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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESThe city and the province are jointly contributing $16.7 million for streetscaping and skywalk connections for True North Square.
Money for downtown project: The True North Square project is getting a boost from the city of Winnipeg. City hall is proposing to redirect almost $20 million in property and education taxes towards the cost of constructing “amenities” associated with the downtown project. Aldo Santin has the story. READ MORE
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SUPPLIEDA rendering of the new apartment tower at 300 Main.
Apartments near Portage and Main: The first phase of preparation work on the south foundation pad for Winnipeg-based Artis Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)’s 40-storey apartment tower is expected to get underway next month. The $165-million building will have 400 units, and is expected to be completed in 2020. Murray McNeill reports. READ MORE
Cuts for WRHA: The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority has been told to cut 90 positions by the Pallister government, after a decade under the NDP in which the health authority’s management ranks doubled. Larry Kusch reports. READ MORE
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / The Associated Press FilesU.S. President Donald Trump
Trump’s taxes: U.S. President Donald Trump broke with decades’-old political norms in 2016 while campaigning for office by repeatedly refusing to release his tax returns. Tuesday night, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow reported on Trump’s 2005 tax return, which had been leaked, and showed that in that year Trump paid an effective tax rate of 24.5 per cent, which was below the average rate of 27.4 per cent for someone with his income. READ MORE
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#IdesOfMarch: Et tu, Brute? It’s March 15, so go out and raise an Orange Julius as you enjoy your Caesar salad, and maybe visit the massage therapist should you feel any sudden pain in your back.
On this date
On March 15, 1989: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Angella Issajenko broke down in tears as she testified how she had injected Canadian Olympic runner Ben Johnson with banned steroids for years. Air Ontario apologized to families of the people killed in an airplane crash in Dryden, Ont., for the way the airline had handled the matter. In Winnipeg, a confidential civic report said police officers treated visible minorities, particularly indigenous people, unfairly. READ MORE
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