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CBC: Winnipeg moves to scrap bird-friendly window bylaw developers argue is barrier to development

December 7, 2025 — 

Conservationists are raising concerns as the City of Winnipeg considers walking back a development bylaw designed to help save birds from fatal window strikes, less than a year after the rules came into effect. “I’m kind of … shocked,” said Dr. Kevin Fraser, associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Manitoba who focuses on bird migration and ecology.

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