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Export Growth Predictions: See How Canada's Provinces Stack Up

Peter Hall | Posted 05.16.2013 | Canada Business
Peter Hall

International trade will be a key growth driver for the Canadian economy this year and next. However, the distribution of export growth in Canada's provinces is anything but even. Some are leading the charge, while others are steady at the national pace. Others are lagging behind, some quite seriously. What are the key factors influencing the different growth patterns?

WATCH: Wave Of Ice Wreaks Havoc

CBC | Posted 05.13.2013 | Canada

A massive cleanup effort is underway in Ochre Beach after a wave of lake ice swept up by strong winds destroyed or seriously damaged 27 homes in the c...

Manitoba's Inevitable PST Increase

Cole Hogan | Posted 04.25.2013 | Canada Alberta
Cole Hogan

In the 2011 Manitoba general election, NDP leader Greg Selinger claimed opposition accusations that the NDP would raise the PST were "total nonsense". These comments came back to haunt him as Progressive Conservative MLAs repeatedly rose to their feet in the legislature this week to question the NDP on their 2011 PST referendum stance.

Manitoba Taxpayers To Dig Deeper

CP | Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.16.2013 | Canada Politics

WINNIPEG, MB, - Manitoba's NDP government is raising the provincial sales tax and side-stepping a law that requires a referendum on the issue.Tuesday'...

Why Do We Still Allow Religious Schools to Bully Gay Kids?

Josh D. Scheinert | Posted 03.25.2013 | Canada Politics
Josh D. Scheinert

Since Manitoba's religious schools receive over 50 per cent of their funding from the province, they are all being mandated to comply with the proposed legislation: Bill 18 -- required to implement an anti-bullying strategy that includes gay-straight alliances. Our rights cannot exist in a vacuum, isolated from the reality around them. Rights engage with other rights. Not only does our Charter have a built-in provision to permit the limiting of rights in certain situations, but also, the transactional nature of our public lives dictates that different rights will come into contact other rights. Those who oppose Bill 18 should read the Charter in its entirety; it doesn't stop at freedom of religion, nor is there a hierarchy of rights.

BRRR

CBC | Posted 01.11.2013 | Canada

People in southern Manitoba and northern Ontario on Sunday continued to cope with a blistering winter storm that has brought with it snow and freezing...

The Small Town Where Seniors Rule

Lindsay Jolivet | Posted 12.29.2012 | Canada
Lindsay Jolivet

Five years ago, Residents were leaving in droves and the town of Gladstone, Manitoba, made up in large part by seniors, was dying. Then, Gladstone Mayor Eileen Clark overhauled the town's planning strategy. Soon Gladstone had a new privately-funded housing project, an enhanced handi-transit service, and the building of an "age-friendly" walking trail, along with more community events and partnerships between organizations. Property values have increased exponentially

Unfair Conduct In Judge's Nude Photo Scandal?

CP | Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada

WINNIPEG - The inquiry into a Manitoba judge whose nude photos appeared on the Internet may be halted over complaints that the inquiry committee is bi...

Spy Glasses Used In Judge Sex Case

CBC | Posted 09.18.2012 | Canada

The man accusing a Manitoba judge and her husband of sexually harassing him has told an inquiry that an accomplice secretly recorded video of his meet...

Manitoba Judge Sex Inquiry Hearings Set To Begin

CBC | Posted 08.24.2012 | Canada

The Canadian Judicial Council is to begin an inquiry today into the conduct of a Manitoba judge at the centre of a sex controversy. Associ...

4 Litres Of Milk For Over $20?! Not Good Enough: Manitoba Premier

CP | Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press | Posted 08.10.2012 | Canada Politics

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is looking to cut the price of milk and other essential foods in remote northern communities.Premier Greg Selinger ...

Does Manitoba Need A Bike Helmet Law?

CP | Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.18.2012 | Canada Politics

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government may soon make it illegal for cyclists to ride without a helmet."We're looking forward and seriously considering the...

Watching the Watchdog: Daily Planet Fails in the Name of Science

Tim Knight | Posted 05.16.2012 | Canada
Tim Knight

But today's young people aren't fools, particularly when it comes to science. Hosts Ziya Tong and Dan Riskin serve the young (and the rest of us) badly. They're both attractive and presumably intelligent. Their version of Daily Planet isn't either.

Manitoba Crash Survivor Sat Near Dead Husband For Hours

CBC | Posted 02.20.2012 | Canada

A woman built a fire and sat near her dead husband, a church minister, for two hours before being rescued after their truck rolled on a w...

Supreme Court To Hear Case 140 Years In The Making

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.10.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - More than 140 years after the guns were put away, the last battle in the rebellion that brought Manitoba into Confederation is about to be fo...

Boy, 5, Shot Dead On Manitoba Reserve

CBC | Posted 01.04.2012 | Canada

A nine-year-old boy has been shot and killed by his 14-year-old brother on the Sagkeeng First Nation, northeast of Winnipeg. ...

Brutal Hockey Hazing In Manitoba

CP | Posted 12.26.2011 | Canada

A 15-year-old hockey player in Manitoba was forced to parade around the dressing room with water bottles tied to his genitals, the teen's ...

Manitoba Throne Speech Focuses On Health, Education, Crime

CP | Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.20.2011 | Canada Politics

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's NDP government will fulfil election promises to hire more doctors, limit class sizes and fight crime, Premier Greg Selinger said...

Winnipeg Kids Allegedly Robbed Stores Wielding Bear Spray

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.15.2011 | Canada

WINNIPEG - Police in Winnipeg say they've caught two children wanted in a string of robberies where one of the suspects held up businesses while armed...

Turmel Urges Feds To Keep Manitoba Above water

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.15.2011 | Canada

WINNIPEG - Interim NDP Leader Nycole Turmel urged the federal government to develop a national disaster-prevention program Saturday, following a half-...

Manitoba Wildfire Ravages 19,000 Hectares

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.08.2011 | Canada

SANDILANDS, Man. - Dry conditions are contributing to the spread of a fire in southeast Manitoba that blackened almost 200 square kilometres and was p...

Recounts Likely In Two Manitoba Ridings

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.07.2011 | Canada Politics

WINNIPEG - The final vote have been tallied and it looks like two ridings in Manitoba are headed for recounts.After ballots from prisons and hospitals...

Why I Didn't Vote

Will Braun | Posted 12.06.2011 | Canada
Will Braun

I wasn't too busy. I didn't forget. I wasn't even one of those principled abstainers who dutifully spoil a ballot in vague protest. I just didn't bother voting. I know my view is not popular, but I doubt I'm the only one.

Battleground Winnipeg As Leaders Make Final Push

CP | Chinta Puxley, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.03.2011 | Canada Politics

WINNIPEG - One of Manitoba's most competitive — and one of its nastiest — election campaigns was in its final hours Monday with the two parties du...

Manitoba Debate: Selinger Comes Out Swinging

CP | Posted 11.28.2011 | Canada

Manitoba NDP Leader Greg Selinger came out swinging in a debate Monday when he called a promise by Progressive Conservative Leader Hugh McFadyen “cr...