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Provincial Affairs Reporter, CBC Manitoba | #mbpoli | ian.froese@cbc.ca | Rather tall | Header photo: John Woods / The Canadian Press

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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 20h
Progressive Conservatives are criticizing their ex-leader, Obby Khan, for publicly airing details of the internal discussions that led to his sudden resignation. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Manitoba Progressive Conservatives criticize Obby Khan for airing caucus infighting | CBC News
Progressive Conservatives are criticizing their ex-leader, Obby Khan, for publicly airing details of the internal discussions that led to his sudden resignation.
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Can relate … except you know, I’m still way younger than them. Errr.
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries is buzzing with an extra $12.1 million in revenue because of cannabis, but that sector's continued growth wasn't enough to blunt losses in some of the corporation's other revenue streams. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Cannabis sales keep climbing, but Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries' profit still falls | CBC News
Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries is buzzing with an extra $12.1 million in revenue because of cannabis, but that sector's continued growth wasn't enough to blunt losses in some of the corporation's other r...
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Manitoba Tories wrong to claim unity after caucus minority tried to force removal: Obby Khan www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Tories wrong to claim unity after caucus minority tried to force removal: Khan | CBC News
Former Manitoba Progressive Conservative leader Obby Khan says he's dismayed the party is defending its integrity, after he was taken off-guard by caucus members trying to push him out.
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Konrad Narth is new interim Manitoba Progressive Conservative leader after Obby Khan resigned late yesterday. #mbpoli
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Manitoba teachers’ union accused of unfairly pushing out executive because she’s running for PCs www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Manitoba teachers' union accused of unfairly pushing out executive because she's running for PCs | CBC News
A Progressive Conservative candidate is accusing the Manitoba Teachers' Society of ousting her as an active member of the provincial executive and president of the Sunrise School Division's teachers' ...
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Heather Wells @heatherwells.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Manitoba records $832M deficit for 2025-26, half of earlier $1.66B forecast @ianfroese.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Manitoba records $832M deficit for 2025-26, half of earlier $1.66B forecast | CBC News
Manitoba's deficit for the last fiscal year is $832 million, about half of the NDP government's December forecast.
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
United Way, I got your number. I need to make you mine. United Way, I called your number. #bdnmb @thebrandonsun.bsky.social
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Heather Wells @heatherwells.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Fear of crime stopping some Winnipeggers from going out, survey suggests. 68% of respondents also say they feel less safe than 4 years ago www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Fear of crime stopping some Winnipeggers from going out, survey suggests | CBC News
Winnipeggers are going out less because of crime, and two-thirds feel less safe now than they did four years ago, a survey suggests. It was done ahead of the Oct. 28 civic election.
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Gender, race, parental rights at heart of some Manitoba school trustee candidates' election campaigns www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Gender, race, parental rights at heart of some Manitoba school trustee candidates' election campaigns | CBC News
Some trustees for Hanover School Division are turning social issues into election issues by creating policies, posting AI images and sending out surveys on gender identity, race and parental rights.
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Heather Wells @heatherwells.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Manitoba could hit new mining goal - tripling production within 5 years - with just 1 mine @ianfroese.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Manitoba could hit new mining goal — tripling production within 5 years — with just 1 mine | CBC News
Manitoba is vowing to triple mining production within the next five years — a target it may hit simply with the new potash mine increasing production as scheduled.
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Bartley Kives @bkives.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Port of Churchill, railway improvements would cost fraction of LNG project proposed by Manitoba premier www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Port of Churchill, railway improvements would cost fraction of LNG project proposed by Manitoba premier | CBC News
As Premier Wab Kinew pitches investors on a Port of Churchill expansion that could cost as much as $80 billion, the company that owns the port says it only needs a small fraction of that cash — less t...
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Winnipeg sepsis survivor reunited with ICU nurse who helped keep him alive 10 years ago www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Winnipeg sepsis survivor reunited with ICU nurse who helped keep him alive 10 years ago | CBC News
For the first time since he was fighting for his life during a harrowing experience with sepsis, Mac Horsburgh was reunited with Bernadette Warwaruk, the nurse who gave him "amazing care."
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Josh Crabb @joshcrabb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Number of non-funded independent schools in Manitoba growing www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Number of non-funded independent schools in Manitoba growing
The basement of a Mennonite church in Altona is home to one of a rising number of non-funded independent schools across Manitoba. For some, the schools — which operate with less oversight from the pro...
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Bartley Kives @bkives.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
$5.5M daycare built with provincial funds now derelict, scavenged by thieves and damaged by flooding www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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$5.5M daycare built with provincial funds now derelict, scavenged by thieves and damaged by flooding | CBC News
A $5.5-million Winnipeg-area daycare built two years ago with provincial funds sits vacant, derelict and surrounded by weeds after being plundered by scavengers and damaged by flooding.
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
'Dynacare sucks,' Manitoba premier says, after labour board agrees to halt strike www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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'Dynacare sucks,' Manitoba premier says after labour board halts strike | CBC News
Premier Wab Kinew says the province might consider taking over testing services provided by Dynacare after his NDP government successfully applied to halt a strike by the company's workers.
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Manitoba’s new teacher salary grid closes pay gaps but puts pressure on school divisions #mbpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Manitoba's new teacher salary grid closes pay gaps but puts pressure on school divisions | CBC News
Manitoba is raising salary levels for nearly all teachers this fall so those with the same qualifications are paid the same no matter where they work — while school divisions grapple with paying for i...
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Province says Winkler youths will get free transit after uncertainty whether city qualified www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Province says Winkler youths will get free transit after uncertainty whether city qualified | CBC News
Youths in Winkler will soon be able to ride the southern Manitoba city's transit system for free, the province said Friday.
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Tories want to turn shuttered Manitoba facility for people with disabilities into addictions recovery centre #mbpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Tories want to turn shuttered Manitoba facility for people with disabilities into addictions recovery centre | CBC News
The Opposition Progressive Conservatives believe a former facility for people with intellectual disabilities should have a new life supporting Manitobans struggling with opioid addictions.
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If American liquor returns to Canadian shelves, shoppers should "leave it there," Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Canadians should avoid American booze if it returns to shelves, Manitoba premier says | CBC News
The Manitoba government has not agreed to sell American booze again as part of a new Canada-U.S. trade deal, Premier Wab Kinew says.
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Winnipeg tenants fight proposed 78% rent hike after 'mainly cosmetic' building upgrades www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Winnipeg tenants fight proposed 78% rent hike after 'mainly cosmetic' building upgrades | CBC News
Allana Swayze expected to pay more in rent after new flooring, lighting and a security system was added to the entrance and hallways of her Winnipeg apartment building — but she never imagined the own...
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Supporters hope Winnipeg's 1st supervised consumption site will expand hours www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Supporters hope Winnipeg's 1st supervised consumption site will expand hours | CBC News
Dakota Hunter believes Manitoba's first supervised consumption site, opening next week, will cut back on the number of overdoses on Winnipeg streets, but she hopes the facility's hours will be extende...
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
NDP touts lower grocery costs in pamphlet but new report shows prices still rising in Winnipeg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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NDP touts lower grocery costs in pamphlet but new report shows prices still rising in Winnipeg | CBC News
The Manitoba government is telling homeowners it has lowered grocery prices, a pamphlet arriving in mailboxes this week says, but a new report suggests the total price for the essentials are actually ...
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Heather Wells @heatherwells.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Manitoba Hydro has had offers "in the hundreds of millions" for software it created: CEO www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Manitoba Hydro has had offers 'in the hundreds of millions' for software it created: CEO | CBC News
Manitoba Hydro's CEO says the Crown corporation has had purchase offers "in the hundreds of millions of dollars" for software it created — money comparable to its deficit for the most recent fiscal ye...
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Whiteshell trail to remain closed until safety measures put in place after brothers drown www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Whiteshell trail to remain closed until safety measures put in place after brothers drown | CBC News
A trail leading to a wide set of rapids in Manitoba's Whiteshell Provincial Park where two young brothers recently drowned will stay closed pending changes to safety measures.
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Manitoba's supervised consumption site to open Aug. 11 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Manitoba's supervised consumption site to open Aug. 11 | CBC News
Manitoba's only supervised consumption site will fully open on Aug. 11, a provincial spokesperson said in an email to CBC News on Monday.
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Karen Pauls @karenpaulscbc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A Winnipeg philanthropist who played a critical role in bringing the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to the city says her family is pausing any financial support for the institution over concerns around an exhibit on the displacement of Palestinians. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Philanthropist behind Canadian human rights museum says family pausing funding over Palestinian exhibit | CBC News
A philanthropist who played a critical role in bringing the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to Winipeg says her family is pausing any financial support for it over concerns around an exhibit on the d...
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Wab Kinew been premier for almost 3 years ... he's yet to make a public visit to Manitoba's 3rd-largest city www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Wab Kinew been premier for almost 3 years ... he's yet to make a public visit to Manitoba's 3rd-largest city | CBC News
Premier Wab Kinew has yet to make a public visit to Steinbach — the province’s third-largest city — nearly three years into his term in office, despite repeatedly promoting a “One Manitoba” message an...
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Manitoba says Sobeys parent company must entirely remove real estate deals that bar competition www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Manitoba says Sobeys parent company must entirely remove real estate deals that bar competition | CBC News
Manitoba wants more than a promise Sobeys won't get in the way if a rival grocery store wants to open nearby.
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The NDP's Jennifer Flett with an enormous lead in The Pas-Kameesak byelection, with just four polls reporting (no advanced votes reported yet) #mbpoli Live results: results.electionsmanitoba.ca?_gl=1*1hnumw...
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Contractors say policy on major public builds in Manitoba trying to fix problem that doesn't exist www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Contractors say policy on major public builds in Manitoba trying to fix problem that doesn't exist | CBC News
Some Manitoba contractors say a new labour policy for major public construction projects is trying to solve problems the industry has already addressed.
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Karen Pauls @karenpaulscbc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The Northern Super League has announced that its seventh team in the women’s league will be situated in Winnipeg. www.cbc.ca/sports/socce...
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Winnipeg expansion team, led by Desiree Scott, set to become NSL's 7th franchise | CBC Sports
The Northern Super League has announced that its seventh team in the women’s league will be situated in Winnipeg. The first expansion team in NSL history will kick off in the 2027 season but is prepar...
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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I grew up believing we lived in the most populated, extreme weather location in the world. I’ve never actually looked this up - don’t tell me if it isn’t true. #Winnipeg
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Manitoba requests federal help to deal with flooding www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6YE...
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Manitoba requests federal help to deal with flooding
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Wally Daudrich joins Keystone Party after quitting PCs, will run in Pas-Kameesak byelection www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Wally Daudrich joins Keystone Party after quitting PCs, will run in Pas-Kameesak byelection | CBC News
Wally Daudrich, a former Manitoba PC leadership candidate, is joining the Keystone Party in a move that gives the fledgling party a high-profile recruit.
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Josh Crabb @joshcrabb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
'Back with vengeance': Manitoba's Parkland area faces heavy flooding again www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'Back with vengeance': Manitoba's Parkland area faces heavy flooding again | CBC News
Flooding in Manitoba's Parkland area has swamped already-waterlogged communities, washed out roads and forced the closure of a provincial park — stranding campers, cottagers, lodge guests and staff.
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Top physicians warned Winnipeg hospitals nearing 'disintegration' in March letter www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Top physicians warned Winnipeg hospitals nearing 'disintegration' in March letter | CBC News
Top Winnipeg doctors warned in a confidential letter in March that urgent-care centres might have to close and another patient death was inevitable unless immediate changes were made.
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I enjoy that whenever I turn on the TV, there's something World Cup-related that I can watch, even if it's just highlights.
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Bartley Kives @bkives.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
11 Indigenous-led wind-farm proposals to compete for right to sell power to Manitoba www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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11 Indigenous-led wind-farm proposals to compete for right to sell power to Manitoba | CBC News
Manitoba Hydro will consider up to 11 proposals to build new wind farms over the next nine years, all owned by partnerships between Indigenous nations and experienced wind-power developers.
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Manitoba asks milk retailers, processors to open books as it considers further price limits www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Manitoba asks milk retailers, processors to open books as it considers further price limits | CBC News
The provincial government is asking milk processors and retailers to open their financial books as it weighs expanding price controls to two-litre and four-litre containers of milk.
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 19/06/2026
The recent turnaround in Canadian politics is especially apparent in Manitoba. Look at these shifts in vote intent over the past year and a half. And the latest numbers suggest the NDP may now be making a comeback under Avi Lewis (at the expense of the CPC): 🔗: probe-research.com/polls/federa...
Latest federal vote intent results in Manitoba, from a Probe Research survey in June (versus similar survey in March):

🔴 Liberal: 47% (+1)
🔵 Conservative: 35% (-4)
🟠 NDP: 14% (+6)
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Manitoba will have electronic patient records that can be shared between hospitals by next spring www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Manitoba will have electronic patient records that can be shared between hospitals by next spring | CBC News
Every Manitoba hospital will soon begin building electronic records that will mean a patient's care history follows them from one hospital to another.
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Matthew Froese @matthewfroese.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Oof - I appreciate this kind of work from our talented local journalists. A story that holds the data together with the human faces of the opioid crisis here in Winnipeg. Tough read, though.
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stevelambert.bsky.social @stevelambert.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Thread 🧵: I want to thank everyone for a retirement send-off Friday night. I am, frankly, blown away by the fact that many people chose to spend a beautiful summer evening at the event, or sent well-wishes via video. 1/ #mbpoli
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
It's @stevelambert.bsky.social's last day covering #mbpoli. An encyclopedia on legislature rules and political history, he asks the smartest questions and breaks stories. Best of all, he freely shares his knowledge with any reporter making sense of the legislature. He's made our politics better.
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Manitoba recruits 53 doctors, paramedics from U.K. recruiting trip www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Manitoba recruits 53 doctors, paramedics from U.K. recruiting trip | CBC News
Uzoma Asagwara spent three days in Manchester, Birmingham and London in late April as part of a Manitoba delegation that met with and interviewed prospective recruits. The minister said 29 paramedics ...
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stevelambert.bsky.social @stevelambert.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Thank you to Marcy Markusa for having me on today to discuss the changes in journalism: youtu.be/9wpph6X0c48?... #mbpoli
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Longtime reporter Steve Lambert handing in his press pass
YouTube video by CBC News Manitoba
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Manitoba MLAs pull all-nighter as PCs say budget bill falls short on affordability www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Manitoba MLAs pull all-nighter as PCs say budget bill falls short on affordability | CBC News
A standoff over the NDP’s budget bill has kept Manitoba MLAs in the legislature through the night and into the following morning.
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Alberta, Manitoba premiers spar over treaty rights and separatism at conference conclusion www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Kinew, Smith spar over treaty rights and separatism as premiers' conference concludes | CBC News
Premier Danielle Smith and her Manitoba counterpart Wab Kinew got into a spat over separation and treaty rights Tuesday at the conclusion of the Western Premiers’ Conference in Kananaskis, Alta.
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Manitoba passed its Buy Canadian law a year ago. It still isn't in effect. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Manitoba passed its Buy Canadian law a year ago. It still isn't in effect. | CBC News
The Manitoba government passed legislation nearly a year ago to establish a Buy Canadian policy across departments, but the law still isn't in force.
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