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How can ya tell it’s election time in Manitoba? NDP Premier Gary Doer, speaking at a Manitoba Chambers Of Commerce breakfast, promised to be at the table during discussions for a new domed football stadium here in Winnipeg.
Being a huge CFL fan in general and a Blue Bomber supporter in particular I’ll be the first [...]

Courage has many faces, takes many forms. This is the story of young and the tenacious courage that lives within him.
Afzal is a remarkable young man. The 16-year-old Winnipeg resident is an honours student, tutors elementary school children with their math and volunteers every Saturday with the MS Society. He doesn’t drink or do [...]

About a week ago I wrote an entry highly critical of the Canadian justice system in general and Judge Lismer in particular. In case you didn’t see that post here is a brief recap.
In July 2005 Winnipgger Christopher Irvine was involved in three robberies. In the first instance he pulled a knife on the female [...]

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Introducing one Clato Lual Mabior. Take a good look at that photo. Probably few outside of Winnipeg have ever heard the name or seen the face but that may soon change as a Winnipeg Police investigation shifts into high gear. A little background info.
The 28-year-old HIV-positive city resident is currently facing three charges of aggravated [...]

I don’t know what I find more disturbing, the death of two young children in foster care or the province of Manitoba’s response.
For those not familiar with the cases two-year-old Heaven was living with foster parents when she died on Jan. 14, 2005. Her father Lawrence claimed he told CFS (Child and Family Services) that [...]

The leadership race for the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives hasn’t exactly been a spine-tingling event so far. In fact dare I say I’ve seen more exciting curling matches. But as good ole JR would say “…business is about to pick up”. After speaking extensively with Jesse (The Body) Ventura, former WWE star Chris Jericho plans to [...]

Ever the hear the expression “government has no business being in business”? According to an auditor’s report the City of Winnipeg had lost about $50 million as of the end of 2004 due to poorly run city owned/operated ventures called SOAs or special operating agencies.

It isn’t just photo-radar that’s failing city taxpayers. A new investigation [...]

According to a newly released report by the Conference Board of Canada Manitoba’s health care system ranks dead last among Canada’s provinces despite being the fourth highest spender.

In the Healthy Provinces, Healthy Canadians: A Provincial Benchmarking Report, Manitoba ranks 10th in terms of overall health performance.”This report is to be used as a learning tool,” [...]

What goes through the mind of someone planning suicide? While browsing through my RSS feeds on tech news I came across a very disturbing story about an individual who not only took his own life but warned the world he would do so both on his blog and in a tech news forum.
Fellow Winnipegger Chris [...]