Winnipeg Transit gave Peggo card travel history to police without warrants

The Peggo card system allows bus officials to track the exact daily travel habits of thousands of passengers. (CBC News )

City officials confirm police requested data 4 times since March

By Jacques Marcoux, CBC News, June 7, 2017

Winnipeg Transit has handed over the private travel history of bus riders to law enforcement without requiring a warrant, CBC News has learned.

City officials confirmed that on four occasions since March of 2017, Winnipeg police have requested the data generated through the use of Peggo cards for a specific passenger to assist with an investigation.

Cree, Métis trappers and fishermen block highway in northern Manitoba

Cree trappers and fishermen from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation near The Pas, Man., stop a truck on Highway 6 as part of a blockade that began Aug. 30. (Thomas Monias)

After negotiations over hydro development stall, groups block highway to protest

By Tim Fontaine, CBC News, September 2, 2016

Around a dozen people from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation and their supporters have erected a blockade on a major highway in northern Manitoba, stopping trucks and equipment bound for a massive hydroelectric development project.

Fox Lake Cree Nation lifts road blockade to 3 Manitoba Hydro sites

Manitoba Hydro officials sign a new agreement with Fox Lake Cree Nation on Saturday night. From Left to right: Band Councillor Shawna Henderson, Band Councillor Martin Nicholas, Chief Walter J. Spence, Manitoba Hydro CEO Mr. Kelvin Shepherd and Division Manager of Indigenous Relations Department Ms. Elissa Neville. (Fox Lake Cree Nation)

Manitoba First Nation agrees to lift blockade after negotiations with Manitoba Hydro, chief says

CBC News, May 15, 2016

A northern Manitoba First Nation has walked away from road blockades to three Manitoba Hydro work sites after blocking access last week.

“I feel very optimistic, we’re both renewing our commitment to work together,” said Walter Spence, the chief of Fox Lake Cree Nation.

Spence said a new agreement was reached Saturday night between Manitoba Hydro and Fox Lake Cree Nation.

Fox Lake Cree Nation blocks road access to 3 Hydro sites

Fox Lake Cree Nation has blocked Highway 290, preventing workers from accessing three Manitoba Hydro sites. (Fox Lake Cree Nation)

First Nation suspects Manitoba Hydro involved after sacred site damaged

By Jillian Taylor, CBC News, May 12, 2016

A northern Manitoba First Nation has put up a road block to keep Manitoba Hydro workers from three sites.

Fox Lake Cree Nation Chief, Walter Spence, said the decision was made after a ceremonial site was desecrated.

“One of our members happened to be out on the land and came across the site,” said Spence. “The prayer flags that were tied to trees, those trees were cut down…tobacco ties [were] on the ground as well.”

Sapotaweyak Cree Nation sets up blockades to stop work on Bipole III

The community set up two blockades on Saturday along Highway 10

CBC News, Jan 25, 2015

Members of a western Manitoba aboriginal community are peacefully protesting work on the Bipole III hydroelectric line, a project that requires the construction of a transmission line, two new converter stations and two ground electrodes for those stations.

That construction will involve clear-cutting trees near Sapotaweyak Cree Nation, located north of Swan River in central Manitoba. 

Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger apologizes to Cross Lake First Nation for damage done by dam

Graphic: APTN.

APTN National News, Jan 20, 2015
CROSS LAKE, Man. – Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger apologized to a northern Aboriginal community Tuesday for damage caused by a hydro-electric dam.

Selinger agreed to visit Cross Lake First Nation following a six-week occupation of the Jenpeg generating station last fall.

Protesters had said they wouldn’t leave the grounds of the dam until they received a personal apology from the premier. They say the hydro developments affected hunting, fishing, trapping and water quality. It also led to flooding and loss of cultural identity.

Manitoba dam protesters demand revenue sharing, hydro bill help

First Nations members protesting the Jenpeg hydroelectric power-generating station rally outside Manitoba Hydro’s headquarters in downtown Winnipeg on Thursday afternoon. (Marjorie Dowhos/CBC)

First Nation chief says protesters won’t leave Jenpeg site until demands are met

By Chinta Puxley, The Canadian Press/CBC News, Oct 23, 2014

Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger says he’s willing to consider the demands of protesters from a northern First Nation occupying the grounds of a key power-generating station.

Protesters from Cross Lake First Nation want a revenue-sharing agreement with Manitoba Hydro, as well as a public apology, a shoreline cleanup and help with residential hydro bills which hover around $600 a month in the winter.

Manitoba Hydro evicted from northern dam station by protesters

Members of Pimicikamak First Nation gather around fire during occupation of Manitoba Hydro Jenpeg station.

CBC News, Oct 17, 2014

Protesters have forced employees of Manitoba Hydro out of the Jenpeg generating station in northern Manitoba.

The protesters, from Pimicikamak Cree Nation, delivered an oversized evicted notice on Friday to staff at the station and the employee housing complex, both of which are located on the Nelson River in Pimicikamak territory.

“The building is empty, locked, undamaged and under the Pimicikamak flag,” states a release from the Cree Nation, which is located approximately 525 kilometres by air north of Winnipeg.

First Nation want to evict Manitoba Hydro workers over flood damage concerns

Members of the Pimicikamak First Nation protest against Manitoba Hydro, Oct 15, 2014.

CTV Winnipeg, Oct 16, 2014

The Pimicikamak First Nation has served what it is calling an “eviction notice” to Manitoba Hydro workers.

In a statement released Wednesday, the First Nation said some of its members would occupy the grounds and staff housing complex at the Jenpeg generating station until their concerns are addressed by Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger and Manitoba Hydro CEO Scott Thomson.

Pimicikamak First Nation wants greater benefits from northern power generation. They also have concerns about permanent flooding and shoreline damage.

Northern Cree occupy Manitoba Hydro dam over longstanding grievances

By Tim Fontaine, APTN National News, Sept 29, 2014
Members of a northern First Nation have begun occupying a hydroelectric dam over longstanding grievances with Manitoba Hydro.

The Jenpeg Generating Station is located 19 kilometres from the Cree community of Cross Lake.

Tommy Monias lives in Cross Lake and is taking part in the occupation. Monias told APTN National News late Sunday that the occupation started Friday and people have been maintaining the camp in shifts, with around 10 people at the site at any given time.

Monias says RCMP are monitoring the situation but the occupiers told them it’s going to be a peaceful protest.