7 h. ago Colby Cosh: When will Wab Kinew run out of patience for soft judges?

Kinew was polite about a judge's call to bail a foreign trucker who fled Canada after a fatal child-killing crash, but that can change

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16 h. ago Kinew says drop tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles to get Chinese duties dropped

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is asking the prime minister to scrap Canada’s 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in return for China lifting its tariffs on Canadian canola and pork. Kinew says in a letter to Mark Carney on Saturday that while he believes protecting Canada’s vehicle industry is important, he […]

Economics

3 d. ago Manitoba premier names 190 Disraeli as proposed site to hold intoxicated people

Manitoba's premier says drug-intoxicated individuals will soon be detained at 190 Disraeli Freeway — a 20-unit shelter once considered a candidate for a safe consumption site.

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3 d. ago ‘I’m on the side of the people’: Kinew stands by controversial bail comments

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said he stands by comments he made about the provincial justice system in the legislature on Tuesday, arguing he was speaking in general terms.

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3 d. ago Manitoba premier under fire a second time for comments on the justice system

A Manitoba lawyers group is accusing Premier Wab Kinew of undermining public confidence in the justice system and not respecting the independence of the judiciary.

Events

2 w. ago Manitoba Tories want court to rule on Kinew social media post during byelection

Manitoba's Opposition leader plans to ask a judge to declare that Premier Wab Kinew and the New Democrats violated a law that bans government advertising during election campaigns.

Politics

2 w. ago Colby Cosh: Why the courts aren’t likely to save the B.C. ostriches

When the law largely leaves cull decisions up to the CFIA, there's only so much a judge can do

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3 w. ago Colby Cosh: Scotland got rid of its ‘not proven’ verdict. But what does that mean?

Now, you can only be found 'guilty' or 'not guilty' of a crime in Scotland. What consequences this will have, we don't yet know

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3 w. ago Colby Cosh: The separatists of Quebec and Alberta float a curious alliance

The Parti Québécois leader was in Calgary recently to make friends with western secessionists. Is he building out-of-province support?

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3 w. ago ‘I don’t believe in cancel culture’: Nahanni Fontaine won’t be fired over Charlie Kirk comments, Wab Kinew says

'It would be too easy to show her the door,' Manitoba Premier said while speaking to reporters, and urged instead to 'have empathy'

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4 w. ago Colby Cosh: Shame on Saskatchewan for letting the ‘Queen of Canada’ spew literal sewage

The Didulo cult piped human waste into public parks for weeks before authorities stepped in to stop it

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4 w. ago Kevin Klein: Wab Kinew must remove Nahanni Fontaine from office immediately for Charlie Kirk comments

After Kirk was fatally shot 'what followed from Fontaine, a sitting minister in the NDP government, was not empathy ... It was a disgrace,' writes Klein

Economics

last month ‘Have empathy’: Manitoba cabinet minister criticized for comments on Charlie Kirk shooting

Premier Wab Kinew says he intends to have a conversation with a Manitoba cabinet minister Friday after a controversial post she shared on social media.

Politics