Macklin now hosts the World Bunnock Championship every August, complete with a 32-foot-high fibreglass ankle bone monument.

Rangers are clearing winter debris, checking locations for safety cautions and getting campgrounds ready for opening.

Somewhat surprisingly, perhaps, fishing pressure this past winter on Lake of the Woods didn't set a record, despite ideal ice conditions and marginal snow cover that made it easy to get around.

If water levels drop too low, hydropower generation could affect five million people across seven states. But the conditions ...