Brian Pallister

Brian Pallister and his Progressive Conservatives went early and won big.

Brian Pallister and his Progressive Conservatives have won a renewed majority from Manitoba voters to continue a program of cost-cutting and tax reductions.

Manitoba's political parties are using their platforms, candidates and advertisements to reach out to women voters who some analysts say could play a deciding role in important constituencies in Tuesday's, September 10, 2019, election.

How Manitoba arrived at the decision to reject carbon pricing shows the obvious political limits to this policy tool.

Party leader Brian Pallister says a win by the Progressive Conservatives in the Manitoba election on Sept. 10 would lead to cleaner fuel to reduce emissions.

Carbon-tax-fighting governments in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba say they have no plans to follow Ontario's lead and force gas stations to put anti-carbon tax stickers on their pumps.

Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister genuinely appears to have little interest in being well-liked on a personal level.

Only four premiers responded to National Observer's inquiries about Quebec's Bill 21 — a controversial new law that would prohibit any public service employee in a position of authority who deals with the public from wearing religious symbols like turbans, kippas, crosses and more.

Canada's western and northern leaders pushed on Thursday, June 27, 2019, for reducing trade barriers and building trade corridors while avoiding a bunfight on the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline.

The prime minister and the premier of Manitoba say they'll try to find common ground on a new hydro line so the province can sell more surplus electricity to Minnesota.

Wrangling over the agenda doesn't bode well for Friday's, December 7, 2018, first ministers' meeting, which is shaping up as one of the most fractious gatherings of Canada's federal, provincial and territorial leaders in decades.

Brian Pallister's abrupt about-face on a carbon tax came after the Manitoba premier felt like he was being used as a prop by Ottawa, and sources say it was a surprise to most in his own caucus.

If Ontario PC leader Doug Ford wins the election and sues the federal government to prevent carbon pricing, he would likely lose, say constitutional and environmental law experts.

Manitoba's premier is giving some more details about a wilderness hike in New Mexico where he broke his arm and became lost.

The Manitoba government says it will introduce a carbon tax of $25 a tonne next year and keep it at that rate, defying the federal government's demand for a $50 a tonne rate.