Danielle Da Silva
Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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New proposed rules for school trustees, municipal councillors seeking provincial seat
School trustees and municipal councillors seeking to run in the upcoming provincial election could be forced to take an unpaid leave of absence, if proposed legislation passes. → Read More
Province seeks to unshackle event ticket resellers
Concert-goers and sports fans could see the cost of admission rise as the Manitoba government looks to alter legislation that prohibits mark-ups on ticket resales. → Read More
Provincial government pitches retail alcohol sales pilot project
Manitobans may soon be able to put a bottle of rye or scotch into their grocery cart with eggs and bread purchases — or even where they buy lumber or shoes. → Read More
Provincial support for human trafficking awareness campaign
A campaign to raise awareness of human trafficking will receive funding from the Manitoba government. → Read More
Tories herald personal income-tax cuts, increase in health spending in election-year budget
The Progressive Conservative government is slashing personal income taxes by $311 million in its final budget, as the Tories ramp up spending across government departments ahead of October’s general election. Premier Heather Stefanson’s spending plan for the last year of her mandate proposes significant cuts to income taxes — estimated to save the average two-income family more than a $1,000 on… → Read More
Tories questioned on private liquor sales
Manitoba’s official Opposition and union leaders are demanding the Tory government give proof its plan to allow private stores to sell hard liquor won’t cost the provincial treasury. → Read More
MRI appointments delayed months due to whopping demand
Manitobans who need magnetic resonance imaging tests are in limbo after the health authority responsible for diagnostics stopped issuing appointments for some patients as wait-times reach a near two-year high. → Read More
Stefanson promises ‘very good budget for Manitobans’ March 7
The Progressive Conservative government’s final budget before Manitoba voters go to the ballot box will be tabled March 7. → Read More
Doctors, nurses welcome Manitoba’s health deal with Ottawa
Labour groups hope Manitoba’s new agreement in principle for $6.7 billion in federal funding for health care will ease pressure on staff and reduce wait times. → Read More
Manitoba offers 100-plus Filipinos jobs in health care during recruitment trip
Nurses who are being recruited from the Philippines could arrive in Manitoba as early as this summer, and be allowed to work shortly after they land under changes to licensing rules. → Read More
NDP shuffles shadow cabinet
New Democratic Party of Manitoba Leader Wab Kinew has shuffled his shadow cabinet, promoting a handful of Winnipeg-area MLAs to high-profile positions ahead of the spring legislative session. → Read More
Manitoba unveils overdue seniors strategy
The Manitoba government plans to overhaul home care, bolster seniors housing, and offer pensioners better tax breaks to make the province a “great place to age.” → Read More
Ottawa, Manitoba working to get new health dollars in provincial budget
Negotiations for a new bilateral health-care funding agreement could wrap “quite quickly,” as the Manitoba government looks to receive promised federal dollars in time for its spring budget. → Read More
First Nations raise alarm over lack of fire safety resources
First Nations leaders are demanding more support for life-saving fire safety programs, after a blaze in Tataskweyak Cree Nation sent two children to hospital Feb. 11, less than one year after a house fire killed three youth in another northern community. → Read More
Province plans to modernize clunky website
MANITOBA’S presence on the world wide web is set for an overhaul. → Read More
Manitoba to get $194M more for health from Ottawa
Premier Heather Stefanson says Ottawa’s top-up to Manitoba’s health transfer payment will be too small to make a major difference in the coming fiscal year. The province is expected to receive an additional $194 million in 2023-24, Stefanson said. “It really doesn’t have a massive impact,” she said Tuesday. → Read More
One job, two expensive salaries: Manitoba taxpayers on hook after premier shuffles inner circle
Manitobans are paying double for the provincial government’s top bureaucrat after Premier Heather Stefanson’s “refresh” of her inner circle divvied the work of the clerk of the executive council between two high-ranking public servants. → Read More
City budget’s fine print
Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham’s first budget makes good on key campaign promises and earmarks money for big-ticket and overdue capital projects supported, in part, by proposed increases to property taxes and the frontage levy. → Read More
Gillingham’s budget proposal raises property taxes, municipal fees
Winnipeggers will see their tax bill rise and can expect to pay more in municipal fees, as city council looks to recover from significant revenue shortfalls while making modest spending increases in this year’s budget. → Read More
First Nations eye legal action to halt Crown lands lease auction
MANITOBA First Nations are threatening to sue the provincial government over the leasing of Crown lands to farmers and ranchers, arguing treaty rights are being trampled in the process. → Read More