Every December, newsrooms do what they always do. We debate the biggest story of the year. The arguments come fast. The Grey Cup was a success. The Manitoba PC leadership race produced a winner who actually had fewer votes than the other guy. City hall approved historic property tax increases. Protest permits kept flowing no matter how extreme the cause. An NDP MLA mocked a controversial speaker assignment instead of engaging it. All of those mattered. None of them stood abov

Winnipeg is going to court. Anyone paying attention knew this was coming. Mayor Scott Gillingham and a majority of council chose to ignore a clear recommendation from the Manitoba Municipal Board on the Granite Curling Club land. They overruled provincial oversight, dismissed a condition designed to protect a long-standing community institution, and pushed through a zoning by-law anyway. The predictable result is now in front of the courts, with taxpayers once again footing t

The Premier of Manitoba used his time and government resources this week to film a video promoting a liquor trailer in a Costco parking lot. Not a major investment announcement. Not progress on fast-tracking mining approvals. Not support for Manitoba producers. A liquor trailer. While families struggle with one of the highest inflation jumps in the country, the Premier was busy filming a parking lot promo. Statistics Canada reported Manitoba’s inflation rose 3 percent in Octo

The real reason prices are exploding in Canada is not what you're told Facts matter, especially when families are stretching every dollar and business owners are watching margins shrink by the month. Canadians keep hearing that the jump in prices is because of one person: Donald Trump. That line has been repeated so often it has moved from speculation to accepted truth for many. But it does not stand up to evidence. When you trace the price of the clothes you buy, the electro

A Calgary man sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl, terrorized her with threats, and left scars that will last a lifetime. The Crown...

An initiative in Osborne Village has done what years of debate, slogans, and social media campaigns could not. It proved, with hard...

There comes a point when enough is enough. Manitoba has reached that point. The people of this province deserve better than a government...

Mayor Scott Gillingham is suddenly concerned about crime. After more than a decade in public office, he now thinks making people pay for...

Originally published in the Winnipeg Sun . Mark Carney’s statement in support of recognizing a Palestinian state was not leadership—it...

Mayor Scott Gillingham and his council recently took a victory lap, touting a “record number” of housing approvals in Winnipeg. But what...

On Sunday night, the Carney government made the right call. It rescinded the Digital Services Tax (DST)—a 3% levy on revenue earned by...