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BIKE TO WORK DAY + EVENTS THROUGH THE WEEK

 
 

Fri Jun 21

+ events through the week

Whether you have never cycled before or if you cycle commute every day - Register now! There will be a whole week of activities leading up to a fabulous, fun 6th annual Bike to Work Day on Fri Jun 21. More than 45 Neighbourhood Pit Stops! (Here's a map) Prizes! BBQ!

Count yourself in! Make cycling count!

 
CLIMATE CHANGE CONNECTION NEWS
  Updated: Mon Jun 17  2:33 PM CDT    
 

St. Vital Centre's energy savings help managers snag BOMA awards

Jun 17, 2013 - Winnipeg Free Press

WINNIPEG - One of Winnipeg's sprawling regional shopping malls -- St. Vital Centre -- has become the first building in Manitoba to achieve the highest certification level under the popular BOMA Building Environmental Standards program.

 

Saskatchewan considering hydro deal with Manitoba

Jun 17, 2013 - Winnipeg Free Press

WINNIPEG - Saskatchewan is eyeing buying made-in-Manitoba hydro power, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said today.

 
 

World can’t wait until 2020 on climate change, says EIA report

Jun 17, 2013 - The Hill Times

TORONTO - Under current planning, the world is committed to achieving a new climate change regime by 2015, to be implemented starting in 2020, with the two degrees temperature constraint a key target. But if there is to be a realistic prospect of holding to that target, we cannot wait until 2020, the International Energy Agency warns.

 

Colorado wildfire destroys between 80 and 100 homes

Jun 12, 2013 - Reuters

DENVER - A wind-whipped Colorado wildfire burned between 80 and 100 homes in a wooded subdivision just outside of the state's second largest city on Wednesday, as another blaze shut a top tourist attraction and forced the evacuation of more than 900 inmates from a prison in a neighboring county.