It’s not entirely clear when or why Hanover trustee Shayne Barkman became one of Manitoba’s best-known anti-LGBTTQ+ crusaders.

Manitoba’s new plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is a lot of things. It’s detailed. It’s certainly comprehensive in scope. But when it is all said and done, it is still very much a wor...

Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine’s decision to intercede in Winnipeg’s mayoral election may be surprising to some political observers. To others, however, it is entirely on brand.

There is little question that trading barbs with United States President Donald Trump is good for the popularity of political leaders in Canada.

Is there anything or anyone that can help Canada and the United States avoid an unprecedented trade war?

OTTAWA — The whirlwind that has been Dr. Joss Reimer’s career has officially touched down in Building 62.

There is something deeply disquieting about the attempts by Canada’s Jewish community to stop the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg from hosting an exhibit about the 1948 Palestinian Nakba.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney were all smiles last week when they signed an agreement to begin construction of a new oil pipeline by 2027, while also delaying and softe...

Former premier Brian Pallister will be among the prominent Manitobans who this year will be inducted into the Order of Manitoba. Not to be overly provocative, but does Pallister deserve the honour?

The Manitoba Prosecution Service’s decision to appeal a stay of proceedings against a young offender charged with murdering his mother isn’t surprising — and that’s the problem.

Manitoba’s former chief psychiatrist is challenging the constitutionality of a controversial law allowing the province to incarcerate intoxicated people for up to 72 hours, claiming that it will harm....

In the world of government budgeting, as in life, it’s sometimes better to be lucky than good. And over the next fiscal year, Manitoba’s NDP government is going to need a whole lot of luck if its budg...

In pursuit of a new and improved political brand, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been working overtime. Just look at his itinerary over the past few weeks: he undertook an unsolicited diplom...

Veteran actor Billy Bob Thornton may seem like an unlikely source of wisdom about the world’s relentless dependence on oil. Then again, it would be hard to find a better, more poignant description of....

KITCHENER, Ont. — Like most Canadians, Mari dreams about having a bigger home for her boyfriend Rob and their dog, Trouble, a mutt of undefined origins. The trio currently resides in an eight-by-10-fo...

In one sentence, Sam Katz helped Winnipeggers see the kind of mayor he really was.

Former Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz will voluntarily testify at the public inquiry into the Winnipeg Police Service headquarters scandal, his lawyer has confirmed. Earlier this week, inquiry commissioner G...

Three key players in the Winnipeg Police Service headquarters scandal may not testify at the upcoming public inquiry because they no longer live in Manitoba and are beyond the commission’s power of su...

Is the career-ending political scandal no longer a thing? Increasingly, it seems that no scandal is big enough or ugly enough to end a politician’s career or permanently damage the brand of their part...

The future of the often-troubled and chronically overlooked Port of Churchill and Hudson Bay railway looks exceedingly bright.

Manitoba’s NDP government will open the third session of the 43rd legislature today with a pledge to have a supervised drug consumption facility up and running in January, the Free Press has learned.

The release of two reports in the same week with radically different perspectives on the causes of crime reveals a lot about why we never seem to find a lasting solution.

PREMIER Wab Kinew plans to introduce legislation that would allow the Manitoba Court of Appeal to pre-emptively review any attempt by a future provincial government to invoke the notwithstanding claus...

What exactly does someone have to do to get fired from Premier Wab Kinew’s cabinet? That question was left hanging in the air following the latest missteps by Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine, who d...

Has Manitoba’s NDP government fallen prey to the political butterfly effect? Originated by a mathematician in the 1970s, the butterfly effect suggests that a seemingly unimportant decision can, over t...

Everyone even remotely connected to hockey is no doubt straining under the weight of multiple feelings today. The acquittal of five elite hockey players on charges of sexual assault was not unexpected...

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If the stars align just so, they might end up calling this the “Miracle of Spruce Woods.” Speculation has run rampant that Premier Wab Kinew has delayed calling a byelection in Spruce Woods to give th...

Now that Manitoba Hydro has decided to proceed with a $7-billion plan to overhaul essential components of its two main transmission lines, the political blame game can start in earnest.

Manitoba Hydro has launched a historic and long overdue overhaul of its two main transmission lines that will cost at least $7 billion and require up to 15 years of electricity rate hikes, the Free Pr...

Manitoba Hydro has launched a historic and long overdue overhaul of its two main transmission lines that will cost at least $7 billion and require up to 15 years of electricity rate hikes, the Free Pr...

Apparently, this is the cost of sticking to our collective guns. A freedom of information request filed by a former leader of the Manitoba Green party found out Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries is in pos...

Is Nahanni Fontaine guilty of a firing offence? Last week, the minister responsible for accessibility was caught making profane complaints about an American Sign Language interpreter. The comments we...

Giving in to a bully never feels good, but every once in a while, it’s the smart thing to do. This week, Prime Minister Mark Carney did an abrupt about-face and announced that Canada was cancelling th...

Is it tough love for bad drivers, or another back-door tax to help pay for Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation’s catastrophic, nine-figure technology boondoggle known to the outside world as P...

For weeks now, political reporters have been trying to figure out exactly which version of Pierre Poilievre is going to rise from the political ashes of last April’s federal election.

For weeks now, political reporters have been trying to figure out exactly which version of Pierre Poilievre is going to rise from the political ashes of last April’s federal election.

Winnipeg is poised for one of the most important do-overs in its long and storied history. If all goes to schedule, Portage Avenue and Main Street will — finally, thankfully — be open to pedestrians t...

Winnipeg is poised for one of the most important do-overs in its long and storied history. If all goes to schedule, Portage Avenue and Main Street will — finally, thankfully — be open to pedestrians t...

There is a story behind the story of longer waiting times for priority surgical procedures, and Manitobans are not going to like it. This week, the Canadian Institute for Health Information released i...

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It’s the honeymoon that is defying all the odds. Six weeks or so after the federal election, Prime Minister Mark Carney continues to do a remarkable job of growing support for his government. National...

The NDP government has asked the provincial auditor general to probe Project Nova, the doomed technology project undertaken by Manitoba Public Insurance, the Free Press has learned.

The NDP government has asked the provincial auditor general to probe Project Nova, the doomed technology project undertaken by Manitoba Public Insurance, the Free Press has learned.