Determined by those who showed up
With the 2014 municipal election quickly fading from memory, it is worth noting there were some significant winners and losers on election night. Read More
Brian Bowman is Winnipeg’s new mayor
With just over half of eligible voters casting ballots, Winnipeggers elected Brian Bowman their mayor by a staggering margin of 53,064 votes over second-place finisher, Judy Wasylycia-Leis Read More
Winnipeg’s ‘unhinged’ mayoral candidates are to blame, but so are we
Winnipeggers are their own worst enemies: blissfully unconcerned with the implications of continuing to embrace an inefficient, unsustainable urban model, slavishly dependent upon concrete and gasoline. Read More
Winnipeg needs to smarten up about transit policy
Is the city and Winnipeg Transit really accommodating Blue Bomber fans for 9 evenings a year over the transportation needs for students over an entire academic year? Read More
Regina to extend city borders into rural municipality
Regina City Council has made plans for the future growth of the city, of up to potentially 500,000 people, all at the expense of the rural municipality surrounding the city. Read More
First Trib Talk tackles downtown debate
A healthy crowd welcomed the three Trib Talk panelists and moderator Dr. Jino Distasio for a discussion on Downtown Winnipeg. Read More
Follow Trib Talks live!
Follow the live blog of Spectator Tribune’s first panel, Trib Talks, a discussion on the fate of downtown Winnipeg. Sponsored by the Park Theatre, the panel will feature… Read More
Regina’s debt dilemma
The citizens of Regina should expect to pay out the nose for services in the future, as city council recently asked for an increase in the city’s debt load. Read More
Why punishment will never eliminate crime
Let's try a more dynamic, humane method of dealing with crime. Read More
Bill 18: Manitoba Tories championing old ideas while world moves on
There’s no sense kidding ourselves, the opposition is based on the fact that Christian schools do not want these alliances within their walls. Read More
Historic Regina falling victim to wrecking ball, myopia
A new community group, Save Our Connaught, has sprung up from this decision to bulldoze École Connaught School. Here’s hoping it can talk some sense into the ministry. Read More
Idle No More exposes Liberal party’s growing irrelevance
The second Liberal leadership debate began in Winnipeg this past weekend with the moderator posing a series of vapid questions to unlikely leadership contender Karen… Read More
Step aside, Roughriders, Regina has pools to maintain
Maybe instead of pumping nearly $80 million into the new football facility for the Roughriders, the city could take some of that, do the right thing and upgrade every pool in Regina. Read More
The top Prairie political gaffes of 2012
This is just a sampling of the most egregious political gaffes perpetrated by Prairie politicians and public officials in 2012. Read More
Assessing Prairie Power, Part Two: Greg Selinger’s do-nothing Manitoba
More than any change in government, what Manitoba needs is a political shake-up. It needs ideas. Read More
One way or another, Manitoba NDP should stop endorsing municipal candidates
With Sam Katz gripped by a massive scandal that has hugely eroded public confidence, the NDP have a substantial opportunity in the 2014 election Read More