Archive for the ‘Raise Drinking Age’ Category

Driver hysterical after killing construction worker Brittany Murray

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Mitchell Blostein was distraught and hysterical following a highway collision that killed 21-year-old construction crew worker Brittany Lynn Murray, a court heard Tuesday.
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Driver of the year (in a good way)

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

It’s official: Mark Tricco is Manitoba’s best driver.
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Interlake ATV thefts prompt RCMP to set up tips line [Photos]

Monday, June 17th, 2013

Manitoba RCMP have set up a tips line for auto thefts, including off-road vehicles and construction equipment.
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Sobeys buying Safeway will lead to job losses: biz expert

Friday, June 14th, 2013

Sobeys’ plan to save some 0 million over three years after its .8-billion acquisition of all Safeway assets from Thunder Bay to British Columbia will mean job losses and store closures, a business analyst said.
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Giant T-Rex Burger, sold at Brandon Wendy’s, now extinct

Thursday, June 13th, 2013

Just when the Wendy’s in Brandon was getting the most publicity it has had in years, its burger buzz was killed.
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Land transfer tax has become a cash grab, realtors say

Sunday, June 2nd, 2013

Buying a home in Manitoba is made more difficult because of a financially oppressive administrative levy added on to an already substantive cost, says one Winnipeg realtor.
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Flood protection for Assiniboine River [Video]

Thursday, May 30th, 2013

People living along the Assiniboine River are poised to
get a little more in the way of permanent flood
protection.
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Fishers fined for ‘civil disobedience’ [Photos]

Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

Commercial fishers are vowing to ratchet up their fight for a dual marketing system after a fishing co-op and its president were fined ,000 each Monday for illegally exporting fish to the United States.
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Manitoba Jockey Club suing province for $350M

Saturday, May 25th, 2013

The Manitoba Jockey Club is suing the province for 0 million over its dealings with the horse-racing operator.
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CR President on HuffPost Live!

Saturday, May 25th, 2013

Choose Responsibility President Barrett Seaman recently participated in a HuffPost Live conversation on the legal blood alcohol limit in the United States. The conversation, consisting of Seaman, Deanna Russo (Executive Director at Crusade Against Impaired Driving); John Celock (HuffPost State Government Reporter); J.T. Griffin (Senior VP for Public Policy at MADD); and Dr. Barron H. Lerner (Associate Professor, College of Physicians and Surgeons), questioned whether or not .08 is an appropriate BAC level.

CR holds the belief lowering the BAC and more stringently enforcing the law is a better approach to saving lives that a heightened BAC.

View the entire interview here, and let us know what you think.

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