News roundup, 17 March 2026

- Donald Trump appears to have admitted in an interview about Iran that " maybe we shouldn't even be there at all ". This comes in the conte...

#Epsteinwar "Kids are being killed for no reason." - #WabKinew "Donald Trump is public enemy number one when it comes to our economy and the average person keeping their head above water." - #WabKinew #MBpoli #uspoli #Iranwar #EpsteinFiles #StopTheWar #Minnetoba #ProvinceOfMinnesota #endAmerica

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Time to survey Manitobans on changing clocks, premier says
Premier Wab Kinew says Manitobans will be consulted on whether they should continue changing their clocks twice a year.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/time-to-survey-manitobans-on-changing-clocks-premier-says-9.7127857?cmp=rss
Premier hopes Winnipeg supervised consumption site will open 'in a week or two'
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he hopes the province's planned supervised consumption site in Winnipeg will open soon, after the province learned it didn't need a permit it had asked for from the federal government.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-supervised-consumption-site-premier-wab-kinew-update-9.7116018?cmp=rss
Manitoba Premier #WabKinew says he sees the US State Department meetings with #AlbertaSeparatists within the context of threats against Greenland, arguing 'there's a lot being thrown at us to try to destabilize US before talks to renew the #CUSMA trade deal this year youtu.be/LXlBbSXUanc?...

Alberta separatist meetings pa...
Alberta separatist meetings part of U.S. efforts to 'destabilize' Canada: Kinew | Power & Politics

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Manitoba Premier Kinew asks Ontario counterpart Ford to rethink Crown Royal boycott
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called on Ontario Premier Doug Ford Tuesday to drop plans for a boycott of Crown Royal whisky,
#politics #boycott #Manitoba #Ontario #WabKinew #Whisky
https://globalnews.ca/news/11612180/manitoba-premier-kinew-asks-ontario-counterpart-ford-to-rethink-crown-royal-boycott/
Popularity persists for Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew two years into government mandate
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew's popularity shows little sign of sagging, more than two years after his NDP government was elected.
#politics #government #Manitoba #WabKinew
https://globalnews.ca/news/11592980/popularity-persists-manitoba-premier-wab-kinew/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-buffalo-woman-ashlee-shingoose-winnipeg-new-landfill-search/

Bless #wabkinew for giving the #searchthelandfill the green light, and for all those assisting with the search.

I hope #ashleeshingoose can be found asap, so she can be brought home and given a dignified burial.

#mmiwg2s

Landfill search begins for remains of Ashlee Shingoose in Winnipeg

She is one of four Indigenous women murdered by a serial killer, and the only victim authorities were unable to identify until earlier this year

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NP View: The federal NDP needs Wab Kinew
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/np-view-the-federal-ndp-needs-wab-kinew

To be sure, expecting the #NDP to take advice from the #NationalPost is like expecting Tories to take advice from the #TorontoStar.

#WabKinew
#CanPol #cdnpoli

NP View: The federal NDP needs Wab Kinew

Bill to detain meth addicts shows that Manitoba premier is a realist

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