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.
The resignation of former Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Heather Stefanson earlier this year kicked off the process to elect both the next leader of the PC Party and the Leader of the Official Opposition in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly.
This past weekend, on an exceptionally windy Manitoba evening, my wife and I had the pleasure of attending the film screening of “Where the Cottonwoods Grow.”
The NDP were in no hurry to release the province’s most recent financial update, and it quickly became clear why.
Last week Manitobans witnessed a relatively rare event in provincial politics as the sitting government kicked out one of their own MLAs from the Caucus.
