Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition April 25, 2015 Manitobans have been kneedeep in hockey fever this week, consumed with whiteouts and Wheat Kings, thunder sticks and jersey-clad ministerial selfies. And yet, while the province is — or was — consumed with hockey playoffs, the political landscape has been shifting around us. Fresh off a federal budget that Conservatives indicate was their form of a “balanced budget,” Manitobans are ...
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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition April 18, 2015 Either Greg Selinger will be remembered as the ultimate salesman for uniting a party with plenty of detractors, or he will be remembered as the one who let the wolves back in the farmyard. In either case, the next year should be one to watch. Fresh from a hush-hush retreat, the premier and the NDP have emerged stating they are ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition April 11, 2015 Having to line up sometimes days prior to secure a daycare spot is an absolute shame. To learn after all that time that the waiting was for naught is the injustice that stands as bitter icing on the cake. As was shared in the Sun earlier this week, many parents were left without options after spending hours in line to ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition April 2, 2015 It is something that hasn’t happened in Canada since the early years of Stephen Harper’s regime, and it appears he and his government may bookend their time with what pollsters believe could be a slim minority government. This news comes on the heels of the latest EKOS poll that notes Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party has sunk close to 10 per ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition March 28, 2015 If you are a Brandon School Division trustee, it is becoming harder every day to like the hand you have been dealt by the provincial government regarding the kindergarten to Grade 3 class size initiative. We are far past the argument as to whether the idea works, or whether smaller class sizes benefit young children. It is pretty evident that ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition March 14, 2015 When the dust settling from last weekend’s NDP convention, only one gunslinger remained in control of the party he has seen through plummeting support. Premier Greg Selinger, as many Manitobans already know, survived his dust-up with longtime adversary Steve Ashton and upstart contender Theresa Oswald, with the province remaining in the tenuous grip of the premier after a razor-thin victory ...
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