Jan. 02,2025
Winnipeg Free Press January 2 2025 New offer to buy Lemay Forest Conservancy aims to buy land from developer for more than $5MThere is not an approved development plan so there is no need to remove trees. Citizens should not have to fight to stop the damage to the Lemay Forest.
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/01/02/new-offer-to-buy-lemay-forest
Pleased to see there is action and an effort still afoot to buy the forest. Russ Wyatt's suggestion to take money out of the tree budget and put it toward the Lemay Forest may be from good intentions but shows a lack of understanding. There will still be a loss to the urban canopy.
Winnipeg Sun December 30 2024 Court issues injunction against Lemay Forest blockade https://winnipegsun.com/news/court-issues-injunction-against-lemay-forest-blockade
"This is precisely what is wrong with development in Winnipeg — political interference for political gain. You cannot complain about a housing shortage in the city, as Mayor Gillingham regularly does, and then allow these antics to continue. Telling landowners who have held property for over a century that they suddenly cannot develop it is unreasonable. This is not a communist country. The government has limits, and two elected officials have overstepped theirs."
