Many Winnipeggers struggle to make ends meet as the minimum wage is nearly $4 below what a resident needs to make per hour to live in the city, a new report

While concerns about homelessness and public safety continue to make headlines in Manitoba, the two government departments mainly responsible for addressing them came in under budget last year.

A Winnipeg budget created by the community calling for bold choices that prioritize housing, safety, transit, and climate action

The private lab—owned by a U.S. corporation—oversaw a relative drop in workers’ wages. Manitoba stepped in on the side of the company.

Thousands of low-income Manitoba families will soon have access to free child care after the provincial government announced changes to its subsidy program on Wednesday.

If you have spent time in grocery stores over the past number of years, you know that grocery prices have risen significantly and that product volumes and sizes have in many cases fallen.

On Monday, Finance Minister Adrien Sala unveiled a report and three new measures government is taking, including restoring a food basket tool to regularly measure the cost of food per region and intro...

Many federal programs linked to the calls for justice have ended or are at risk, while spending on new programs is expected to fall by half

Canada and Manitoba must invest in renewable energy and infrastructure to help all Canadians and not greenwash fossil fuel expansion projects as responsible economic development.

President Donald Trump ran on improving standards of living in the U.S., but one of his first acts in office included slashing programs that provide financial relief to millions of low-income and work...

Budget 2025 takes further steps towards repairing public services while also providing stimulus for the provincial economy to counter 25% tariffs from the United States and continued tariffs by China....

Budget 2025 takes further steps towards repairing public services while also providing stimulus for the provincial economy to counter 25% tariffs from the United States and continued tariffs by China....

Amazon’s January 22 closure of all seven of its warehouses in Quebec is a shocking and unprecedented attack on North American workers. Not only does this decision leave as many as 4,500 workers sudden...

Manitoba’s government was elected in October 2023 with a strong mandate to “fix health care.” Central to this commitment is resetting the relationship with Manitoba’s health-care workers. For nearly e...

This research study examines the rules and procedures of above-guideline rent increases in Winnipeg, Manitoba, specifically West Broadway, a neighbourhood made up of over 93 percent renters (Census, 2...

RYAN Simmons believes he pays too much rent. The monthly amount he paid for his bachelor suite at 33 Kennedy St. increased marginally for 10 years. It was higher during years in which the roof underwe...

The belief that economic integration with the United States—epitomized by the 1989 Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement and finally the Trump-led 2016 Canada-...

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Althea waits in line at a local food bank in Winnipeg. Her youngest son, less than six months old, is bundled up asleep in a stroller and she holds her two-year-old in her arms. Nearby, her oldest son...

The 2024 living wage for Winnipeg is $18.75 per hour. In Brandon it is $16.28 per hour, and in Thompson it is $17.90 per hour. The living wage is the hourly rate at which a family with two parents wor...

Social emergencies relating to deaths caused by suicide, violence, drug misuse/poisoning, community fires, and/or health-care services have been declared in northern First Nations in Manitoba and, in ...

Alex Himelfarb (he/him) is the chair of the CCPA national office board, former Clerk of the Privy Council and academic, and chair or member of several voluntary sector organizations.

Le 6 à 9 | Garantir un meilleur financement de l'éducation aux adultes pourrait réduire la pauvreté au Manitoba, selon Jim Silver, professeur émérite de l'Université de Winnipeg. Il a d'ailleurs publi...