On November 7, 2007, Samuel Golubchuk was admitted to the ICU at the Grace Hospital in Winnipeg; where his life is being sustained by a ventilator and tube feeding.
That was the sound NDP Finance Minister Greg Selinger was hearing after his meeting this week with his provincial and federal counterparts where he learned that the tap was being closed on ever increasing amounts of cash from Ottawa.
We live in a time when technologies and ideas are adapted in response not to need but to advertising, salesmanship, and fashion.
One of the oldest instruments for navigation has been the magnetic compass. It is a vital tool that allows ships to steer a given course.
In the midst of the global financial crisis provincial governments across Canada are rushing to put in place plans to lessen the impact on their residents and the finances of their respective provinces.
One of the things that Manitoba has been known for in the past is that its economy wasn’t prone to significant swings either upward or downward.
One of the reasons I enjoy living on the Canadian prairies is that here we have four very distinct seasons every year.
Last week Premier Gary Doer and the NDP government voted to take $1 million from taxpayers’ and put it into the bank account of their political party.
As Thanksgiving rolls around again this year, I have been pondering a certain matter that I am quite thankful for this year.
This past Sunday night 31 year old Jonathon Muzychka was in an exercise yard at Headingley Correctional Centre where he was serving time for a long history of criminal offences and awaiting trial on second-degree murder charges.