Ian Froese
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Provincial Affairs Reporter, CBC Manitoba | #mbpoli | ian.froese@cbc.ca | Rather tall | Header photo: John Woods / The Canadian Press
Winnipeg tenants fight proposed 78% rent hike after 'mainly cosmetic' building upgrades www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
Winnipeg tenants fight proposed 78% rent hike after 'mainly cosmetic' building upgrades | CBC News
Allana Swayze expected to pay more in rent after new flooring, lighting and a security system was added to the entrance and hallways of her Winnipeg apartment building — but she never imagined the own...
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Supporters hope Winnipeg's 1st supervised consumption site will expand hours www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
Supporters hope Winnipeg's 1st supervised consumption site will expand hours | CBC News
Dakota Hunter believes Manitoba's first supervised consumption site, opening next week, will cut back on the number of overdoses on Winnipeg streets, but she hopes the facility's hours will be extende...
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NDP touts lower grocery costs in pamphlet but new report shows prices still rising in Winnipeg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
NDP touts lower grocery costs in pamphlet but new report shows prices still rising in Winnipeg | CBC News
The Manitoba government is telling homeowners it has lowered grocery prices, a pamphlet arriving in mailboxes this week says, but a new report suggests the total price for the essentials are actually ...
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Manitoba Hydro has had offers "in the hundreds of millions" for software it created: CEO www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Manitoba Hydro has had offers 'in the hundreds of millions' for software it created: CEO | CBC News
Manitoba Hydro's CEO says the Crown corporation has had purchase offers "in the hundreds of millions of dollars" for software it created — money comparable to its deficit for the most recent fiscal ye...
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Whiteshell trail to remain closed until safety measures put in place after brothers drown www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Whiteshell trail to remain closed until safety measures put in place after brothers drown | CBC News
A trail leading to a wide set of rapids in Manitoba's Whiteshell Provincial Park where two young brothers recently drowned will stay closed pending changes to safety measures.
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A Winnipeg philanthropist who played a critical role in bringing the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to the city says her family is pausing any financial support for the institution over concerns around an exhibit on the displacement of Palestinians. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Philanthropist behind Canadian human rights museum says family pausing funding over Palestinian exhibit | CBC News
A philanthropist who played a critical role in bringing the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to Winipeg says her family is pausing any financial support for it over concerns around an exhibit on the d...
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Wab Kinew been premier for almost 3 years ... he's yet to make a public visit to Manitoba's 3rd-largest city www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
Wab Kinew been premier for almost 3 years ... he's yet to make a public visit to Manitoba's 3rd-largest city | CBC News
Premier Wab Kinew has yet to make a public visit to Steinbach — the province’s third-largest city — nearly three years into his term in office, despite repeatedly promoting a “One Manitoba” message an...
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Manitoba says Sobeys parent company must entirely remove real estate deals that bar competition www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
Manitoba says Sobeys parent company must entirely remove real estate deals that bar competition | CBC News
Manitoba wants more than a promise Sobeys won't get in the way if a rival grocery store wants to open nearby.
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The NDP's Jennifer Flett with an enormous lead in The Pas-Kameesak byelection, with just four polls reporting (no advanced votes reported yet) #mbpoli Live results: results.electionsmanitoba.ca?_gl=1*1hnumw...
Contractors say policy on major public builds in Manitoba trying to fix problem that doesn't exist www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
Contractors say policy on major public builds in Manitoba trying to fix problem that doesn't exist | CBC News
Some Manitoba contractors say a new labour policy for major public construction projects is trying to solve problems the industry has already addressed.
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The Northern Super League has announced that its seventh team in the women’s league will be situated in Winnipeg. www.cbc.ca/sports/socce...
Winnipeg expansion team, led by Desiree Scott, set to become NSL's 7th franchise | CBC Sports
The Northern Super League has announced that its seventh team in the women’s league will be situated in Winnipeg. The first expansion team in NSL history will kick off in the 2027 season but is prepar...
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I grew up believing we lived in the most populated, extreme weather location in the world. I’ve never actually looked this up - don’t tell me if it isn’t true. #Winnipeg
Natasha Z.@nz-sketches.bsky.social · 4w agoWinnipeg weather’s got range 🫠 top pic is January 25 2026, bottom pic is July 12 2026
Manitoba requests federal help to deal with flooding www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6YE...
Manitoba requests federal help to deal with flooding
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Wally Daudrich joins Keystone Party after quitting PCs, will run in Pas-Kameesak byelection www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
Wally Daudrich joins Keystone Party after quitting PCs, will run in Pas-Kameesak byelection | CBC News
Wally Daudrich, a former Manitoba PC leadership candidate, is joining the Keystone Party in a move that gives the fledgling party a high-profile recruit.
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'Back with vengeance': Manitoba's Parkland area faces heavy flooding again www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'Back with vengeance': Manitoba's Parkland area faces heavy flooding again | CBC News
Flooding in Manitoba's Parkland area has swamped already-waterlogged communities, washed out roads and forced the closure of a provincial park — stranding campers, cottagers, lodge guests and staff.
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Top physicians warned Winnipeg hospitals nearing 'disintegration' in March letter www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
Top physicians warned Winnipeg hospitals nearing 'disintegration' in March letter | CBC News
Top Winnipeg doctors warned in a confidential letter in March that urgent-care centres might have to close and another patient death was inevitable unless immediate changes were made.
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I enjoy that whenever I turn on the TV, there's something World Cup-related that I can watch, even if it's just highlights.
11 Indigenous-led wind-farm proposals to compete for right to sell power to Manitoba www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
11 Indigenous-led wind-farm proposals to compete for right to sell power to Manitoba | CBC News
Manitoba Hydro will consider up to 11 proposals to build new wind farms over the next nine years, all owned by partnerships between Indigenous nations and experienced wind-power developers.
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Manitoba asks milk retailers, processors to open books as it considers further price limits www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
Manitoba asks milk retailers, processors to open books as it considers further price limits | CBC News
The provincial government is asking milk processors and retailers to open their financial books as it weighs expanding price controls to two-litre and four-litre containers of milk.
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The recent turnaround in Canadian politics is especially apparent in Manitoba. Look at these shifts in vote intent over the past year and a half. And the latest numbers suggest the NDP may now be making a comeback under Avi Lewis (at the expense of the CPC): 🔗: probe-research.com/polls/federa...
Manitoba will have electronic patient records that can be shared between hospitals by next spring www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
Manitoba will have electronic patient records that can be shared between hospitals by next spring | CBC News
Every Manitoba hospital will soon begin building electronic records that will mean a patient's care history follows them from one hospital to another.
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Oof - I appreciate this kind of work from our talented local journalists. A story that holds the data together with the human faces of the opioid crisis here in Winnipeg. Tough read, though.
Bartley Kives@bkives.bsky.social · 2mo ago“The frustration comes when they respond to the same person overdosing three times during a shift.” My colleagues @kristinannable.bsky.social, Michelle Allan and @joannelevasseur.bsky.social on Winnipeg’s worsening addictions crisis. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Thread 🧵: I want to thank everyone for a retirement send-off Friday night. I am, frankly, blown away by the fact that many people chose to spend a beautiful summer evening at the event, or sent well-wishes via video. 1/ #mbpoli
It's @stevelambert.bsky.social's last day covering #mbpoli. An encyclopedia on legislature rules and political history, he asks the smartest questions and breaks stories. Best of all, he freely shares his knowledge with any reporter making sense of the legislature. He's made our politics better.
Manitoba recruits 53 doctors, paramedics from U.K. recruiting trip www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
Manitoba recruits 53 doctors, paramedics from U.K. recruiting trip | CBC News
Uzoma Asagwara spent three days in Manchester, Birmingham and London in late April as part of a Manitoba delegation that met with and interviewed prospective recruits. The minister said 29 paramedics ...
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Thank you to Marcy Markusa for having me on today to discuss the changes in journalism: youtu.be/9wpph6X0c48?... #mbpoli
Longtime reporter Steve Lambert handing in his press pass
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Manitoba MLAs pull all-nighter as PCs say budget bill falls short on affordability www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
Manitoba MLAs pull all-nighter as PCs say budget bill falls short on affordability | CBC News
A standoff over the NDP’s budget bill has kept Manitoba MLAs in the legislature through the night and into the following morning.
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Alberta, Manitoba premiers spar over treaty rights and separatism at conference conclusion www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
Kinew, Smith spar over treaty rights and separatism as premiers' conference concludes | CBC News
Premier Danielle Smith and her Manitoba counterpart Wab Kinew got into a spat over separation and treaty rights Tuesday at the conclusion of the Western Premiers’ Conference in Kananaskis, Alta.
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Manitoba passed its Buy Canadian law a year ago. It still isn't in effect. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
Manitoba passed its Buy Canadian law a year ago. It still isn't in effect. | CBC News
The Manitoba government passed legislation nearly a year ago to establish a Buy Canadian policy across departments, but the law still isn't in force.
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