Greg Selinger Archives - Manitoba Co-operator

Manitoba premier-elect Brian Pallister grew up on a farm near Edwin, Man., and that could make him a sympathetic audience on farm issues.

Farmers welcome a premier with rural roots

Brian Pallister grew up on the family farm near Edwin and still has relatives farming

By Allan Dawson April 28, 2016

account_id=”2206156280001″ player_id=”ryGLIkmv”] KAP president Dan Mazier said it doesn’t hurt that Manitoba’s premier-elect Brian Pallister has rural roots.[/caption] “Brian Pallister, our premier-elect, is from rural Manitoba,” Dan Mazier, who farms near Justice, said in an interview during KAP’s quarterly advisory council meeting here April 20. “I think that really helps us out. His roots are

NDP Leader Greg Selinger is facing a lawsuit from OmniTrax Canada.

Crops

OmniTrax alleges non-disclosure violation by premier and senior minister

The company alleges the unapproved disclosures were made to an accounting firm  and First Nation government

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 21, 2016

As the province headed to the polls the Winnipeg Free Press was reporting NDP Leader Greg Selinger, senior cabinet minister, Steve Ashton and the Manitoba government are being sued by OmniTrax Canada. Selinger and Ashton, the province’s infrastructure and transportation minister, are accused of breaching a non-disclosure agreement in relation to the proposed deal to

Local news, Weather

Manitoba to adopt cap and trade

The province is offering to work with farm organizations to reduce farm emissions

By Shannon VanRaes December 11, 2015

A cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions is a key pillar of a new plan to reduce the province’s greenhouse gas emissions. Premier Greg Selinger made the announcement last week, outlining a plan to cut greenhouse gases by one-third by the year 2030, while also promising to create 6,000 “new green jobs” in the next four

Liberal leader, Rana Bokhari, opposition leader, Brian Pallister and  Premier Greg Selinger participated in the initial debate of the provincial election in Brandon on November 25.

Local news

Debate marks beginning of provincial election

The Association of Manitoba Municipalities’ annual conference played host to the first debate  of the provincial election on November 25

By Jennifer Paige December 4, 2015

Tensions were evident as the top three candidates vying for the province’s lead role took to the podium to exchange views on hot topics last week. The Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) hosted the initial debate of the provincial election at its annual conference held in Brandon on November 25. “Having the first debate of

News

Port of Churchill rail line on the sales block: Harrison

OmniTrax says it either wants more help from government to maintain the rail service — or it wants out

By Allan Dawson November 30, 2015

The owners of the Port of Churchill and the rail line serving it say it’s up for sale unless governments agree to provide more support. Merv Tweed, the president of OmniTrax Canada, a subsidiary of Denver-based rail company OmniTrax, did not return phone messages before press time Monday. But he said in an interview with

It’s not yet known whether the province’s next legislative steps to cut nutrient loading in Manitoba lakes will involve farming practices.

Crops, Livestock, Local news

Throne speech takes aim at nutrient loading

Selinger also plans to move on taking rail lines out of Winnipeg's core

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 27, 2015

More legislation to cut nutrient loading into Lake Winnipeg and other water bodies is among the shorter-term commitments in the Selinger government’s latest throne speech. In the speech, delivered Nov. 16 by Lt.-Gov. Janice Filmon, Premier Greg Selinger pledges to “work with all partners to reduce nutrient loading” in Lake Winnipeg and work to prevent

The Jacksons

The ‘serious effort’ of losing an election

The Jacksons, from the Feb. 26, 2015 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator

By Rollin Penner February 27, 2015

All I’m saying,” said the stranger who was sitting in the window chair at Andrew’s usual table in the café, “is that I expect it to be like watching the last 30 seconds of the Super Bowl. We’ll be shaking our heads and thinking, ‘Dude, it looks like you lost on purpose!’” Andrew set his

Crops, Local news

Changes to cost sharing could hit Manitoba hard

Federal government changes DFAA, increases amount provinces  must pay to trigger for federal disaster relief payouts

By Lorraine Stevenson February 12, 2015

Floods and other disasters are about to become even more expensive for Manitobans. That’s the inevitable outcome of a federal government change to how it contributes to disaster financial assistance, say provincial and municipal leaders. Canada’s Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Steven Blaney announced changes last month to federal Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements

portage diversion flood mitigation sructure

Local news

CDs struggling with core funding cut

MCDA fears losing RM support too

By Lorraine Stevenson December 11, 2014

Provincial funding cuts to Manitoba’s conservation districts have prompted some municipalities to reconsider their support as well, the board chair of Manitoba Conservation Districts Association says. Speaking at the Association of Manitoba Municipalities convention during a bear pit session with provincial cabinet ministers, Heather Dalgleish said the program lost roughly 12 per cent of its

Brittney Dekeyser was among the competitors who braved the pouring rain to keep the show going at Killarney Fair June 28. That same deluge has unleashed what is now expected to be record flooding on southern Manitoba. Photo: Sharlene Bennie

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Prairie ‘islanders’ struggling to keep spirits afloat

Inundated southwestern Manitobans rally in the face of unprecedented flood damage

By Lorraine Stevenson July 10, 2014

It was when all the eggs, milk and bread were gone, and the canned goods started running out that staff at Pierson Co-op conceded things were getting “kind of scary.” “Everyone is just holding their breath. I’m not sure how long we can keep on like this,” said Louise Goforth July 3. She was tending

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Strong 2025 could mean complications for Canadian grain sector in 2026 says analyst

Egyptian wheat imports to be firm as domestic output increases

Federal government to ease some restrictions on temporary foreign workers

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