What's a park if it's not really protected? Peat mining in Manitoba provincial parks is meeting with opposition.
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Michael Moore goes to bat for Thompson, Manitoba, smelter workers
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Feb. 1, 2011
Ashton gets a hand from Michael Moore for Thompson, Manitoba
Renowned filmmaker to spread the community's message
OTTAWA-Award-winning documentarian Michael Moore agreed to a request by New Democrat MP Niki Ashton (Churchill) to help share her message about the devastating decision by Vale to close the Vale smelter and refinery in Thompson, MB.
Moore's team expressed great interest in Vale's decision and the devastating impact it would have on Ashton's home community of Thompson. Moore's team plans to post Ashton's YouTube video on his website as well as post a series of blog entries by Ashton and the people who are losing their jobs.
Occupy Winnipeg comes to an end
Conservation officials removed the last of the Occupy camp in Memorial Park on December 21, citing safety concerns.
September 28, 2011 |
It is possible that provincial elections this fall will give us right-wing governments in almost every province.
Elections Manitoba
Elections Manitoba
The Manitoba election: Can Selinger take it?
In Canada, it's rare for a political party to win four consecutive majority governments. Heading to the polls on October 4, will Manitoba's New Democratic Party be one of those rare exceptions? Does it deserve to be?
Though he was Minister of Finance in the government of Gary Doer, this will be Greg Selinger's first election as leader of Manitoba's NDP. Selinger lack's the boyish charm, the talent for clever sounding 30 second sound bites, the outgoing personality and the seeming absence of any hard core principles -- all of which traits were so useful to Doer in his political career as well as his success as Canada's number one Washington lobbyist for the Alberta tar sands.
