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« Previous 1 … 16 17 18 … 24 Next »Winnipeg’s Ms. Right?
July 30, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...public safety, infrastructure, making life easier for business and controlling taxes. Motkaluk promised to stop all spending on the reopening of Portage and Main to pedestrians. (Mike Deal / Free Press files) "The mayor has made, in my opinion, a lot of mistakes," she says. "He hasn't provided a lot of...
Free Press Head Start for July 30
July 30, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ... A coalition of downtown business and land owners, architects and marketing firms will campaign for Mayor Brian Bowman’s vision of a barrier-free Portage and...
Remove barriers, coalition says
July 29, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...as the Exchange District and Downtown BIZ organizations — has taken up the challenge to defend Mayor Brian Bowman’s vision of a barrier-free Portage and Main. Just two weeks after city council approved a referendum on whether to open Winnipeg’s landmark intersection, an official ‘Yes’ campaign in...
Winnipeg’s Ms. Right?
July 28, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...public safety, infrastructure, making life easier for business and controlling taxes. Motkaluk promised to stop all spending on the reopening of Portage and Main to pedestrians. (Mike Deal / Free Press files) "The mayor has made, in my opinion, a lot of mistakes," she says. "He hasn't provided a lot of...
Does Portage and Main require a vote?
July 27, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...was recently thrown up by Couns. Jeff Browaty and Janice Lukes — both avowed Bowman critics — who proposed a plebiscite on the question of Portage and Main to be held with the next civic election. Browaty and Lukes argued that a plebiscite would provide Winnipeggers with an opportunity to learn fully...
To realize mayor’s vision, Portage and Main is going to need some help from its friends
July 25, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...referendum, Bowman was demonstrating a greater interest in getting re-elected than pursuing an open intersection. Has the mayor abandoned cause of Portage and Main? The short answer is yes, and no. After all, Bowman campaigned in 2014 on a promise to re-open the intersection and his ringing electoral victory...
Browaty running for Winnipeg council re-election, won’t run for mayor
July 25, 2018
Global News - ...since 2006. He introduced a motion, recently passed by city council, which will ask voters on this fall’s civic election ballot if they want Portage and Main reopened to pedestrians. READ MORE: Winnipeg city councillor wants voters to decide on Portage and Main “It’s time the mayor and council...
Letters and comments, July 25
July 25, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...order and good government,” as opposed to “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Brian Bowman’s planned referendum on the opening of Portage and Main can only be seen as abject failure to push through an infrastructure project which, according to him and everyone under 30, everybody is in favour...
Browaty to run for council seat again, not mayor
July 24, 2018
CTV - ...but confirmed he will instead seek re-election in North Kildonan as councillor. Browaty was successful in getting a plebiscite on the future of Portage and Main on the October ballot. Browaty opposes opening the intersection to pedestrians and is a vocal critic of Mayor Brian...
Police union prez, mayor square off over budget
July 24, 2018
Winnipeg Sun - ...contributing to the department’s inability to keep up. Sabourin said resources for policing have taken a back seat to issues such as opening up Portage and Main to pedestrians and other “pet” projects like installing wi-fi services on Winnipeg Transit buses and said Bowman is “off base” when it comes...