I heard on the news yesterday that Opposition MLA Leanne Rowat introduced a private members bill to amend the HTA to ban passengers riding on the exterior of a vehicle. Primarily, this is intended to make it illegal to ride in a pickup box. Over the years a number of people have been killed while […]
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Bureaucratic Build Up At Pelican
28 November 2005 – 10:41 pm
It seems that along with the silt the bureaucratic nonsense is building up at Pelican Lake. The Province of Manitoba is being prevented from opening the artificial inlet to the lake by DFO because the inlet has been classified as protected habitat. The problem is that the purpose of the inlet is to manage the […]
Election Season
28 November 2005 – 10:15 pm
Recent polls have come in quite strongly against an election right now. And, I agree that as things currently stand Canada is likely to come out of this with another minority government. However, I also don’t see much evidence that an election on the Prime Minister’s timeline would have produced a majority government either. In […]
Keystone Centre Naming Rights
It’s been a while coming, but the Keystone Centre board has finally made a decision on naming rights. They will be offering naming rights for the arena and the new ag centre. This is a very positive development. The Keystone Centre is an expensive thing to operate and all additional revenue is a very good […]