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COLUMN: Report from the Legislature – Disappointed by NDP school funding
2 minute read Yesterday at 5:08 PM CDTIn addition to being your MLA, I am pleased to announce my new role as the President of the Manitoba section for the Americas region of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF). The APF is an international organization devoted to promoting the French language, strengthening solidarity among Francophone communities, and promoting democracy and human rights in the Francophone world. I am honoured to be a part of an organization that is doing outstanding work to keep the French language and Francophone communities alive and thriving. Not to mention, this position will only help strengthen my existing role as the PC Critic for Francophone Affairs.
At the beginning of the month, the NDP government released its very first budget. In Budget 2024, the NDP have noticeably chosen to cut the Arts, Culture and Sport in Community (ACSC) and Building Sustainable Communities (BSC) grant programs, both of which helped fund several community development projects and programs in Lorette, Ste. Anne, and across the Dawson Trail constituency over the years. With that said, I urge the NDP government to follow through on the $5 million that Premier Kinew promised to the community of Lorette for renovations to their arena.
Budget 2024 also states that the NDP will construct two new schools in Winnipeg. I am incredibly disappointed that the NDP government has decided to completely cancel the development of a new school and daycare facility for the community of Ste. Anne. Ste. Anne is a community with a growing population, whose need for child-care facilities and school spaces continues to rise. Currently, their education facility is overcrowded and contains multiple schools, serving students from kindergarten to grade 12. It is of utmost importance that Ste. Anne receives these facilities so they can continue to accommodate their growing population and provide their community members with the best education environment possible.
As your MLA, I will continue to advocate for the constituents of Dawson Trail and make sure that your concerns and voices are being heard.
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1 minute read Preview Yesterday at 2:02 PM CDTTaking impaired drivers off the road
1 minute read Yesterday at 11:01 AM CDTSteinbach RCMP pulled three people off the road last weekend, handing out licence suspensions and impounding vehicles.
Police say they issued an immediate roadside prohibition to a 23-year-old male from Mitchell and a 34-year-old male from the RM of La Broquerie. Both blew a “warn” in roadside breath samples at separate traffic stops. They each were given a 72-hour licence suspension and had their vehicle impounded for three days.
A 26-year-old male from Winnipeg registered a “fail” on the device and was given an immediate roadside prohibition with a 90-day suspension and a vehicle impoundment of 30 days.
The roadside prohibition is used if the driver has never been charged or convicted for a previous impaired driving offence and currently has a valid driver’s licence.
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3 minute read Preview Yesterday at 2:33 PM CDTCOLUMN: Eye on the Arts – Help us provide programming
4 minute read Yesterday at 8:43 AM CDTAfter 45 years, the Steinbach Arts Council has grown to offer nearly 100 subsidized concerts and programs each year, bursaries for those in need, and free youth programming in our community.
We invite you to join us on Friday, May 3, for the Steinbach Arts Council’s annual fundraising gala, because together, we keep can keep arts and culture recreation accessible for everyone.
Visit steinbacharts.ca or call 204-346-1077 to reserve your ticket today.
Thank you to our event sponsors and donors Derksen Printers, Linda Penner, Manitoba Liquor Marts, One Insurance, Country Meat & Deli, Sunshine Greenhouse, Anne Barkman & David Banman, Chez Koop, Old Church Bakery, Let’s Celebrate Rentals, Niverville Credit Union, Earls Meat Market, Leonard Klassen Financial, Garnet & Trish Enns, Print Studio One, Golden West Radio, Steinbach’s Flooring Canada, and GNM Fine Jewellers.
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7 minute read Preview Monday, Apr. 22, 2024LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Correction of mistakes
5 minute read Monday, Apr. 22, 2024Thank you to columnist Michael Zwaagstra (April 4, 2024) for providing a positive review of my new book Untangling Popular Anti-Israel Arguments: Critical Thinking about the Israel-Hamas War.
I wrote that little book because there is so much poor thinking about the terrible war between Israel and Gaza (led by Iran-backed Hamas), a war that is now (as I write this letter) threatening to expand directly with Iran.
Sadly, the need for my book was confirmed by a recent letter to The Carillon by Rick Loewen (“Columnist justifies infanticide,” April 11, 2024). Mr. Loewen makes three serious mistakes, which I wish to correct.
Mistake 1: Loewen says Hamas did not start the war with Israel.
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3 minute read Preview Monday, Apr. 22, 2024RM on board with Ste Anne annexation
2 minute read Monday, Apr. 22, 2024The RM of Ste Anne would give up large amounts of farmland to the north of the Town of Ste Anne if the town’s annexation application to the province goes through, and they are OK with that.
“We’re totally open to whatever they need,” said RM Reeve Richard Pelletier.
“It’s good for the municipality to have a town that’s going to grow, have more services and so on, because we’re going to use those services.”
The RM sent a memorandum of understanding to the town that was packaged with its application to create more room for housing and light industrial space – assuming the property owners are willing to sell.
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