Local News Families take part in springtime tradition Saturday of releasing fish to restock Lake Glenview Fish Release Day is a way for kids and their families to get their hands into nature.

Fossils indicate that the lake sturgeon has existed for more than 136 million years, according to scientists. It's spade-nosed fish with a bottom-mounted vacuum hose instead of jaws.

The Manitoba government is blaming an unusually cool spring for a high number of fish dying along Lake of the Prairies in recent weeks.