By Roger Currie There's an interesting discussion going on in what's left of the newspaper business in Canada. The largest group of papers, including the Leader Post and the Star Phoenix in Saskatchewan, are part of Postmedia. The CEO is 76-year-old Paul Godfrey. He...
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson, myWestman NEEPAWA, Man. -- In the news business, we often see people’s disengagement with their greater community. It can get depressing when it seems as though people just don’t care -- they don’t care about organizations or events, they...
Manitoba results in federal ridings. (x denotes the incumbent) Brandon-Souris xLarry Maguire CON 20,667 Jodi Wyman LIB 15,342 Melissa Joy Wastasecoot NDP 2,618 David Neufeld GRN 2,526 Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia-Headingley Doug Eyolfson LIB 24,531 xSteven...
By Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - It seems somehow fitting that the son of the man who first fired up political passion in Stephen Harper should be the person to usher him out of politics. In besting Harper, Justin Trudeau has created Canada's first national...
By Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press CALGARY - Stephen Harper's tenure as Canada's sixth-longest serving prime minister came to an abrupt end Monday night as his party was reduced to opposition status and he prepared to step down as its chief. Harper didn't tell...
By Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - Just watch him. Ready or not, a Trudeau is returning to 24 Sussex Drive, completing the first father-son dynasty in Canada's federal government history. Justin Trudeau, 43, will become Canada's next prime minister after...
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson, myWestman NEEPAWA, Man. -- Once upon a time, in this country’s early days, most Canadians lived outside of the cities. A hundred or so years ago, Canadians predominantly lived on farms or in small farming, fishing, logging or mining towns....
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson, myWestman NEEPAWA, Man. -- Once upon a time, in this country’s early days, most Canadians lived outside of the cities. A hundred or so years ago, Canadians predominantly lived on farms or in small farming, fishing, logging or mining towns....
WINNIPEG -- A federal candidate running for the Conservative Party in the Winnipeg South riding is facing further backlash amid controversial comments made about abortion in 2009. Campaign signs for Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht have been plastered with smaller "My body, my...
WINNIPEG -- Two of four candidates running federally in the Elmwood-Transcona riding will participate in a forum tonight at Canad Inns on Regent Avenue. NDP candidate Daniel Blaikie and Liberal candidate Andrea Richardson-Lipon will take questions from the public...
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson, myWestman NEEPAWA, Man. -- Slowly but surely, candidate signs are going up across the constituency. But they aren’t the only signs that we’re in the midst of an election. If you’re paying attention to any media, you’ll notice an absence that...
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press WINNIPEG - Accusations of poking and swearing, along with invocations of dead political icons and a threatened lawsuit, are making the election race in Winnipeg Centre one of the strangest in the country. Given the characters...
