Inside the Costa Rican retreat of Manitoba’s premier
Brian Pallister controversially spends weeks of the year in Costa Rica. So Maclean’s went in search of the premier’s foreign office.
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Premier Brian Pallister’s extended escape from Winterpeg
The Manitoba premier is spending weeks away in Costa Rica. His extended breaks raise questions.
On crime, Winnipeg achieves a minor miracle
Once near the top of Canada’s Most Dangerous Cities list, Winnipeg is now at No. 19
Steinbach Pride: Inside a battle for LGBT rights
Steinbach was famous for being Canada’s most charitable community. Now it’s becoming known for its hostile treatment of its LGBT citizens.
Pro wrestling’s surprising Prairie roots
A Lakehead University scholar provides a ’matside people’s history’ of pro wrestling in 19th-century Manitoba
How young Indigenous politicians are leading Manitoba’s NDP
’Our people have their voice’
Equal education funding gets big results on Manitoba reserve
What happened when a troubled Indigenous school got equal funding? It started to thrive.
In Manitoba, Brian Pallister wins an ugly election of bad choices
Brian Pallister may be unlikeable. But Manitoba shows that it was willing to ignore that—electing a big PC majority—if it meant ejecting Greg Selinger
An ice-cold riding in Manitoba turns into a hot electoral fight
A rising Indigenous leader talking about Manitoba’s toughest issues is taking on the NDP in what should have been among its safest seats
The centre of controversy: Where is Canada’s middle?
It should be an easy question: What’s Canada’s geographic centre? But groups in Manitoba and Nunavut say they’re right.