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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.
BRANDON -- The costs of child care, food and other items are among the topics on the agenda at this weekend's Manitoba NDP convention.
WINNIPEG -- A bill to ban election disinformation, including so-called deep-fake videos that falsely portray candidates, is among several pieces of legislation expected to pass today before the Manitoba legislature session ends.
WINNIPEG -- People high on methamphetamines and other drugs will soon face the possibility of being detained for up to three days, under a bill passed by the Manitoba legislature Wednesday after a lot of political debates, threats and dares.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba legislature has passed a bill to extend the amount of time highly intoxicated people can be detained.
WINNIPEG -- All three former Manitoba Progressive Conservative cabinet ministers fined for breaking the province's conflict of interest law have now paid up.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba's NDP government has agreed to support a Liberal bill on universal screening for learning disabilities in early grades.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba's governing New Democrats are threatening to extend the current legislature session in order to pass a bill that would allow intoxicated people to be detained longer.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is joining other premiers in denouncing a Supreme Court of Canada ruling on child pornography.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government is looking at having more data storage and cloud computing infrastructure based in the province.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government's senior adviser on homelessness is leaving her position after roughly 10 months on the job.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba legislature members are sparring over the meaning behind a "waah waah" noise that sounded like a baby crying.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservatives say planned detention centres for people intoxicated on drugs such as methamphetamines should not be built close to schools, parks and personal care homes.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government has been taking longer to respond to freedom of information requests and collecting more money from people filing them, newly released figures show.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew took a swipe at governments in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Quebec on Thursday as he announced a plan to have judges weigh in on the use of the notwithstanding clause to override protections under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government is planning to ensure judges can weigh in any time the province invokes the notwithstanding clause to override rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
WINNIPEG -- Former television news reporter Richard Madan is collecting a salary of $387,000 a year as Manitoba's trade representative in Washington, D.C., the premier's office has revealed.
Manitoba's trade representative in Washington, D.C. is making $387,000 a year. Premier Wab Kinew's office has revealed the salary for Richard Madan, a former television reporter hired in the spring to head up a trade office inside the Canadian Embassy. The premier's office says Madan's pay is similar to money spent by some other provinces, including Ontario and Saskatchewan, on...
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba's trade representative in Washington, D.C. is making $387,000 a year.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba advocate for children and youth says the provincial government must do more to reduce the harm caused to young people from wildfires.
WINNIPEG -- Former Manitoba politicians who have retired or were defeated in the 2023 election received more than $400,000 in severance and transition payments in the 2024-25 fiscal year.
WINNIPEG -- Governments and non-profit groups are taking time to review this year's wildfire season and the unprecedented challenges posed by evacuating tens of thousands of people across wide swaths of the country.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservative leader apologized Thursday for making a gesture in question period that mimicked shooting himself in the head.
WINNIPEG -- A bill that would allow severely intoxicated people in Manitoba to be held for longer periods of time could become law very soon.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservative leader is apologizing for making a gesture in question period that mimicked shooting himself in the head.
WINNIPEG -- Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson and two of her cabinet ministers were fined Tuesday for violating the province's conflict of interest law in pushing for a mining project.
WINNIPEG -- Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson has been fined $18,000 for violating the province's conflict of interest law.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is at the halfway point of his NDP government's mandate.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government has introduced a bill that would allow authorities to detain intoxicated people for up to 72 hours -- instead of the current 24 hours.
WINNIPEG -- Security at constituency offices for Manitoba legislature members may be increased in the wake of recent fires and vandalism.
Manitoba politicians will vote on recommended fines for three former cabinet members during the fall legislature sitting that begins today. Among the items up for debate is a report by the ethics commissioner that said former premier Heather Stefanson and two of her cabinet ministers violated the province's conflict-of-interest law. The report found the three unsuccessfully tried to push through...
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba politicians will vote on recommended fines for three former cabinet members during the fall legislature sitting that begins today.
Police are investigating a fire at the constituency office of a Manitoba cabinet minister. Winnipeg police say the major crimes unit is investigating a blaze at the office of Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine, which is in a small one-storey building. The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service says the fire was reported around 5 a.m., crews responded and got it under control...
WINNIPEG -- Police are investigating a fire at the constituency office of a Manitoba cabinet minister.
WINNIPEG -- A historic breakthrough in the Manitoba government's bid to attract and retain people, touted via a press release, has turned out to be a case of premature celebration.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba's Opposition leader plans to ask a judge to declare that Premier Wab Kinew and the New Democrats violated a law that bans government advertising during election campaigns.
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government ran a higher-than-expected deficit in the last fiscal year and is on track to miss its target again this year, according to documents released Friday by the Finance department.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba ran a higher-than-expected deficit in the last fiscal year and is on track to miss its target again this year.
WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says costs associated with this year's wildfire season amount to roughly $180 million, with some invoices still to come.