Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition November 1, 2014 It’s well past high noon — and to say the very least this has not been a good couple of weeks for “Today’s NDP.” Slumping numbers, calls for the premier’s job, a pair of trouncings for known NDP members in civic mayoral elections and a handful of high-ranking NDP MLAs speaking out against their captain in the media is just ...
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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition October 18, 2014 Members of the Manitoba legislature are not short on ideas for spending the increased PST that came into effect under the Selinger government. From Tory promises to scrap it to NDP reaffirmations of its value to Manitobans, MLAs throughout the legislature and staffers within the parties have spent plenty of time crafting their response to the political dynamite that the ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition September 20, 2014 After the dust at city hall settled on Tuesday, the field was set for another civic election, with this go-around being a small piece of the 2010 incarnation. That election saw a handful of candidates for mayor, as well as all but four wards in play. It also saw a list of more than a dozen potential trustee candidates, yours ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition September 6, 2014 For an election that has remained pretty silent the last couple of weeks, it appears the battle for Brandon boulevards and billboards has begun. After an extended weekend that saw the launch of a new school year in its wake, much of the electioneering seems to have jumped a gear or two with candidates honing in on the seven weeks ...
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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition July 26, 2014 As puddles of stagnant river water begin to pop up throughout the flood zone, the ramping up of a larvicide program and fogging applications will hopefully quash a second groundswell of the pesky bugs before they officially write off the balance of nice summer evenings in Brandon. Undoubtedly the fogging of nuisance mosquitoes takes its toll on some in the ...
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