This past Monday a committee of the Manitoba Legislature visited Steinbach to listen to public presentations on whether senators should be elected, and if so, how those elections should take place.
The new year in Manitoba has started with a couple of criminal justice stories that, while shocking, perhaps shouldn’t come as such a surprise.
The New Year began with the provincial NDP government firing off a News Release to Manitoba media trumpeting tax cuts that came into effect on January 1st.
Just before Christmas while doing an interview on a Winnipeg radio station, NDP Premier Gary Doer made an interesting comment.
It’s traditional at this time to look back at the year just past. 2008 will be remembered internationally as a turbulent year economically and politically.
The week before Christmas is, traditionally, the busiest week for most retail stores.
One thing NDP Premier Gary Doer has never been shy about is commenting on federal politics.
Due to the recent Stock Market crash, pension funds are evaporating and savings are shrinking across Manitoba.
The Manitoba Legislature begins a new session November 20th with an opening that will be slightly different than is tradition.
It was just a few years ago that talk show hosts across the country were expressing concern that Remembrance Day observations would become smaller events as less and less World War I and World War II veterans remained to tell the story of those conflicts.
