Gary Doer News

A third juror has been dropped from the second-degree murder trial of Mark Stobbe, accused of killing his wife 12 years ago.

The 2011 population census tells us that Canada is rapidly and profoundly changing, leaving us with a choice: to carry on with the politics of the past, or to match change with change.

Jurors looked at surveillance photos Tuesday of a woman grocery shopping with her youngest son just hours before she was brutally assaulted and killed.

The province's recommendations following the scalding death of a disabled man in a Calgary group home will only be as effective as the people implementing them.

When the city approves a major rezoning, its planners want to get about a quarter of the increased land value back from the builder in the form of community benefits, says a new report ... It would be simplistic to attempt to divide geopolitics into good guys and bad guys.

The ambassador from Canada to the United States is slamming what he calls the 'Hollywood Liberal Elite' for derailing the Keystone XL pipeline project, which would have carried oil from the tar sands of Alberta, in western Canada, through the U.S. to refineries and ports in Texas, 1200 WOAI news reports.

She liked to laugh and be around people, dress up to go out to movies and restaurants and dance, Beverly Rowbotham's sister Betty testified in a Winnipeg court Wednesday.

Former top provincial public servant Mark Stobbe is accused of murdering his wife Beverly Rowbotham with multiple hatchet blows to the head.

Canadian Ambassador to the United States Gary Doer will be in San Antonio on Wednesday, Feb.

The province passed legislation seven years ago ordering the 16 municipalities that comprise the capital region to establish a joint planning committee and to start behaving in a more co-operative manner.

Mark Stobbe killed his wife of seven years in a rage, hitting her 16 times in the head with a hatchet, a jury heard Monday.

On Jan. 17, the Public Utilities Board issued a press release saying evidence gathered at public hearings over the previous 11 months revealed the costs of Manitoba Hydro's $20 billion capital development plan have risen dramatically while sales of electricity to the U.S. have fallen.

NDP leadership candidate Paul Dewar will pick up another Manitoba endorsement today when Ginny Devine publicly throws her support his way.

A partnership of First Nation communities in Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario have nominated 43,000 square kilometres of Boreal forest straddling the provincial border for recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Such was the case earlier this week when Michael Balagus, chief of staff to Premier Greg Selinger, suddenly announced he was stepping down from his post.

A pair of newly-elected MLAs were added to the inner circle with Swan River MLA Ron Kostyshyn as Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Intiatives and Point Douglas MLA Kevin Chief heading up the new post of Minister of Children and Youth Opportunity.

Today Justice Minister Andrew Swan added his name to those who back Dewar for the NDP leadership.

THE main architect of the Selinger NDP's historic election victory is stepping down with an eye to returning to international work helping spread democracy.

Balagus, who headed up the party's re-election campaign, said he plans to do more international work in the coming months and years.

Since I can't make it to any of the Selinger government's pre-budget public meetings, I'm going to file my submission in writing.