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Manitoba’s Opposition Progressive Conservatives say the NDP government’s promise to crack down on rising grocery prices has proven to be an empty threat. Interim Tory leader Wayne Ewasko pointed to figures released this week by Statistics Canada that show food prices in Manitoba rose last month by 3.3 per cent …
Read More »Manitoba NDP will stick to landfill promise, MLA says – Winnipeg
Point Douglas MLA Bernadette Smith says the new NDP government under premier-designate Wab Kinew will stick to its promise and search a local landfill for the remains of Indigenous women. Smith, handily re-elected Tuesday night to another term, is a longtime advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women since her …
Read More »Manitoba NDP leader rallies troops, Liberals promise help for newcomers – Winnipeg
Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew rallied supporters on the final Sunday of the provincial election campaign, while Progressive Conservative Leader Heather Stefanson continued to stay out of the media spotlight. Kinew told NDP members not to take the party’s lead in opinion polls for granted and to work to get …
Read More »Manitoba Tories promise to create more child-care spaces if re-elected – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 20, 2023 5:00 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba Progressive Conservatives are promising to open hundreds of new child-care spaces throughout the province if they are re-elected Oct. 3. The Tory plan would see the opening of four …
Read More »Manitoba Tories promise to lift provincial sales tax from restaurant meals – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 15, 2023 4:18 pm Updated September 15, 2023 11:13 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba Progressive Conservatives are promising to remove the provincial sales tax from restaurant meals if they are re-elected on Oct. 3. The Tories say …
Read More »Manitoba Tories promise to nearly double the charitable tax credit – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 8, 2023 1:29 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba Progressive Conservatives are promising to nearly double the charitable tax credit for people who make financial donations if the party is re-elected Oct. 3. Kelvin Goertzen, a Tory cabinet …
Read More »Manitoba election: NDP promise year-round $10-a-day child care – Winnipeg
A Manitoba NDP government would expand the $10-a-day child care program to summer and statutory holidays, leader Wab Kinew promised Sunday. Right now, child care costs for school-aged children in summer months, on professional development days and holidays can be $18 to over $20 per day, a figure Kinew said …
Read More »Deck stain companies promise 4-year guarantees. Why do so many not hold up?
Andreas Mann spent a week of vacation time painstakingly prepping and staining his deck in north Edmonton two years ago. He used a product that came with a four-year guarantee, so he was surprised this fall when he noticed that flakes of the stain were already coming off. By spring, …
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