Under the Dome

with Larry Kusch and Bruce Owen

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• Why photo radar is so screwed

  It’s all Steve Ashton’s fault. The rest of the NDP caucus can be blamed, too, but Ashton was former Premier Gary Doer’s point man on the file back in November 2001.

  View Full Post 12/14/2011 5:03 PM 0

• Building Bipole III

  

  Just a quick update for those following along on Bipole III and its approval process.

  View Full Post 12/12/2011 11:35 AM 0

• What the appeal court told the PUB

  Recently, the Manitoba Court of Appeal ruled in the case between the Public Utilities Board and the Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation.

  View Full Post 12/5/2011 3:20 PM 0

• It seems to me...

  ...that Mayor Sam Katz’s ongoing fight with the province is wearing a little thin.

  View Full Post 11/24/2011 12:53 PM 0

• Saving retirement in Ecuador

  

  “Fortunately, I enjoy my own company and I am easily amused.” – Raymond Flett

  View Full Post 11/22/2011 1:34 PM 0

• Bipole III? Brian, what are you thinking?

  Since the day after the Oct. 4 election, Freep comrade Larry Kusch and I have been trying to get in touch with Brian Pallister.

  View Full Post 11/1/2011 1:02 PM 0

• The Blaikie Report

  Former MP and MLA Bill Blaike has a book out.

  View Full Post 10/26/2011 10:30 AM 0

• Change won’t come overnight

  The main page of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party’s website contains a big thank you to all those who supported the party on Oct. 4.

  View Full Post 10/12/2011 4:27 PM 0

• The Home Front: my mom’s book on Hong Kong

  

  My mom has a book coming out Oct. 25 on her and her family’s experiences when my grandfather Victor Dennis was a POW following the fall of Hong Kong in 1941. (For some background click on the PDF for a May 1942 Free Press story).

  View Full Post 10/7/2011 11:26 AM 0

• Bask in the afterglow — then what?

  One thing that sticks in my head about Gary Doer is what he said when he stepped down as premier two years ago.

  View Full Post 10/5/2011 2:26 PM 0

• In the year 2018

  One thing that’s puzzled me this campaign is Hugh McFadyen’s promise early on that he’ll need to 2018 eliminate the province’s budget deficit.

  View Full Post 09/29/2011 1:35 PM 0

• TV Leaders Debate: The lost 4 minutes

  Call it what you want, it was as shrewd as move we’ll likely see this campaign.

  View Full Post 09/26/2011 2:32 PM 0

• Have pamphlets, will travel

  I felt a little guilty not looking up the Liberal candidate in Dauphin when I was in that constituency a couple of weekends ago covering Premier Greg Selinger’s campaign.

  View Full Post 09/19/2011 5:35 PM 0

• A campaign observation

  

  One thing I learned as a police reporter is to observe.

  View Full Post 09/15/2011 3:47 PM 0

• The Tories, Crowns and taxes

  This is a tough one to get your head around.

  View Full Post 09/12/2011 1:09 PM 0

• Random thoughts on campaign so far

  Boring.

  View Full Post 09/9/2011 12:46 PM 0

• The vote and the beach

  Over the Labour Day weekend I quizzed my beach friends about the upcoming Oct. 4 provincial election, and about how much they knew about Manitoba politics.

  View Full Post 09/6/2011 12:43 PM 0

• Comparing elections

  Lessons from B.C. and Ontario

  View Full Post 08/26/2011 1:05 PM 0

• Smith’s loyalties divided as assistant runs for Liberals

  Coun. Harvey Smith says he will be supporting the NDP in the Oct. 4 provincial election, but his loyalties are clearly divided.

  View Full Post 08/18/2011 1:38 PM 0

• Axel the Chopper?

  

  A few days ago I did a piece on the Winnipeg Police Service’s new helicopter.

  View Full Post 08/11/2011 11:35 AM 0