Manitobans Call for Boost in Public Infrastructure Spending
Manitobans show strong support for dedicating provincial funds to community infrastructure. A poll by the AMM finds 44 percent want extra PS1 revenues spent on infrastructure, with 64 percent backing a one cent Municipal Sales Tax for renewals. The piece notes aging systems in Gimli and Portage la Prairie and the broader funding squeeze facing municipalities.
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Brandon
Association of Manitoba Municipalities
AMM
Enues
P.S.1
Forbes
Gimli
Lynn Greenberg
Greenberg
Reeve Kam Blight
Portage la Prairie
The Syrian tragedy rings through Security Council debate
The piece argues the UN cannot impose a swift solution in Syria as Assad holds a strong core and minorities fear Sunni rule. It notes Damascus regime resilience, Arab League failures, Russian veto power, and the descent toward a Lebanon-like civil war with a long, brutal cycle ahead.
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Vitaly Churkin
Russia
United Nations
Syria
Libya
Assad
Tunisia
Egypt
Bashar al- Assad
Damascus
Arab League
Bashar al-Assad
Britain
France
Germany
Nabil al-Arabi
New York
al-Qaeda
Israel
United States
Moscow
Middle East
Mediterranean
Lebanon
Thas
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A reader reflects on two high profile Canadian murder trials shaping a sense of justice. He recalls Montreal cases involving a father, brother, mother, and first wife in a family murder, and the Jerome Labossiere case. He lauds verdicts as necessary signals against violence and upholds Canada’s justice system despite prior doubts.
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Montreal
Jerome Labossiere
Brenda Keyser
St. Leon
Labossiere
Canada
Mr. Shafia
Labassiere
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