Archive for the ‘Raise Drinking Age’ Category

Manitoba economy to grow 2.7% in 2013: RBC

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Manitoba’s economy will continue to grow at a slow, steady pace this year, according to a new report.
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Booze tax hike bad for business: Spirits industry [Video]

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

A spokesman for the body that represents the Canadian spirits and distillers industry feels their products are being targeted in a forthcoming increase in liquor prices.
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Portage cabbie stabbed and robbed

Monday, March 11th, 2013

A Portage la Prairie cabbie was stabbed and had his taxi stolen on March 6, leaving Portage RCMP searching for suspects.
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Independent Investigation Unit, dedicated to investigating police, just window dressing

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

If the Selinger government was trying to create the perception of independence around the new, politically-driven Independent Investigation Unit — which will soon investigate allegations of serious crimes committed by Manitoba cops — it probably wasn’t the best idea to hire a local prosecutor as the unit’s “civilian director.” Justice Minister Andr
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Former Roseau River chief Terry Nelson says band election rigged [Video]

Saturday, March 2nd, 2013

A controversial former First Nations chief has launched a public fight against his ineligibility to run for council.
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Flood fight looks to the future [Video]

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

A University of Winnipeg geology professor will be studying ways to reduce the damage caused by future floods.
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Deaths of two kids under CFS care eerily similar

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013

From faulty expectations and assumptions to missing notes and soaring caseloads, the sheer number of parallel systemic cracks within Manitoba Child and Family Services in how Phoenix Sinclair and Jaylene Redhead’s cases were handled — years apart from each other — raises serious questions.
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Proposed law could erode religious freedoms: Christian school

Saturday, February 23rd, 2013

Manitoba’s education critic says he’s received a flurry of 4,600 emails and letters complaining about proposed public school amendments, including a complaint the proposed rules could erode religious freedoms.
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Green Party calls for end to mining in provincial parks

Tuesday, February 19th, 2013

The Green Party of Manitoba has called for a moratorium on mining in provincial parks after what it calls “an example of shameless greed” by the provincial NDP in Grass River Provincial Park.
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Pot seized in Ste. Anne traffic stop

Sunday, February 17th, 2013

Police in Ste. Anne seized 10 pounds of marijuana in a traffic stop early Saturday.
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