Blaine Pedersen
PC candidate in the Midland Southern Manitoba race.
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« Previous 1 2 3 4 Next »Pallister shuffles cabinet, adds two portfolios
October 23, 2019
Winnipeg Free Press - ...retains his role as minister of Crown services, which he picked up last month after former minister Colleen Mayer lost her bid for re-election. • Blaine Pedersen (Midland) becomes minister of agriculture and resource development, responsible for watershed districts, forestry, mining and wildlife management....
Pallister shuffles the deck, creates new departments
October 23, 2019
Winnipeg Sun - ... -Former agriculture minister Ralph Eichler becomes Minister of Economic Development and Training. -Former growth, enterprise and trade minister Blaine Pedersen becomes Minister of Agriculture and Resource Development. -Former sustainable development minister Rochelle Squires becomes Minister of Municipal...
Local MLAs Help Form New Pallister Cabinet
October 23, 2019
Pembina Valley Online - ...duties who will continue to look after the Health, Seniors and Active living portfolio. However, the Premier announced a major move for Midland MLA Blaine Pedersen who made the jump as minister from the now removed department of Growth, Enterprise and Trade to minister of Agriculture and Resource Development....
Dignitaries Get First Look At Carman Personal Care Home Construction
October 19, 2019
Pembina Valley Online - ...by the communities, by community members into this project, so it really looks good," says Midland MLA and Minister of Growth, Enterprise, and Trade Blaine Pedersen. The 110-bed project began construction in spring and is expected to be open by sometime in 2021. Dignitaries geared up in safety vests and gear to...
Call to account: Auditor general may be retiring, but his issues involving province’s bookkeeping remain unresolved
October 4, 2019
Winnipeg Free Press - ...the province decided to remove the WCB from the books, it announced a $74-million premium rebate to employers. Growth Enterprise and Trade Minister Blaine Pedersen denied that government directed the rebates, but acknowledged he "encouraged" the WCB to use some of its more than $600 million in reserve assets to...
PC incumbents voted back in
September 16, 2019
Winnipeg Free Press - ...Conservative incumbent candidates Ralph Eichler for Lakeside, Blaine Pedersen for Midland, and Ian Wishart for Portage la Prairie all celebrated easy wins on Sept. 10. One of the first candidates to be declared a winner on election night, Eichler is beginning his fifth term as MLA. Eichler won with...
Morris Council Looking Forward To Meeting New MLA
September 12, 2019
Pembina Valley Online - ...Morris from a constituency of the same name to the new Midland riding. Mayor Scott Crick provided his reaction to the election results, which saw Blaine Pedersen of the PC Party replace Morris' previous MLA, Shannon Martin. "During an election period, a lot of the things that we [town council and the...
Pedersen holds onto Midland
September 10, 2019
Winnipeg Free Press - Blaine Pedersen will be returning to the Manitoba legislature as MLA for Midland for a fifth term. “It’s an honour and a privilege to serve the constituents of Midland again,” Pedersen said. First elected in 2007, the Elm Creek resident, 65, easily defeated second-place NDP candidate Cindy Friesen and...
Dealing with provincial issues
September 3, 2019
Winnipeg Free Press - ...nor Manitoba Liberal Party candidate Julia Sisler responded by press time. How are the health care needs of Midland residents being addressed? Blaine Pedersen (Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba): Ambulance fees have been reduced by 50 per cent to a maximum of $250. We have hired more trained...
MANITOBA VOTES: NDP pledge $15 minimum wage
September 2, 2019
Winnipeg Sun - ...he will scrap the PC’s wage-freeze bill and returned to free and fair collective bargaining with public-sector employees. Midland PC incumbent Blaine Pedersen said his party is committed to providing predictable and sustainable increases to the minimum wage in the province. “Tying increases to the rate...