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Financial dispute halts rural broadband expansion
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Financial dispute halts rural broadband expansion

Leaked email reveals work stopped in February and there’s no plan yet to resume

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The wait for remote broadband connectivity just got longer. A deal between the rural-focused internet provider Xplore and Manitoba Hydro to use the Crown corporation’s surplus fibre-optic cables recently ground to a halt. Xplore had planned to use them to bring broadband internet services to remote rural and northern communities, but it is now complaining
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Overland flood warning issued for southwestern Manitoba

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Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre is issuing an overland flood warning for southwestern Manitoba as forecasters continue to monitor a precipitation system starting tomorrow morning that could bring as much as 150 millimetres (mm) of rain to the area tomorrow and May 13. A significant precipitation system is forecasted to affect most of
Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: Slipping one in

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Many years ago, I saw a cartoon that caused my cynical inner journalist to chuckle. A man in a suit sat behind a massive desk, handing a paper to a lackey, saying “Take this, Henderson, and hide it from the public.” I laughed because even a wet-behind-the-ears cub reporter in the early 1990s could recognize
Leaseholders double down with Crown land survey results
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Leaseholders double down with Crown land survey results

Elimination of unit transfers remains massively unpopular

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A provincial survey on agricultural Crown lands put numbers to the issues, but to the Manitoba Crown Lands Leaseholders Association, there was little in the results that hadn’t been said already. “Every point they have in there is exactly what we told them four years ago,” said association president Brent Benson. Why it matters: Agricultural
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Overland flood watch issued for Winnipeg, Eastern Manitoba

Manitoba flood update No. 2

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Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre is advising the public that recent warm temperatures have initiated spring thaw and surface run-off has begun in most southern and central Manitoba basins. The centre is issuing an overland flood watch for eastern Manitoba including Winnipeg and areas east of Provincial Trunk Highway 75. The watch will
Heather Stefanson, Manitoba NDP leader Wab Kinew and Manitoba Liberal leader Dougald Lamont at the AMM provincial leaders forum April 4.
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Unofficial provincial election campaign kicks off

Association of Manitoba Municipalities hosts provincial leaders forum

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The first blows leading up to Manitoba’s fall election landed as the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) hosted an April 4 forum featuring major party leaders. Candidates for Manitoba’s three main political parties sparred over which one best represents the interests of AMM members. Why it matters: Campaigns have not officially launched for the provincial
"Manitoba producers and agri-processors are key contributors not only to Manitoba’s economy, but to the entire international agri-food value chain.” – Derek Johnson (inset).
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New federal-provincial agriculture framework inked

Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership replaces previous five year deal that expired April 1

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Manitoba has signed its new 5-year agricultural funding agreement with the federal government. The Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) was announced by Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson and federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on April 6. The agreement includes $221 million for strategic agricultural initiatives in the province, a $45
Letters: Crown land changes botched
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Letters: Crown land changes botched

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For the past seven years, ranchers and producers have seen their way of life undermined by the PC government. The changes brought in under Brian Pallister and his minister of agriculture, Blaine Pedersen, to the Crown Land Lease system were done without consultation or regard for the impact it would have on Manitoba producers. Ranchers
Birds of prey get a moment in the spotlight in the Keystone Centre’s main arena, slated for upgrades, during the 2023 Royal Manitoba Winter Fair.
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Millions announced for Keystone Centre revamp

Funds for the venue are part of larger agreement between Brandon and the province

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One of Manitoba’s premier agricultural venues is getting funds for a major facelift. On March 30, the province announced almost $11 million in funding for Brandon’s Keystone Centre over the next several years.  The facility hosts Ag Days, three Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba fairs, Manitoba Potato Production Days and other major ag events. Why it
Manitoba NDP leader Wab Kinew at a press event in 2020.
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NDP set sights on rural Manitoba

Battle lines are being drawn for upcoming election

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The provincial NDP has rural Manitoba, including traditional Progressive Conservative (PC) strongholds, in their crosshairs as parties start showing their hands ahead of this year’s election. In a March 1 release, Manitoba NDP leader Wab Kinew took specific aim at rural health care. “It’s clear that things are getting worse in rural Manitoba, not better,

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