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1 week ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Tom Brodbeck
By: Tom Brodbeck Posted: 4:15 PM CDT Tuesday, May. 27, 2025 The provincial government is hoping new hospital emergency room data is the beginning of a trend towards shorter wait times.
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2 weeks ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Tom Brodbeck
By: Tom Brodbeck Posted: 1:58 PM CDT Friday, May. 23, 2025 It’s pretty clear by now that an inquiry should be called into the Sio Silica scandal.
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2 weeks ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Tom Brodbeck
By: Tom Brodbeck Posted: 12:18 PM CDT Thursday, May.
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2 weeks ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Tom Brodbeck
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement that the federal budget will be delayed until the fall is more than a scheduling decision — it’s a critical juncture in Canada’s fiscal history. With the Liberals’ decade-long track record of deficits and ballooning debt, Carney’s No. 1 priority must be to restore fiscal discipline and credibility. Under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, the federal government never balanced the books.
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3 weeks ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Tom Brodbeck
It’s a disease we thought we had under control. For decades, measles was something we read about in history books, a relic of a bygone era where vaccines were either not available or not widely used. But today, as Manitoba, and much of Canada, faces a worrisome uptick in measles cases, we’re reminded that the past is never as far behind as we think. And we have the anti-vax movement to thank for it. In recent weeks, Manitoba has seen a troubling rise in measles cases.
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3 weeks ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Tom Brodbeck
Crime is down in Winnipeg. It’s been a while since we could say that in a city plagued by stabbings, murders and drug-fuelled violence. The Winnipeg Police Service’s 2024 annual report, released last week, shows the city’s violent crime severity index fell in 2024. Overall crime was also down — albeit only slightly — but for the second year in a row. Better still, Winnipeg’s crime rate continues to trend downward in 2025.
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3 weeks ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Tom Brodbeck
It’s an all-too-familiar feeling in Manitoba these days: a sense of being overlooked by Ottawa. Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his much-anticipated cabinet Tuesday — a leaner, more “efficient” group, as he put it — meant to project discipline and regional balance. But if this is what balance looks like, someone forgot to include Manitoba.
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1 month ago | 
brandonsun.com | Tom Brodbeck
By now, the shock has settled. Pierre Poilievre, the once-unstoppable Conservative firebrand, lost his seat in Carleton in the April 28 federal election, and with it, his claim to lead the country. It was a stunning reversal for a man who just months ago was riding high in the polls, commanding massive crowds, and confidently declaring the Liberals “finished.”But Canadians had other ideas.
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1 month ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Tom Brodbeck
By now, the shock has settled. Pierre Poilievre, the once-unstoppable Conservative firebrand, lost his seat in Carleton in the April 28 federal election, and with it, his claim to lead the country. It was a stunning reversal for a man who just months ago was riding high in the polls, commanding massive crowds, and confidently declaring the Liberals “finished.”But Canadians had other ideas.
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1 month ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Tom Brodbeck
Liberal Leader Mark Carney may have won the election Monday night, but if the former Bank of Canada governor thought the campaign trail was gruelling, it will pale in comparison to the job he has ahead of him. With 169 seats in the House of Commons — three shy of a majority — the Liberals are back in power, but not with the mandate they hoped for.
