New Rivers Park Campground Opens with Full-Service Lot Area
Rivers Provincial Park opened a 12-lot campground on June 25 with water sewer and electricity. The area, formerly overflow, includes 250 trees planted last fall and a new entrance building delayed by funding. Six Green Team workers handle upkeep while two conservation officers will staff a renovated treed-entry house. Free entry policy runs through this camping season. occupancy reached 500 campers from May 14 to June 22 with 14 seasonal lots available.
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Rivers Town Beautifies Downtown With New Pocket Parks
Brett and Claudia Nohr maintain downtown plantings as public works adds landscape ties to flower beds. A new pocket park between Rolling Dale Enterprises and Floral Cove Forbidden Flavours/Sears features a decorative fence. Green Team workers Bryce Klassen and Jasmine Duthie, funded in part by a Manitoba Health Living program, cut grass at the cemetery and water planters.
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Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup Expands in Manitoba
Six Manitoba communities have registered for the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, a national program begun in 1994 that removes shoreline litter to protect oceans and waterways. In 2009, 57,000 Canadians joined 1,568 sites. Manitoba saw 1,200 volunteers at 25 sites removing 1,950 kilograms of litter across 51 kilometres. The 2010 event runs September 18 to 26.
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