Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition June 24, 2016 Michelle McHale, left, and her lawyer Allison Fenske, talk to reporters at the Manitoba legislature after filing a human rights complaint against the Hanover School Division, in Winnipeg on Monday, June 20, 2016. McHale says the division discriminates against same-sex persons by not allowing discussion of sexual orientation in classrooms until high school. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Steve Lambert “Ethics is the ...
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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition April 29, 2016 As the Brian Pallister Progressive Conservatives slowly take the reins from the battered NDP, the coming weeks will be littered with plenty of questions about the future of projects throughout the province. Ideas will begin to percolate as to the funding structures for formerly committed projects, as well as the operational models for complexes currently beholden to government — none ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition April 23, 2016 It may have taken close to five decades, but the Progressive Conservatives have finally planted their flag on what longtime NDP MLA Drew Caldwell called the “island of sanity in a sea of Tory blue.” The victory, the first of its kind in the former labour-heavy area, indicates a shift at play in what once was considered the union-dominated workers’ ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition April 15, 2016 It’s almost over, folks. After four weeks of campaigning and a fairly muck-filled lead-up to the big dance, the provincial election is mere days away, with candidates and leaders alike squeezing in last-minute stops in key battlegrounds. Many a page in plenty of publications has been dedicated to dissecting this race — and going further back, even more has been ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition March 26, 2016 “There are no sacred cows,” Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister said as he hinted at things to come should his party win the provincial election on April 19. In taking on those untouchable portfolios, Mr. Pallister seems to have put every aspect of non-essential government services on notice that changes will take place under a Tory government. The main basis ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition March 19, 2016 With the official drop of the writ on Wednesday, the 41st incarnation of a provincial election in this province got underway. Plenty of ink has already spilled on prognosticating the outcome. With surgeon-like dissection, many an editorial has dealt with each of the party leaders, and much has been said on the rhetoric that ramped up at a torrid pace ...
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