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 […]
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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 […]
HAL’S HEADLINES: Let’s get on with the scramble at Portage and Main!
Article content Scramble intersections, where all vehicles stop so pedestrians can cross every which way, were first used in North America in the late 1940s. […]
Bigger health-care budget alone does little to shrink surgery wait times
Opinion Here’s a sobering statistic in Manitoba: despite well over $1 billion in extra health-care spending over the past year, wait times for hip and […]
NDP broke election promise and it’s probably a good thing
Opinion The Manitoba NDP broke a major election promise when it unveiled its first provincial budget last week. It promised voters it would keep the […]
Kinew, unlike others who’ve gone before him, deliberating before passing judgment
Opinion By any measurement, it was a good news announcement. On Monday, the new NDP government announced it was funding 50 new beds for the […]
HAL’S KITCHEN: The Crookie is here!
Breadcrumb Trail Links Winnipeg Columnists Published Apr 06, 2024 • 3 minute read Invented in Paris by Stéphane Louvard, the Crookie croissant mash-up quickly made […]
Slight improvements in city ER wait times cause for cautious optimism
Opinion If Manitobans are looking for any sign health care is improving under the NDP government, they may want to check out emergency room wait […]