Today, Manitoba swears in its first First Nations premier, Wab Kinew. This watershed moment is significant not only for the almost 165,000 Indigenous people who make Manitoba home, representing 12 percent of the population, but for the province as a whole.

A new provincial government was sworn in at The Leaf in Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park on October 18. Premier Wab Kinew took the opportunity to introduce his new 14-person cabinet as they took their oaths of office.

Otterburne’s Providence University College will soon be expanding its facilities, providing additional space to accommodate new classrooms and campus housing options for international students.

On Friday, October 6, Your Grocery People (YGP) in Niverville celebrated their official grand opening with a community event that saw more than 2,000 people check out the store’s new state-of-the-art features—and enjoy free pork on a bun, a kids bouncy castle, door-crasher deals, draws for $5,000 in free groceries, Jets tickets, and more.

It’s been four weeks since Manitoba’s francophone school division, the division scolaire Franco-Manitobaine (DSFM), banned student cell phones in their schools. So far, the division is happy with the way the policy is being implemented.

You don’t have to live in a town long before appreciating the importance of effective law enforcement. The primary function of any police service is to provide a sense of safety to all through crime prevention, investigation, and emergency response.