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Manitoba municipalities want to set speed limits on provincial roads in their communities
Manitoba municipalities want the final say on how fast drivers can travel through their communities on provincial roads, but the province's transportation minister isn't looking to relinquish control.
Manitoba orders health authorities to help clean up discarded needles
Manitoba's health-care authorities are being mandated to help clean up the needles they've handed out as part of harm reduction programs.
Manitoba throne speech tackles grocery store competition, Hydro rates and health care
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew's second throne speech promises to stop grocery stores from preventing competitors from opening nearby, and to freeze electricity rates for a year despite Manitoba Hydro's historically high debt.
MLA rephrases himself after suggesting driver in crash may be foreigner, eligible for deportation
A Manitoba MLA is expressing regret after drawing parallels between the 25-year-old driver in a fatal highway crash and "cheap foreign" labour in the trucking industry, who he said in this instance should be deported if not a Canadian citizen.
U of W forced to implement hiring freeze after international student cap sinks revenues
Faculty members at the University of Winnipeg may have to rewrite their plans for the winter semester, as budgetary constraints stemming from a federal cap on international student enrolment may halt the hiring of teaching and research assistants.
In the aftermath of Trump's election, Republicans in North Dakota hope for change, while Democrats lament loss
The sky was gloomy, but not the mood of Republicans enjoying a post-election bite in Fargo, N.D., Wednesday morning.
Trump easily captures North Dakota, a victory so expected it was hardly noticed
When Donald Trump was declared the winner of the presidential race in North Dakota early Tuesday night it barely registered a cheer at one of the biggest Republican parties in the state.
In North Dakota, Donald Trump's win is assured even if his fandom has softened
A trip down the I-29 shows North Dakotans aren't monolithic in their views. But Republicans remain the preferred choice of many in this deeply red state, even if there are fewer overt displays of Trump fandom this time around, according to a political scientist in the state.
Some Manitobans wait 4 times as long for a CT scan because more people getting them: province
The median wait time for a CT scan at a pair of Winnipeg hospitals has quadrupled in one year's time, but the health minister insists the government is still moving in the right direction.
Inquiry into Winnipeg police HQ case won't examine other projects subject to audits
A promised inquiry into the Winnipeg police headquarters scandal won't cast its gaze toward any other troubled real estate and construction projects in the city's past.