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The city requires cannabis stores to have opaque windows people can t see in. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Two Winnipeg city councillors fear walls of opaque pot store windows could hurt the look of some streets.
Two Winnipeg city councillors fear walls of opaque pot store windows could hurt the look of some streets. Clusters of cannabis stores are popping up in some areas, with view-blocking windows that negatively impact the esthetic value of our commercial retail streets, according to a motion from Coun. Ross Eadie (Mynarski), seconded by Coun. Devi Sharma (Old Kildonan).
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Nahanni Fontaine remembers the day she was accused of a dress-code violation in 2016, soon after she was elected to the Manitoba Legislative Assembly.
Nahanni Fontaine remembers the day she was accused of a dress-code violation in 2016, soon after she was elected to the Manitoba Legislative Assembly.
She was wearing a stylish, indigo, one-piece pantsuit/jumper that she bought at a shop in London, England. It s a gorgeous piece, says the self-proclaimed fashion lover and NDP MLA for St. Johns.
NDP MLA Nahanni Fontaine at rally with midwives on June 30, 2016, two months after being elected, wearing the outfit that was the subject of a complaint to the speaker later that day after question period. (Supplied)
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Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman championed the electornic voting system as a move to increase transparency and accountability.
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Electronic voting is not coming to Winnipeg city council meetings, but every vote cast by every council member will be recorded and publicly shared from now on.
Electronic voting is not coming to Winnipeg city council meetings, but every vote cast by every council member will be recorded and publicly shared from now on.
On Thursday, council approved a call to have each councillor’s votes recorded and later posted on the city’s website, while stopping short of a real-time electronic voting system.
Winnipeg city councillor brought to tears while reflecting on devastating COVID-19 impact in India
Thursday s Winnipeg city council meeting had to take a recess after House Speaker Devi Sharma, who was born in India and has family there, was moved to tears during a moment of reflection on the dire COVID-19 situation in the country.
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Posted: Apr 29, 2021 6:51 PM CT | Last Updated: April 29
Coun. Devi Sharma (Old Kildonan) was born in India. She and her family are in frequent contact with relatives there right now.(Lyza Sale/CBC)
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Winnipeg city councillor and Speaker of Council Devi Sharma left chambers in tears on Thursday morning.
Sharma (Old Kildonan), an award-winning community advocate and the first woman in Winnipeg history to hold the position of speaker, began to weep after Coun. Kevin Klein (Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood) spoke in chambers of the COVID-19 crisis in India.
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“Councillor Klein put some very heartfelt remarks on the record about what is happening in India at this moment in time as we all deal with the pandemic and it really punched me in the gut at that moment because of all of those images we’ve been seeing on the news in the last little while,” Sharma said. “It just flooded back into my mind and I was overcome with emotion.”