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20 Apr 2010

Manitoba: Potential ban for ice fishing shacks on the Red River

WINNIPEG - The Rural Municipality of St. Clements is mounting a campaign to have the province ban ice-fishing shacks from the Red River in a bid to end the mess left behind each spring. In a letter to Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick, the rural municipality north of Winnipeg said it's seeking support from the neighbouring RM of St. Andrews and the City of Selkirk to prohibit the installation of permanent ice-fishing shelters. Pails of human waste, treated lumber, furniture, booze bottles, and five entire shacks were among the items left behind after the March 15 deadline to remove ice shacks. "We feel the municipality should do their part by speaking out against these ice shelters and the unnecessary carnage they leave behind ...

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