As people begin to return to a more regular routine following Christmas, thoughts often turn to the new year ahead.
With only a week to go before Christmas, homes are bright with decorative lights and stores are filled with shoppers. And all around us are signs wishing people a Christmas that is Merry and Joyful. These are heartwarming messages and traditions that are part of what make this season so special.
Last week the Manitoba Legislature was bustling with choirs and visitors during the annual Christmas Open House. MLAs in attendance also had the opportunity to participate in the annual MLA choir and demonstrate their singing skills, or lack of, performing some holiday classics.
The recent NDP Throne Speech contained within it an interesting, if not curious, commitment by the current provincial government to form a committee, consisting of all political parties, to examine providing public support to local media outlets.
On November 19th, my colleagues and I gathered in the House as the NDP shared their Throne Speech, which outlines what Manitobans can expect from the government for the year ahead.
I have always considered myself fortunate to have had, growing up in Steinbach, a mainly positive experience during my years in the K-12 public education system.
For the past 15 years, University of Winnipeg math professor Anna Stokke has been a leading voice for improving the math outcomes for students in Manitoba.
With the United States presidential election now concluded, political watchers on this side of the border are looking to Ottawa as plans begin for the return of President-elect Donald Trump to the White House.
This coming Monday, Remembrance Day, Canadians will again have the opportunity to stop, remember and to be grateful for people they have never met, but who have sacrificed for them.
One of the more pleasurable tasks that politicians have is what is known as “turning the sod”. This usually occurs just prior to the beginning of construction on a project that is either partially or fully publicly funded.
