Premier Wab Kinew pointed to new figures from Statistics Canada, which showed Manitoba had the lowest inflation rate among the provinces in January — less than one per cent compared with the same month last year.
Unlike civil servants, political staff -- ministerial chiefs of staff, policy advisers, cabinet press secretaries and more -- are expected to be politically aligned with the party in power. Their employment comes and goes with changes in government.
The NDP government has promised to search the Prairie Green Landfill, a privately run facility north of Winnipeg, where the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran are believed to have been taken after they were killed in the spring of 2022.
The provincial teachers union welcomed the new money and said it was steadier than annual funding announcements under the former Progressive Conservative government, which varied widely year to year.
The government is going to stop mailing out rebate cheques for education taxes on property next year, and will instead, as promised, apply the rebate directly to property tax bills,
The Queen Victoria statue had its head removed and was damaged beyond repair. The Queen Elizabeth statue underwent a series of repairs.
