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CTV News
09-07-2025
- Health
- CTV News
U of M research finds wildfire ash contributing to phosphate levels in Lake Winnipeg
Dave Konefall sits on the beach with his wife Korey Williams and their two dogs Quinn and Bruce outside their Lake Winnipeg home in Dunnottar on Tuesday July 9, 2025. (Joseph Bernacki/CTV News Winnipeg) Dave Konefall and Korey Williams live on Lake Winnipeg. The permanent residents of Dunnottar walk their dogs on the beach every day. They want future generations to be able to enjoy it as well. 'It makes me concerned for the tipping point for this lake,' Konefall said. 'It's a massive giant lake. It might be a different story for the next generation. A worse story.' News of a new threat to the health of the lake is not welcome. 'If now the wildfires could be considered a detriment as well, it's really sad,' Williams said. 'This lake needs some more friends and fewer enemies.' Dunnottar beach and dogs Konefall and Williams walk their two dogs on the beach every day outside their Dunnottar home. Here they are on Tuesday July 9, 2025. (Joseph Bernacki/CTV News Winnipeg) New research from the University of Manitoba finds the phosphorus fallout from climate change may be impacting Lake Winnipeg. 'We estimated that we should have different sources of phosphorus, including dust from agricultural land or pollen from trees around the lake and another component would be wildfire,' said Dr. Masoud Goharrhoki, a research associate from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Manitoba. Goharrhoki has been working with the Lake Winnipeg Research Consortium for the past year. The Namao ship brings teams out on the lake three times a year. This spring they studied the impact of wildfire ash on the lake as a busy wildfire season unfolded. Early findings indicate particulates from the ash contribute to phosphate levels, which increase algal blooms. 'We haven't collected that before, and as far as I know, that aspect of (wildfire ash) as a source (of phosphorus) was not fully understood even in other water bodies, specifically in large water bodies,' Goharrhoki said. U of M Ash Samples At the University of Manitoba, the filter sample on the left was collected during wildfire smoke present over Lake Winnipeg near Gimli this spring. The sample filter on the right was collected before wildfires began. Here are the two samples shown on Tuesday July 9, 2025. (Scott Andersson/CTV News Winnipeg) Williams said she and her husband won't swim in the lake anymore. She worries about her dogs swimming there too. 'Especially with the dogs, you can't really train them not to drink the water,' Williams said. 'That's really unfortunate, seeing as we see this as a lake playground.'
CTV News
23-05-2025
- Climate
- CTV News
Dunnottar couple rescues pelican
Winnipeg Watch Dave Konefall's Wednesday afternoon walk with his dogs on the shoreline of Lake Winnipeg quickly changed gears when he spotted a large bird in distress.
CTV News
23-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
WATCH: ‘Such a joyful sight': Dunnottar couple rescues pelican trapped on Lake Winnipeg shoreline
Dave Konefall and his wife spotted this pelican on the shoreline of Lake Winnipeg ensnared in a fishing net on Wednesday May 21, 2025. (Korey Williams)
