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  • Silver lining

    Former Manitoba NDP MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis has had a rough time since she vacated her Winnipeg North seat last spring.

    View Full Post 02/2/2011 4:06 PM 0

  • Compromise is not a dirty word

     Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s press secretary Dimitri Soudas briefed national bureau chiefs this morning ahead of the start of the new session of Parliament. The economy and job creation, new trade agreements and making the streets safer are the government’s priorities.

    View Full Post 01/31/2011 12:45 PM 0

  • Senators’ mailings okay

    Last fall, Manitoba Senator Don Plett got some attention for mailing a newsletter into Winnipeg South Centre. At the time it was the only Liberal held riding in Manitoba. (It was before Kevin Lamoureux won the byelection in Winnipeg North.)

    View Full Post 01/14/2011 2:03 PM 0

  • You don’t want to be that next driver

    It’s that time of year when reporters often look back at the stories they wrote and wonder which ones had the most impact, both on readers and on themselves personally

    View Full Post 12/20/2010 1:38 PM 0

  • Please don’t drink and drive

    Please don’t drink and drive

    View Full Post 12/10/2010 5:39 PM 0

  • Toews says he is staying put

    Manitoba senior minister Vic Toews was asked today whether Julian Fantino’s arrival will have any impact on Toews’ job.

    View Full Post 12/1/2010 4:11 PM 0

  • Why communicating matters

    Ask any journalist who covers the federal government and they will tell you in the past five years it has become increasingly more difficult to get information out of the federal government.

    View Full Post 11/29/2010 12:25 PM 0

  • To Winnipeg North candidates: Uncle

    The back and forth between the NDP and the Liberals about who Lloyd Axworthy endorsed or didn’t endorse needs to stop.

    View Full Post 11/26/2010 1:38 PM 0

  • Anti-bullying begins with the politicians

    So Premier Greg Selinger wants to combat bullying in schools.

    View Full Post 11/17/2010 12:32 PM 0

  • A Royal affair

    Manitoba MP Pat Martin was asked at a news conference this morning whether he had any comment on the engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

    View Full Post 11/16/2010 12:22 PM 0

  • Harper hides Winnipeg North visit

    Most politicians never met a publicity opportunity they didn’t love.

    View Full Post 11/9/2010 11:08 AM 0

  • In plain English

    In my old office in the Manitoba Legislature, a colleague and I used to keep a running list of words and phrases we really wished politicians and bureaucrats would stop using.

    View Full Post 11/5/2010 11:47 AM 0

  • Campbell’s legacy

    Not yet 18 months into his third mandate, B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell is stepping down.

    View Full Post 11/3/2010 5:00 PM 0

  • Come on Winnipeg. You can do better!

    Ontario voters went to the polls yesterday in municipal elections.

    View Full Post 10/26/2010 1:19 PM 0

  • Toews on protests

    Public Safety Minister Vic Toews made an appearance at the Public Safety committee this afternoon to defend the nearly $1 billion spent on security at the G8/G20 summits last June.

    View Full Post 10/25/2010 5:08 PM 0

  • No death penalty, says Toews

    Manitoba regional minister and Canadian public safety minister Vic Toews said despite the horrors of the crimes of predators like Russell Williams, Canada will not be revisiting a debate on the death penalty.

    View Full Post 10/19/2010 5:08 PM 0

  • Somebody give Larry a bigger shovel

    Since moving to Ottawa I’ve noticed some interesting parallels between the civic issues here and in Winnipeg. Among them are both cities long standing discussions, debates, etc about building a new stadium and endless debates about light rail and rapid transit.

    View Full Post 10/6/2010 3:00 PM 0

  • Harvard takes the hill

    Gov. Gen. David Johnston was invested this morning in a ceremony filled with pomp, ceremony and lots and lots of speeches.

    View Full Post 10/1/2010 12:31 PM 0

  • What would the Senate do?

    NDP Leader Jack Layton raised an interesting conundrum for the Conservatives this afternoon.

    View Full Post 09/21/2010 3:23 PM 0

  • Hello pot? This is the kettle calling

    It still never ceases to amaze how easily politicians can speak out of both sides of their mouths.

    View Full Post 09/14/2010 4:22 PM 0

About Mia Rabson

Mia Rabson is a born and bred Winnipegger whose interest in politics seemed clear when she dressed up as Prime Minister Brian Mulroney for Halloween in the 7th grade.

Her interest in writing was no surprise to her parents, who learned early in Mia’s life that no piece of blank paper — or wall, for that matter — was safe in her hands.

She holds an honours BA in English from Queen’s University, a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Western Ontario, and has completed a political journalism fellowship in Washington, D.C. with the Washington Centre for Politics and Journalism.

Prior to working for the Winnipeg Free Press, Mia briefly worked for the Detroit News in the paper’s Washington bureau.

Mia joined the Free Press team in February 2001, and in April 2001 was appointed to the Manitoba legislature bureau. In December 2004, she was appointed bureau chief at the legislature. She became the newspaper’s parliamentary bureau chief/national reporter in Ottawa in January 2008.

In 2008 she was nominated for a Michener Award with a team of reporters from the Free Press for its coverage of the province’s child welfare system.

She counts reliving the invasion at Dieppe, France, with veterans of the failed Second World War expedition and overcoming her fear of heights to touch the Golden Boy statue atop the Legislative Building among her favourite experiences as a reporter.

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