö $132,000 to put a greenhouse-type structure over a waste-water pond to adapt it to the province's climate
"ö $379,000 to Ducks Unlimited to study the Broughton's Creek watershed, north of Brandon, and figure out a way to put a monetary value on wetland restoration.
But Liberal MP Anita Neville criticized the Harper government, saying it has taken more than two years since the cash was announced for the first projects to be funded.
The Harper government announced $7 million in March 2007 for the lake, but after criticism in this province that Ontario's Lake Simcoe -- 33 times smaller than Lake Winnipeg -- received $12 million, the federal government added another $11 million in November 2007.
"It's part of this government's pattern of smoke and mirrors," Neville said.
"They announce, re-announce, and re-announce again... they are dribbling it out."
Toews said the total $18-million program is added to the "tens and hundreds of millions of dollars we intend to put into water and sewer projects across the province. He said a portion of the money was spent last year and this by Environment Canada, which is studying the lake using the Namao research ship.
"Virtually every sewer and water project in the province can help out Lake Winnipeg," he said.
"If it was only $18 million, I would agree with Anita Neville, but there's more."
Henry Murkin, of Ducks Unlimited, said he's hoping their project will in future help governments determine the real costs of allowing developments or expanding farmland on wetlands.
Greg Bruce of Ducks Unlimited said the loss of wetlands in the province means the amount of phosphorus currently getting into Lake Winnipeg each year is now the equivalent of 10 semi loads of commercial agricultural fertilizer being dumped into it.
Other members of the advisory committee include Chief David Crate of the Fisher River First Nation, Al Kristofferson of the Lake Winnipeg Research Consortium, and Marlene Cook, Selkirk's deputy mayor.
Source: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/11m-for-lake-winnipeg-49170002.html
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Ready to cast - Kids Fishing For A Cure hits the water June 6
Posted by Jim on Thursday, July 02, 2009 (15:03:10) (0 reads)
By Mark T. Buss
Kids Fishing For a Cure will be getting their lines in the water one way or another this weekend.
The local not-for-profit group dedicated to bringing smiles to the faces of children battling cancer will be holding their 14th annual fishing derby June 6 at Selkirk Park.
The only snag this year appears to be the Red River itself. Because the river current is moving too fast – approximately 21 km per hour – the park’s boat launches are not in the water.
As a result, young fishers and their guardians may be casting from the shore, but that won’t deter event executives like longtime volunteer Bobbi Carter.
“We may not have the boat launches but this is something the kids look forward right after Christmas,” Carter said. “It’s a fun day for the kids and it lets them forget about their treatment for a while and just lets them be kids.”
Kids Fishing For a Cure is a non-profit organization based in Selkirk that raises money for youths battling cancer. The organization was created by the late John Harber, who used to drive cancer patients to Winnipeg for treatment and was heartbroken to discover the amount of children suffering with the debilitating disease.
Enlisting the services of three avid fishermen to run the derby in 1996, the group has continued to host the annual event, which has grown from an inaugural field of 11 youths to an estimated 95 participants registered for this year.
To date, they have raised and donated over $68,000 back to CancerCare Manitoba’s pediatric unit.
Carter said the derby would not have reached its 14th season without the support of the business community and volunteers.
“The local support we get is amazing,” Carter said. “People have come to know what we do and that we’re a good operation, so when we ask for anything we usually get a good response.”
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Organizers will begin setting up shop at the park around 6 a.m. with a pancake breakfast at 7 a.m.
After registration, children and their chaperones will fish from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., where they will return for lunch, a magic show, presentations and awards.
“We’ve got mascots, clowns, displays set up by the fire department and police. They’re going to have a great time,” Carter said. “And the fishing’s not bad either. Last year eight kids caught master anglers.”
At a special presentation at this year’s derby, Carter said organizers will be donating $1,000 raised at their annual Fishing For a Cure social in April to CancerCare Manitoba for Kendra’s Walk For Kids – a fundraising event organized by 17-year-old Kendra McBain, a St. John’s Ravenscourt Grade 12 student who has spent her high school years battling cancer
Determined to give back to CancerCare Manitoba, McBain held the event at SJR May 29 in an effort to raise enough money for a teen room in the pediatric clinic.
Kids Fishing For a Cure has also recently purchased one year’s worth of Intenet services for the clinic.
Carter said they’re also looking to purchase parking passes – at $150 a month – to ease the financial burden on the families involved.
For more information on the derby, contact Carter at 785-8526 or CancerCare Manitoba at (204) 787-1800.
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Source: http://www.selkirkjournal.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1602286
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back in town
Posted by Steve on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 (05:41:58) (8 reads)
For those of you that have been trying to get ahold of me I havent been ignoring you, I had to leave town for a week or so on some family business,I am back and I will get to your emails and pm's hopefully in the next day or so.
thanks
Steve
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website update
Posted by Steve on Sunday, June 21, 2009 (14:29:38) (13 reads)
We waited as long as we could, but it is now time to update the website.
It will be done over the next few days.
thanks
Steve
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