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Ruth Bonneville / Free Press LOCAL STDUP - monarch tagging Laura Burns, conservation programs manager at Assiniboine Park Zoo, releases a monarch butterfly named Eddie, back into the wild after he was successfully tagged Wednesday. Assiniboine Park Zoo and Living Prairie Museum staff tag monarch butterflies f.with real-time trackers to learn from their winter migration Wednesday. This is the first time Manitoba butterfly travel will be tracked. See story Aug 26th,, 2026