Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation reports that ice-cutting began last week on the Icelandic and Fisher Rivers, and has now started on the Brokenhead River to reduce potential ice-jam flooding.
Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship urges anyone with an ice shack on a lake or river in southern Manitoba to remove the structure as soon as possible, as long as ice conditions are safe to do so.
Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation advises ice cutting is scheduled to begin on the Red River north of Selkirk today as part of the provincial flood-fighting effort to reduce ice-jam flooding.
Amphibex icebreaking machines have been retrofitted with a made-in-Manitoba solution to reinforce the front pedestal assembly supporting the critical hydraulic boom arms to better attack Red River ice north of Selkirk when the ice-jam mitigation program goes into action.
Manitoba’s ice-jam mitigation program has concluded work in record time on the Red River north of Selkirk for this spring.
Amphibex icebreaking crews are at work on thick Red River ice north of Selkirk, Premier Greg Selinger announced here today at the launch point of the 2015 ice-jam prevention program.
The 2014 ice-jam mitigation program is underway as the Amphibex icebreaking team is at work on thick Red River ice north of Selkirk.
The Amphibex icebreaking team is beginning work on the Red River north of Selkirk, kicking off the 2013 ice-jam prevention program.
On January 9, 2013, at about 5:30pm, Selkirk RCMP responded to the scene of a vehicle going through the ice on the Red River near Selkirk, Manitoba.
On December 11, 2012, just before 5am, Selkirk RCMP and local emergency services responded to a report of a vehicle that had gone through the ice on the Red River at the Lockport Dam.
