Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) has expanded its suite of digital services with the rollout of a new online Licence Lookup tool, allowing businesses, organizations and members of the public to quickly verify whether a Manitoba driver holds a valid licence, without needing to visit a service centre. Unveiled November 17, 2025, the tool provides a […]

Three Rivers council unanimously voted to appoint a staff member as the new protection of privacy coordinator on November 10. The town is appointing the new clerk of council, Andrea MacDonald, to the position. “There has been a vacancy since the retirement of the previous clerk,” CAO John Jamieson said, noting the position is typically […]

Manitoba’s home-care system, once considered a national model, has been weakened by years of policy shifts, under-resourcing, staffing shortages and poorly executed reforms, according to a new report released Thursday by the Manitoba Nurses Union (MNU). But the provincial government says many of the problems highlighted in the report stem from decisions made years ago […]

“Blindsided.” That’s the word Roger Selman, president of the Ramara Chamber of Commerce, used to describe an unexpected eviction notice his organization received this week. For 14 years, the chamber has had a presence in the Township of Ramara administration building in Brechin. The shared office space was a way to encourage mutual support and […]

ADELAIDE METCALFE – Council approved a new policy governing the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) and received an update on the School Road Landfill capacity during its November 3 meeting. CAO Morgan Calvert presented the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence Policy, explaining that it positions the township ahead of pending provincial regulations. “In 2024, […]

Repeated flooding on a Niagara-on-the-Lake farm has pushed grower Michael Watson to give the Town of NOTL an ultimatum. After offering the town an Oct. 31 deadline to outline concrete steps to fix the problem, warning he’d take legal action if it didn’t, he’s now giving it until Nov. 30 to provide a full report […]

The truck slowly pulled alongside as I idled at the side of a remote dirt road in northern B.C. No cell service, the nearest town half an  hour away. I’d pulled off to let industrial traffic heading the other  direction pass. It was 2022 and I was on my way to meet with Indigenous  land […]

In the wake of a scandal involving the province’s new Education Accord, which contained fabricated sources and has led many to believe artificial intelligence was involved, a spokesperson from Premier Tony Wakeham’s office told The Independent the new PC government is “not prioritizing” a review of its AI policies. In September, the 10-year education plan […]

It all comes down to what neighbour John McKinnon calls an error by the Ministry of Natural Resources. When pit 2907 changed hands, its license was transferred from John Leavitt to Ellbrook Excavating. Site inspection documents from Leavitt’s operation of the pit state that extraction below groundwater is not permitted under the license.  But when […]

Just as the ground thawed from winter this past March, politicians, including Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown, Premier Doug Ford and local MPPs, joined officials from the William Osler Health System to mark the beginning of construction for the long-awaited expansion of the Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Wellness. The only problem: there was no construction. […]

Separatism. Sovereignty. Statehood. Danielle Smith has repeatedly invoked the idea of Alberta independence during her time in office. But documents obtained by the Investigative Journalism Foundation suggest it is not an economic scenario the provincial government is seriously studying. In his decades with the public service, Lennie Kaplan, former senior manager for the Fiscal and […]

A Grande Prairie local has applied for a petition to recall Grande Prairie MLA Nolan Dyck. Recall petitions for United Conservative Party MLAs are growing across the province following the government’s use of the notwithstanding clause to force teachers back to work.  “Dyck was chosen by the people to represent their interests and not echo […]