Trib Exclusive: NDP Election Twitter Tactics Hit Turbulence
Saturday, July 22, 2023 Modern political campaigning means establishing a vibrant online presence. While it may sound like fun to bash the PCs, Manitoba NDP candidates can get strong pushback from voters who remember what their personal experiences were like on health care, wait times and rent hikes when Doer and Selinger ruled Broadway. Marty […]
Trib Exclusive: Liberals Lagging in Manitoba Election Race
Sunday, July 16, 2023 | Commentary by Marty Gold Like Halley’s Comet, we tell our grandchildren that the Liberal Party of Manitoba once flashed across the political horizon. I know because I was around the perimeter of the scene in those days, including as a television newsman covering the Legislature. Continue reading at Winnipeg Tribune […]
TGCTS Video: City Secret Revealed: Marion Bike Lanes Plan Will Steal 99 Parking Spots – TGCTS clip April 16/23
Apr 20, 2023 This week TGCTS exclusively reveals what the vaunted City of Winnipeg “public engagement” Open House in March hid from St. Boniface residents and merchants about area parking. In Part 5 on the Moving on Marion plan — Marty Gold investigates a bottomless pit of inept and seemingly corrupted public consultation. On the […]
TGCTS Video: Marion St. Businesses Kept In The Dark About Bike Lane Plan – TGCTS excerpt from April 2 2023
The more we asked the businesses in St. Boniface about the ‘Moving on Marion’ roadway changes planned for outside their front doors, the worse it got. In Part 3 of our series, Marty explains how he continued to knock on doors and canvas Marion Street stakeholders asking what they did – and did not – […]
TGCTS Video: CDI College Under Seige – a clip from The Great Canadian Talk Show Podcast – March 12 2023
Crime Courts and Public Safety commentary (Season 2 Episode 14 Part 3) We take this personally as our first live remotes on Kick-FM were from their campus at Graham and Main. It was reported that international students from a religious college leasing space inside CDI were the 4 mugged we described last week. Hear of […]
TGCTS Video: Free Press Scrapped Headline Smearing Manitoba Premier – The Great Canadian Talk Show – March 12 2023
Provincial budget coverage ain’t what it used to be: Tom Brodbeck’s column in the Free Press was full of funny backtracks compared to his pre-budget burial of the ‘Hail Mary’ playbook of the PC government. Is he a comedian? “It’s unlikely she’ll find a receptive audience” for “a decent budget” that increases key spending -and […]
TGCTS Video: PC Nominations Analysis – excerpt from TGCTS podcast February 12, 2023
Welcome to our new listeners! We appreciate the enthusiastic response for last week’s interview with sportscasting legend Peter Young about the life and times of the Golden Jet, Bobby Hull. Back to our political coverage: A recent Manitoba election poll showed an 11 seat swing between Wab Kinew’s NDP and the reigning Tories – but […]