Ian Froese

Manitoba Manitoba to ban social media, AI chatbots for youth, premier says Premier Wab Kinew announced the first-in-Canada ban at a fundraiser on Saturday Manitoba will ban youth from using social media and AI chatbots, Premier Wab Kinew announced on Satu... See more

Manitoba's Justice department is hiring a team to collect unpaid fines, rather than outsourcing the work to a collection agency that takes an 18 per cent commission on payments received. Justice Minister Matt Wiebe said an in-house fine collection unit wi... See more

Avery Helm is hopeful a community land trust will provide housing stability in West Broadway. (Ian Froese/CBC) Residents in a Winnipeg neighbourhood want to buy up land and protect it as affordable housing for years to come. West Broadway is getting Winni... See more

An official government document contradicts the premier's statement that Manitoba's former teacher commissioner was fired. "Bobbi Taillefer resigned as commissioner" of the office investigating inappropriate conduct by teachers on April 7, says the order-... See more

The woman who until recently was Manitoba's head of teacher misconduct investigations says the premier's insistence she was fired is "blatantly false" and has caused "substantial damage" to her reputation. Bobbi Taillefer said she voluntarily offered her ... See more