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What’s happening today
Members of Parliament will today decide whether to vote in favour of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget or send the country back to the polls less than a year after the last federal election. The Canadian Press reports.
Prime Minister Mark Carney (right) holds up a copy of the budget as he and Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne make their way to the House of Commons earlier this month. (Justin Tang / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
New cash for the Port of Churchill, and a commitment to further the project, came from the province Sunday as Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Premier Wab Kinew.
They issued a joint announcement hours before the Grey Cup, which Carney visited Winnipeg to watch.
Manitoba has slated another $51 million for Hudson Bay rail line upgrades and a new critical minerals storage facility at the northern port. The province’s total project investment sits at $87.5 million. Gabrielle Piché has the story.
Prime Minister Mark Carney walks alongside Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and MMF president David Chartrand Sunday. (Mike Sudoma / Free Press)
On the bright side
Harlen Card is an accomplished professional who gives back to the community, but that wasn’t always the case. “Into my 20s, I was a very selfish person. I wasn’t great,” he says.
He was out of shape, unhappy and faulted others for his problems — until, he says, he realized one day he had no one to blame but himself. From there, he set about improving his mental and physical health and finding work he was passionate about.
Asking people for help and reading books aided his evolution. Volunteering was also a key part of his self-actualization.
“To have an impact, I need to go out and do something for someone,” he says. Aaron Epp has more here.
Louis Balcaen (left) and Harlen Card (right) volunteer on the board of directors at Future Hope, a non-profit that supports men who are leaving prison. (Mike Deal / Free Press)
On this date
On Nov. 17, 1928: The Manitoba Free Press reported a jury, after deliberating four hours, found Albert Victor Westgate guilty of murder in the death of Christine Adams, and Justice Dysart sentenced him to be hanged; Westgate’s final words to the court were: “I am not guilty.” Two groceries, one on Bowman Avenue and the other on Manitoba Avenue, were the scenes of attempted robberies, but the grocers managed to outwit the would-be thieves. Search our archives for more here.
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