Opinion I recall how shocked I was the first time I took my seat in the press gallery at the Manitoba legislature in 1994 and […]
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Bratty premiers out of line on feds’ housing conditions
Opinion It’s a moment all parents have experienced: asking their children to do something they don’t want to do. It doesn’t matter if what they […]
HAL’S KITCHEN: MMM … Manitoba! celebrates our food culture
Breadcrumb Trail Links Winnipeg Columnists Published Apr 21, 2024 • Last updated 7 minutes ago • 2 minute read mmm… Manitoba celebrates the province’s food and […]
People dying while NDP ponders; no need to re-invent supervised drug site wheel
Opinion A new consultant’s report in Manitoba that evaluated the use of a mobile supervised consumption site in Winnipeg for drug users has found it […]
HAL’S HEADLINES: Jets hope to end three-decade drought
Article content The last Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup was the 1993 Montreal Canadiens. Not to jinx anything but many hockey fans believe […]
Liberals say one thing, do another in mismanaging Canada’s fiscal future
Opinion Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has never balanced the books. The Liberal leader promised voters during the 2015 federal election campaign that if his party […]
NDP, Tories placed very different wagers with election campaign funds
Opinion Thanks to the 1976 film All the President’s Men, political journalists know that good things happen when you “follow the money.” Sometimes, that trail […]
Taxing rich, focus on housing not enough to dig Liberals out of hole
Opinion It’s a simple concept: federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland wants the wealthiest Canadians to pay a bit more to help pay for affordable housing […]
Hospital staff need protection; is pepper gel the right prescription?
Opinion In the rush to protect front-line hospital staff, has the NDP government put its pepper gel before the cart? Last week, responding to criticism […]
Tories unabashedly deliver load of ‘do as we say, not as we did’ in opposition
Opinion Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative party is not in a great position to lecture anyone about budget cuts to infrastructure spending. The Tories underspent their infrastructure […]