The Manitoba NDP unveiled details of the 2025 Budget on Thursday. For Westman, it calls for a boost in operating funds for municipalities, a promise for two new schools in Brandon and a sobering centre. The province
also set aside $400,000 in operating funds for the Keystone Centre, but there was no mention of money for a new Park Community Centre in Brandon – though the project is still expected to move forward.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting the premiers in Ottawa today as the provinces grapple with the effects of Chinese and American tariffs. The meeting is taking place just a few days before Carney is to launch a federal election. Creating a single Canadian economy, instead of 13 separate ones, will likely be discussed.
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A new poll suggests we’re feeling increasingly alarmed by U.S. tariffs, President Donald Trump and American economic aggression. Canadians across the country, and here in Manitoba, consider these the top threats facing
us right now. The survey also found older Canadians seem to be more worried about Washington than younger ones.
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7-thousand allied health-care workers in Manitoba have ratified four-year agreements. The new contracts include total wage increases of 12.25% and workload improvements. The employees work at Shared Health,
Winnipeg-Churchill, and the Northern Health Region.
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Wednesday was Equal Pay Day in Manitoba and there’s reportedly still a lot of work needed get women’s pay on par with the men. On average, women have to work 444 days to earn as much as men do in 365 days. Advocates say women continue to fall behind, and it’s a factor in the province’s high child poverty rates.
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A Brandon Police officer has been charged with assault causing bodily harm. The Independent Investigation Unit says constable Brett Long was issued a summons on Wednesday. In August 2023, a woman claimed she suffered a broken collarbone during an arrest near 1st Street and Cornwallis Crescent in Brandon.
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Despite all the gloom in the world, there’s still a lot of happy campers in Canada. According to the World Happiness Report, we’re tops among G7 nations at number 18, but that’s down from 6 in 2013. The next closest is Germany at 22; the United States is 24th. Finland finished first for the 8th year in a row.
