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WINNIPEG -- A developer rejected suggestions Thursday that money he gave to two Winnipeg city officials was a thank you for getting a contract for the city's new police headquarters.
WINNIPEG -- The federal government is taking another step toward a potential expansion of the Port of Churchill in Manitoba and increased shipping through the Arctic.
WINNIPEG -- A former chief administrative officer with the City of Winnipeg is facing more questions about money he received from a contractor who was doing business with the city on a major capital project.
WINNIPEG -- A former chief administrative officer with the City of Winnipeg testified Tuesday it wasn't right of him to meet with a contractor bidding on a major project.
WINNIPEG -- A former chief administrative officer with the City of Winnipeg is being asked at a public inquiry why he met with and emailed a contractor about a major redevelopment project.
WINNIPEG -- Former Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz faced questions at a public inquiry Thursday about money he received from a contractor leading a major construction project that ran over budget.
WINNIPEG -- Former Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz has told a public inquiry he instructed others at city hall to control the rising cost of the city's new police headquarters.
WINNIPEG -- A public inquiry into cost overruns at a Winnipeg construction project has heard of an unusual change that helped the winning bidder.
WINNIPEG -- A public inquiry is set to begin today on cost overruns and controversy linked to a building project led by the City of Winnipeg.
WINNIPEG -- A coalition of environmental, labour and other groups says the Manitoba government has to spend more money on climate protection in the spring budget in order to meet emissions and land-protection targets.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government says that in recent months it has attracted 13 physicians who were trained in the United States as part of the province's effort to reduce wait times.
WINNIPEG -- The head of Manitoba Hydro says the Crown-owned utility is facing dry conditions and low water levels as it aims to expand generating capacity and replace aging infrastructure.
WINNIPEG -- The head of Manitoba Hydro says the Crown-owned utility is facing dry conditions and low water levels as it aims to expand generating capacity and replace aging infrastructure.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government is promising up to $1 million to help boost security at places of worship following recent cases of vandalism with hate symbols.
WINNIPEG -- A group that represents independent grocers says its members are being hurt by the Manitoba government's freeze on the retail price of one-litre cartons of milk.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba's NDP government has joined some other provinces in pushing back against a planned federal gun buyback program.
WINNIPEG -- Health officials say most of the people taken to hospital after a school bus crash in western Manitoba are being released from hospital.
GIMLI -- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called on Ontario Premier Doug Ford Tuesday to drop plans for a boycott of Crown Royal whisky, and wrote Ford's name on a barrel outside the plant north of Winnipeg where some of the whisky is mashed, distilled and aged.
A regional director with the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives had his board position and party membership suspended Monday after posting a social media message that appeared supportive of ICE — the immigration enforcement agency in the United States. Patrick Allard is also banned from running as a candidate in the next election, Tory Leader Obby Khan said. "This party does not...
WINNIPEG - A regional director with the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives had his board position and party membership suspended Monday after posting a social media message that appeared supportive of ICE — the immigration enforcement agency in the United States.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government is launching a new app to let people store their health cards, and eventually other government documents, on their smartphones or tablets.
WINNIPEG -- One of the two candidates who ran for the leadership of the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives last year is facing a penalty for not filing his campaign financial statement.
WINNIPEG -- A public inquiry examining cost overruns on construction of the Winnipeg Police Service's headquarters is looking at higher-than-expected costs.
A Manitoba politician who was kicked out of the governing NDP caucus is suing Premier Wab Kinew and two other New Democrat legislature members. Mark Wasyliw, in a statement of claim, alleges that Kinew, Billie Cross and Ian Bushie defamed him with false and reckless statements during his removal from caucus in September 2024.
WINNIPEG -- A Manitoba politician who was kicked out of the governing NDP caucus is suing Premier Wab Kinew and two other New Democrat legislature members.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew's popularity shows little sign of sagging, more than two years after his NDP government was elected. The support remains despite ongoing challenges in reducing health-care wait times, ending chronic homelessness and stopping a string of provincial budget deficits. Kinew has consistently ranked at the top of monthly Angus Reid polls on the popularity of the country's...
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew's popularity shows little sign of sagging, more than two years after his NDP government was elected.
WINNIPEG -- A large Canadian flag that hung on the front of the Manitoba legislature has been returned to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers football team.
Wally Daudrich, who finished a close second in this year's Manitoba Progressive Conservative leadership race, is now hoping to run for a legislature seat. Daudrich is seeking the Opposition party's nomination in the Turtle Mountain constituency -- a Tory stronghold where incumbent Doyle Piwniuk has announced he will not seek re-election in 2027.
WINNIPEG -- Wally Daudrich, who finished a close second in this year's Manitoba Progressive Conservative leadership race, is now hoping to run for a legislature seat.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he's not going to fulfil a 2023 election campaign promise to regulate gas prices.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government is looking at cracking down on so-called "differential pricing" on groceries and implementing further controls on milk as part of its ongoing attempts to contain the rising cost of living.
WINNIPEG -- For biologist and avid canoeist Jim Duncan, nothing beats the old-fashioned way of planning a multi-day wilderness outing -- pulling out a large paper map, gathering his travelling companions around it, and discussing the itinerary.
WINNIPEG -- A report from a committee set up by the Manitoba government is recommending tax credits and government advertising to support media outlets, but the report is not unanimous.
WINNIPEG -- Faced with a third straight drought, Manitoba Hydro says it could be looking at its biggest financial loss in years once the fiscal year ends in March.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Progressive Conservative Ron Schuler has announced he will not seek re-election.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government's deficit for the current fiscal year is expected to reach $1.6 billion, more than double the $794 million estimated in the spring budget, the province's second-quarter report released Monday showed.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government is looking at another larger-than-expected deficit.
WINNIPEG -- New figures from Ottawa show the Manitoba government is forecast to see its federal equalization payments jump by $355 million, or 7.5 per cent, in the next fiscal year.
WINNIPEG -- A Progressive Conservative pamphlet before the 2023 Manitoba election campaign that detailed Premier Wab Kinew's criminal past, along with related comments made by volunteers, did not violate the province's Elections Act, elections commissioner Bill Bowles has ruled.
WINNIPEG -- Kelvin Goertzen, a veteran Manitoba politician who briefly served as premier, has announced he will not run in the next election.
WINNIPEG -- A longtime Manitoba politician who served briefly as premier has announced he will not run in the next election.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government is promising more consultation, and a possible delayed opening, for the province's first supervised drug consumption site.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Progressive Conservatives have hired Alberta strategist Stephen Carter to guide their next election campaign.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government appears to have chosen a new location for its proposed supervised drug consumption site.
WINNIPEG -- Some Manitoba parents whose children have Type 1 diabetes are asking the provincial government to help their kids in school.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is asking a provincial committee to take another look at how it notifies the public about convicted sex offenders being released from custody.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba is renewing its call for a national electricity grid that would move more power between provinces and territories and help the province's exports.
WINNIPEG -- Tofu-eaters. Misogynists. Criminal.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government is welcoming a report on a potential Red Dress Alert system that could protect missing Indigenous women and girls.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says his plan to set up a group to help police fight distribution of methamphetamines will be backed by new provincial resources.
WINNIPEG -- Winnipeg police have charged a man with setting a series of fires at restaurants, businesses and the constituency offices of two Manitoba cabinet ministers.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government is promising to build an overpass to improve safety at an intersection where 17 people died in a bus crash.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government is promising to build an overpass to improve safety at an intersection where 17 people died in a bus crash.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government is scheduled to outline its plans for the coming year in its annual throne speech this afternoon.
WINNIPEG -- One of the federal government's proposed nation-building projects -- the expansion of the Port of Churchill and the rail line that serves the remote northern community -- will require a lot of work, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government is looking for design teams to help build a new statue on the front lawn of the legislature.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is not ruling out an early election, ahead of the scheduled date of Oct. 5, 2027. Kinew says he was close to calling an early vote very recently -- when it looked like a NDP government bill to detain highly intoxicated people for up to 72 hours looked like it might not pass. The bill was...
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is not ruling out an early election, ahead of the scheduled date of Oct. 5, 2027.
BRANDON -- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has urged NDP delegates to start preparing for an election almost two years away.