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 [...]

There were several interesting races last evening including 3 right here in Manitoba.
The NDP had hoped to steal Selkirk-Interlake from the Tories by bringing in heavyweight Ed Schreyer. Schreyer is well known in Selkirk and the NDP had hoped to tap the older voters but it wasn’t enough to unseat CPC incumbent James Bezan who [...]