Sep 5 2023 — Steve Lambert — The Canadian Press — WINNIPEG — Manitoba's election has been called for Oct. 3. Here are some of the races to watch: Southdale — Currently held by Audrey Gordon, the Progressive Conservative health minister. She won this south Winnipeg seat by fewer than 500 votes in 2019,...
Sep 5 2023 — Steve Lambert — The Canadian Press — WINNIPEG — Despite her 23 years as a politician — and almost two as Manitoba's first female premier — Heather Stefanson says she is still getting used to the public spotlight. She is more accustomed to working in the background. "I'm not someone that s...
Sep 5 2023 — Steve Lambert — The Canadian Press — WINNIPEG — Rap artist. Journalist. Economics student. Wab Kinew's path as a young man, including several brushes with the law and some convictions, did not appear a likely path to politics. But as he entered his 30s, he decided political office might b...
Sep 5 2023 — Steve Lambert — The Canadian Press — WINNIPEG — After years of working behind the scenes in politics, Dougald Lamont now has five years of experience as a Manitoba legislature member and six years at the helm of the provincial Liberals. It has been a learning curve, he admits. With three...
Sep 4 2023 — Steve Lambert — The Canadian Press — WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson is expected to call an election Tuesday in a bid for a third consecutive Progressive Conservative majority. Opinion polls suggest it will be an uphill battle. The governing Tories saw their poll numbers d...
Aug 29 2023 — Steve Lambert — The Canadian Press — WINNIPEG — The union that represents 11,000 Manitoba civil servants is planning a strike vote after negotiations appear to have stalled on the issue of wages. The Manitoba Government and General Employees Union says the government has offered wage incr...
Aug 28 2023 — Steve Lambert — The Canadian Press — WINNIPEG — Workers at Manitoba's auto insurance Crown corporation went on strike Monday, as Premier Heather Stefanson criticized union leaders for rejecting a wage offer. About 1,700 workers at Manitoba Public Insurance walked off the job after negotia...
Jul 31 2023 — Steve Lambert — The Canadian Press — WINNIPEG — A Manitoba cabinet minister who has described himself as Métis said Monday he is on a personal journey of discovering his background, as new questions were raised about his status. Kevin Klein, the minister of environment and climate, made t...
Jul 29 2023 — Steve Lambert — The Canadian Press — WINNIPEG — In the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Manitoba government laid out plans for a video to reflect on the effects of the novel coronavirus, complete with a song commissioned from noted singer-songwriter Sierra Noble. But the project, reve...
Jul 20 2023 — Steve Lambert — The Canadian Press — WINNIPEG — Mayor Scott Gillingham offered support for a landfill search for human remains, some Indigenous leaders said after a one-hour meeting with him Thursday, adding the Manitoba government remains an obstacle. "I'm really happy that the mayor's ...
Jul 6 2023 — Steve Lambert — The Canadian Press — WINNIPEG — Manitoba's commissioner of elections has ruled the government violated a ban on advertising during election periods when it invited reporters to an event with Premier Heather Stefanson. Commissioner Bill Bowles adds, however, that he does no...
Jul 5 2023 — Steve Lambert — The Canadian Press — WINNIPEG — A senior executive at a Manitoba Crown corporation was sometimes being reimbursed for travel to Winnipeg from his home in the Toronto area twice a month, figures obtained by The Canadian Press show. The newly released detailed breakdown of e...
Jun 14 2023 — Steve Lambert — The Canadian Press — WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is taking out more advertising in the lead-up to the Oct. 3 provincial election and has more leeway to do so under recent changes to provincial law. The Progressive Conservative government has budgeted $375,500 for th...
Jun 6 2023 — Steve Lambert — The Canadian Press — WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Crown-owned vehicle insurance corporation offered more details Tuesday on recent turmoil that has seen the departure of senior executives and a big jump in the cost of technology upgrades. Ward Keith, who took over as board chair...
Jun 5 2023 — Steve Lambert — The Canadian Press — WINNIPEG — Elections Manitoba is expecting faster results on election night Oct. 3, and has laid out a timeline that appears to be roughly twice as fast as the drawn-out affair experienced in Alberta last week. The independent agency is planning to use...