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Business takeaways from 2021-22 budget The Manitoba provincial government presented its 2021 budget at the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg on Wednesday. Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press Its a provincial budget that comes in the wake of hundreds of struggling storefronts and companies across Manitoba. Its a provincial budget that comes in the wake of hundreds of struggling storefronts and companies across Manitoba. So, how exactly is the government planning to help business o...

Winnipeg Free Press Rubin Block in South Osborne sitting vacant since 2014 Last Modified: 9:52 AM CST Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 | Updates MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS The Rubin Block at 270 Morley Ave. has been vacant and growing derelict since 2014, and a new petition has been circulating urging the owners to act and sell it to a buyer who will actually maintain it. Nobody’s lived at the Rubin Block for more than six years. Nobody’s lived at th...

Pallister pushing to relax code-red rules by February MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Code-red restrictions have cost Caitlin Bousfield (left) and Sam Rivait, co-owners of Good Fortune Barber Shop, months of business. Premier Brian Pallister is said to be facing pressure from business groups and eyeing a reduction to COVID-19 restrictions by the beginning of February. Premier Brian Pallister wants to reopen Manitoba’s economy by easing COVID-19 restrictions on businesses as soon as th...