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  WINNIPEG -- A former Manitoba premier, an award-winning musician and one of the founding directors of the Winnipeg Folk Festival are among the latest people to receive the province’s highest honour. The province announced 12 Manitobans will receive the Order of Manitoba this summer, which honours people who have enriched “the social, cultural or economic well-being of the province and its residents,” according to a release. “The exceptional women and men to be invested into the Order of Manitoba serve to inspire us all and reinforce that each of us has the power to make a diffe...

Article content Politicians, artists, scientists, business and cultural leaders are among the Manitobans to be honoured with the Order of Manitoba later this year. Twelve Manitobans will receive the Order of Manitoba, the province’s highest honour, at a ceremony at the Manitoba Legislative Building that because of the COVID-19 pandemic is tentatively scheduled for July 15. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Former Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger among those to receive Order of Manitoba Back to video “The exceptional women and men to be invest...

Article content In forecasting a budget deficit of $2 billion for the year just ended (2020-21) and proposing another deficit about $1.6 billion for 2021-22, Finance Minister Scott Fielding and his government attempted, successfully, to divert public attention from those massive and stark deficit numbers. It is using an old government ’accounting game’, it’s so-called ‘rainy day fund’, via something called the Manitoba Bridge Grant program. The ‘rainy day fund’ is nothing more than ‘flim flam’, a so-called fund that has no effect on the real surplus or deficit of any fiscal ...

On this day in history: In 2001, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield began his second spaceflight as the shuttle Endeavour was launched. On the fourth day of the 13-day mission, Hadfield became the first Canadian to walk in space. Here, Hadfield waves during the crew walk out for mission STS-100 aboard Endeavour at the Kennedy Space Centre on Thursday, April 19, 2001. (CANADA NEWS WIRE PHOTO/Canadian Space Agency) Article content On this day, April 19, in history: In 1529, eight years after the Diet of Worms was convened by the Holy Roman Emperor, a protestation was published against it by s...

Winnipeg Free Press Last Modified: 7:33 PM CDT Monday, Apr. 5, 2021 | Updates Party leader Wab Kinew and the Manitoba NDP received $808,203 in contributions in 2020. While 2020 was a bad year for many Manitobans, it was good for the provincial NDP's political and financial fortunes. While 2020 was a bad year for many Manitobans, it was good for the provincial NDP's political and financial fortunes.  The party received more contributions in 2020 than it took in during 2019, and nearly double what it raised in 2018. The NDP raked in $808,203 in...