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Article content The Manitoba government is raising the provincial minimum wage by five cents to $11.95 as of Oct. 1, Manitoba Finance announced Friday. However, the head of the Manitoba Federation of Labour is hardly impressed by the raise, having long advocated for a $15 an hour minimum wage. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Manitoba to raise minimum wage by five cents as of Oct. 1 Back to video By law, Manitoba’s minimum wage is tied to the Consumer Price Index. This adjustment is based on Manitoba’s 2020 inflation rate of 0.5%, rounding up to the nearest five cents. “Indexing Manitoba’s minimum wage to inflation provides predictability for businesses in terms of wage costs and ensures the purchasing power of the minimum wage is maintained on an ongoing basis,” said the province in a statement Friday. ....
Opinion A proposed new financing deal for IG Field won’t have the Winnipeg Blue Bombers repay tens of millions in unpaid loans to the provincial government. A proposed new financing deal for IG Field won’t have the Winnipeg Blue Bombers repay tens of millions in unpaid loans to the provincial government. However, it will protect taxpayers from further exposure and allow the CFL franchise to become a self-sustaining entity. It is the best anybody could hope for at this point. The proposal announced last week is a convoluted pact between the Bombers, province, City of Winnipeg and University of Manitoba. It’s less complex than the rat nest the former NDP government concocted for the original stadium deal, but it does have a lot of moving parts. ....
Brandon Sun By: Colin Slark Save to Read Later Staff Sgt. Brian Partridge with the Brandon Police Service Crime Division and Ron Bell, supervisor with Manitoba Finance Taxation Special Services Investigations Unit, address the media at the BPS headquarters on Wednesday about the illegal tobacco and marijuana that were seized recently during a joint agency investigation. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun) Approximately one million contraband cigarettes, 53 pounds of cannabis and more than $25,000 in cash were seized from a property in the RM of Whitehead last week after a six-week investigation carried out jointly by the Brandon Police Service and Manitoba Finance’s Taxation Special Services Investigation Unit. ....
Posted: Apr 28, 2021 4:49 PM CT | Last Updated: April 28 Ninety-two cases of contraband cigarettes, each containing 10,000 cigarettes, were seized in the bust, police say.(Submitted by Brandon Police Service) Five middle-aged men from western Manitoba were arrested last week in relation to a contraband cigarette scheme that could have resulted in a tax revenue loss of nearly $275,000 for the provincial government, police say. The Brandon Police Service s major crime section and investigators from Manitoba Finance teamed up for a six-week investigation that revealed a group of Manitobans were smuggling tobacco cigarettes into the province. These cigarettes are not cigarettes that you could buy here in Manitoba under any circumstances, Ronald Bell, supervisor of the Manitoba finance taxation special investigations unit, told reporters Wednesday. ....