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Wab Kinew brags about liquor trailer, not Manitoba made products
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
Nov 27, 2025
Winnipeg Budget: The facts behind the Spin Part-2: New Fees Expose City Hall Budget Games
This is Part 2 in our ongoing look at Mayor Scott Gillingham’s budget and the political spin wrapped around it. Winnipeggers deserve straight facts, not talking points shaped to soften the reality of higher costs and shifting responsibilities. When politicians say they are “holding the line” on taxes, most people assume that means their overall household burden is being kept stable. In Winnipeg, that assumption no longer holds. The numbers prove it, and the pattern is getting
Nov 24, 2025
Gillingham’s budget: The facts behind the Spin Part-1: Data shows Winnipeg water rates near the top in Canada
When the Winnipeg mayor, Scott Gillingham, talks about modest increases, he rarely mentions that Winnipeg’s water and sewer division has become a piggy bank for general spending and is among the highest in Canada. Mayor Scott Gillingham has decided that word games are his preferred tool for shaping public opinion. He speaks as if affordability is something achieved through slogans rather than decisions. He repeats the same lines about keeping costs down while residents watch
Nov 21, 2025
Political optics won’t fix Winnipeg’s broken transit system
Every week, Winnipeggers share their frustration with our city’s transit system. The stories are detailed, emotional, and sadly familiar....
Oct 10, 2025
Winnipeg Mayor and Council Rushed Transit Changes to Avoid Election Heat
As you may know, I had the honour of serving on Winnipeg City Council, and in my experience, politicians often push difficult decisions...
Sep 27, 2025
Gillingham’s encampment plan is all smoke and mirrors
Mayor Scott Gillingham’s latest attempt to address encampments is weak, late, and clearly tied to his re-election campaign. For more than...
Sep 18, 2025
Osborne Village crackdown and arrests prove more police work
An initiative in Osborne Village has done what years of debate, slogans, and social media campaigns could not. It proved, with hard...
Sep 16, 2025
After record tax increases Gillingham still can’t balance the books
The City of Winnipeg is projecting a $17.7 million year-end deficit in its 2025 tax-supported operating budget as of June 30. This is a...
Sep 12, 2025
Get ready you could be paying twice for Portage and Main
Mayor Scott Gillingham’s decision to reopen Portage and Main to pedestrians was sold as a step forward and a way to save millions. It was...
Sep 11, 2025
Overtime soars, Winnipeg fire trucks sit empty, & Council ignores the risks
Winnipeggers are paying some of the highest property tax increases in recent history. You see it on your bill, you feel it in your...
Aug 24, 2025
Politicians silent as Jewish women and children terrorized
Recently in the Winnipeg Sun, guest columnist Lawrence Pinsky KC described a scene that should never occur in a Canadian city. At...
Aug 24, 2025
Only 10 out of 19 Ambulances are on the road some days - there is a solution
If you or a loved one calls for an ambulance in Winnipeg tonight, you may wait far longer than you should. Not because paramedics don’t...
Aug 23, 2025
Winnipeg is running on overtime and you are at risk
Winnipeg is running on overtime. It is not a figure of speech. It is a fact. And when a city runs on overtime, it doesn’t just cost more...
Aug 22, 2025
Winnipeg residents beg for safety, but the City ignores them
Winnipeggers are not asking for the impossible. They are asking for law, order, and fairness. What they are getting is silence, excuses,...
Aug 20, 2025
Winnipeg Fire Trucks Offline
It was the firefighters’ union that went to social media to tell residents what City Hall would not. They informed the public that in the...
Aug 19, 2025
Recognizing Palestine would reward terror, not peace
Originally published in the Winnipeg Sun . Mark Carney’s statement in support of recognizing a Palestinian state was not leadership—it...
Aug 4, 2025
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