Manitoba Town Seeks Ban On Ice Fishing Shacks On Red River

St. Clements Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick is asking the Manitoba government to ban throughout the province the construction of ice-fishing shacks on Red River. Melnick wants to prohibit the shacks because of the debris left behind by the owners of the ice-fishing shelters. Melnick is asking officials of other Manitoba areas such as St. [...]

Gimli Manitoba's Inventor's Huge Chainsaw May Slay Ice Jams

A lot of things don’t cut ice with fishing folk up here but local inventor Mike Olyarnick isn’t one of them. Olyarnick invents ice-boring and ice-cut­ting equipment that has made him the toast of net fishers and winter road builders on Lake Winnipeg. Now, he’s set his sights on Red River flood-fighting. The invention is [...]

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