Pictured: Headworks area where the wastewater enters the plant Among the many positives that Selkirk’s new wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) brings to the city is that it was built smart and the city held strong to the belief that bigger isn’t necessarily better. The $30-plus million plant is state-of-the-art and will treat effluent to a…
To build great things, you have to start from the ground up. But to build toward a more climate resilient city, the construction is starting below the ground. The city will be separating the combined sewers, a critical objective of the city’s award-winning Climate Change Adaption Strategy (CCAS), down Sophia Street between Centennial and Selkirk…
I would like to thank Mayor Bowman for raising his concerns and his recommendations for a more transparent and democratic process for the approval of the Winnipeg Metro Region’s Plan 20-50. As Mayor Bowman rightly points out, with the dramatic changes proposed by the Province of Manitoba in Bill 37, this document will have significant…
There’s no other way to paint 2020, it was a year that was coloured by COVID-19 at every turn since we first heard whispers of the virus in February – a month later the NHL season was cancelled and suddenly a far away concern was on our doorsteps. We spent the spring under strict measures…
Civic Office Holiday Schedule Thursday, December 24 Closed all day – Christmas Eve Friday, December 25 Closed all day – Christmas Day Monday, December 28 Closed all day – In-Lieu of Boxing Day Monday, December 28 Regular meeting of Council rescheduled for Tuesday,…
