Tom Brodbeck

Mark Carney may still be relatively new to elected politics, but he’s proving to be a remarkably quick study in the art of political chess.

Every few provincial elections, Manitoba politics produces the same ghost story.

By now, everyone knows Donald Trump has made it nearly impossible to know what to believe from one day to the next when it comes to tariffs, trade deals or other thorny global issues.

If Winnipeggers had expected the city’s sweeping transit network overhaul to produce major improvements in service by now, the latest report offers a sobering reality check.

If Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives were hoping Premier Wab Kinew’s popularity would fade midway through his first term, the latest polling numbers offer little encouragement.

When Winnipeg city council approved restrictions on homeless encampments near schools, daycares, parks, recreation centres and seniors housing, critics warned it would simply push vulnerable people from one location to another without solving the underlying problem.

One year after Winnipeg Transit launched the most ambitious overhaul of its bus network in decades, the verdict is becoming increasingly difficult for city hall to avoid: The relaunch is not delivering the results that were promised.

Every time a private company is involved in health-care delivery, critics react as though medicare itself is under attack. It’s a misplaced argument.

An 8.8 per cent drop in Winnipeg’s overall crime severity. An 11.2 per cent decline in violent crime severity. A second straight year of falling violent crime.

For too long, violence in Manitoba classrooms has been treated as an uncomfortable problem discussed quietly in staff rooms, but rarely confronted publicly.