Tag: Kelvin Goertzen

Manitoba Aims to Turn Homes Tied to Suspected Crime Into Affordable Housing

Six homes connected to suspected criminal activity could soon become affordable housing under a new approach by the Manitoba government to the seizure and sale of criminal assets. The six properties, in the Point Douglas neighbourhood near downtown Winnipeg, were seized under the province’s Criminal Property Forfeiture Act. The law allows justice officials to launch a…


Manitoba Tories Choose Kelvin Goertzen as Interim Leader, New Premier Until Oct. 30

WINNIPEG—Kelvin Goertzen will become Manitoba’s 23rd premier. The governing Progressive Conservative caucus chose Goertzen on Tuesday as interim party leader to replace Premier Brian Pallister, who is scheduled to leave office Wednesday. “It was unanimously decided that Kelvin Goertzen is the best person to lead us through this interim period until a new leader is…