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Pallister deflects from his Costa Rican tax amnesty with unsupported insinuation his rival hasn't paid taxes cbc.ca 3 hrs ago Ian Froese © Jimaco Constructores Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has been dogged by questions about Costa Rican vacation home, shown here, including the taxes he has owed. Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister insinuated the leader of the Manitoba NDP committed tax evasion before backtracking Thursday at a news conference where he was again questioned on his taxes. Pallister tried to shift the focus from his own taxes to those of NDP Leader Wa...

Manitoba's deal to buy made-in-Canada vaccines not threatened by company's possible move: province cbc.ca 4 hrs ago Nicholas Frew © Providence Therapeutics/The Canadian Press In February, the Manitoba government agreed to pay Providence $36 million for two million doses of the vaccine. That included a non-refundable down payment of $7.2 million. Manitoba's government says its deal with a Canadian company promising to develop a COVID-19 vaccine may not be affected if the head of the company makes good on a threat to move its operations out of the country. In February, th...

Brandon Sun By: Colin Slark Save to Read Later Dr. Jazz Atwal, acting deputy chief provincial public health officer, said during his Friday COVID-19 media briefing that cases of variants of concern now make up approximately 50 per cent of Manitoba’s new cases, with the highest proportion of cases being found in the province’s south. (File) Manitoba recorded its highest daily number of new COVID-19 cases since December, with 295 cases announced Friday. Advertisement Manitoba recorded its highest daily number of new COVID-19 cases since De...

Winnipeg Free Press Save to Read Later A senior Manitoba civil servant has been disciplined for failing to comply with a government directive against non-essential travel. A senior Manitoba civil servant has been disciplined for failing to comply with a government directive against non-essential travel. Jerin Valel, the province's director of technology transformation, travelled to Las Vegas in March to referee at a Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts event. MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Premier Brian Pallister, left, at the Manitoba Legislative building with Jer...

Save to Read Later The former head of Premier Brian Pallister's communications staff, who was let go last summer, is suing for wrongful dismissal. The former head of Premier Brian Pallister's communications staff, who was let go last summer, is suing for wrongful dismissal. Deborah Young, who was hired by Pallister's office in March 2019, says in a statement of claim filed in Court of Queen's Bench that her employer's conduct "was malicious, high-handed and untruthful" and that she was let go without warning or just cause. "Throughout her employment with the defendant, (Young) perform...