Devil's Lake, North Dakota

mirror · August 4, 2005

McKenna, another guy like Hellier by-the-way, who has too big a mouth, and our useless US Ambassador, will capitulate and kiss that yankee ass over Devil's Lake. Too bad for Manitoba!

PocketRocket · August 5, 2005

Heard an interview with the mayor of Gimli last night.

Apparently the major concern is flora and fauna from Devil's Lake getting into Lake Winnipeg(??? I think that's the one)

Anyhow, the bigwig in charge of the project stateside has proposed putting a huge filter in place that will strain out anything larger than 2 mm diameter.

Gimli's mayor said "It's a start in the right direction".

Further talks to ensue.

mcqueen625 · August 5, 2005

I am from New Brunswick, and we certainly had our fill of McKenna when he was Premier. He virtually destroyed healthcare in our Province, increased every tax he could lay his hand's on, and then left, before we had a chance to kick his ass to the curb.

That said, we now have a P.C. Premier in Bernard Lord, and we thought McKenna was bad, well he doesn't hold a candle to Bernie, who has suceeded in finsihing the job McKenna started. He has become so inventive that he now doesn't call them taxes anymore he call them fees, and has invented quite a few since he was elected to office, and then turned around an increased them. Thank God the people of this Province have gotten fed up with Bernie and are about to turf him to the curb at the first opportunity. To think people were actually stupid enough to talk in terms of Prime Minister for both McKenna and Bernard Lord. VERY SCARY!

mirror · August 5, 2005

Lord will probably the next leader of the Conservatives or whatever they will be calling themselves after their next election fiasco.

Melanie_ · August 8, 2005

It is a step in the right direction, as for a long time North Dakota was not interested in any objections Manitoba had; but persistence paid off, and there will be an environmental study and a filter system. From the coverage here in Winnipeg, it seems we got what we wanted, and the people of Devil's Lake also will have relief from the constant flooding.

SirSpanky · August 9, 2005

Debateable. When they open that thing up before the fancy new filter is in place, we'll still be getting the worst of the crap in that lake. All the bacteria, and micro-organisms will mess up our waterways pretty quick.

Melanie_ · August 16, 2005

I take back my earlier comments. North Dakota opened the Devil's Lake outlet yesterday, without waiting for the joint environment scan to be done. Of course, ND says that they conducted their own assessment, and there are no hazards to the Lake Winnipeg system. The results of the joint assessment will be available in about two weeks, but by then water from Devil's Lake will have reached Lake Winnipeg. Doer says they are violating the Boundary Waters Treaty, and Ottawa needs to get more involved. That's telling 'em, Gary!

ft.niagara · August 16, 2005

There are no boundries for self interest. Back in the 50s Canada expanded the Welland Canal over US foot dragging, and today there are many exotics in the Great Lakes, including Lake Michigan.

Melanie_ · August 16, 2005

Oh, well then, if we did it to them in the 50's, with our great understanding of environments and how they will be impacted by foreign species, we certainly can excuse them from this little transgression. <_<