Gord Steeves

Steeves' proposed property tax freeze could work

Sunday, 17 August 2014

Mayoral candidate Gord Steeves promised a four-year property tax freeze earlier this month if elected on Oct. 22. Is that a doable promise, given city hall's desperate need for infrastructure cash to fix its crumbling roads and dilapidated back lanes ...

Mayoral campaign becomes horse race

Saturday, 16 August 2014

Mayoral candidate Gord Steeves may say the answer is to decrease buffer zones, but Hal says a horse swishing its tail in every backyard will be more effective. Hal is joined by a real-life four-legged contestant Tobias Tuxington, a feline "catidate ...

RCMP to investigate city deals

Saturday, 16 August 2014

A fire-paramedic hall built on land the city didn't own. A police headquarters tens of millions of dollars over budget. Allegations of favouritism toward certain developers. After years of controversy swirling around some politicians and bureaucrats at ...

Mayoral race roundup

Saturday, 16 August 2014

GORD Steeves wants to turn the Exchange District into the jewel of Winnipeg -- but first he wants to get out a wrecking ball. Steeves said he wants to demolish the Public Safety Building as well as the adjacent parking garage if it can't be saved. In ...

Fears should be faced, not embraced

Saturday, 16 August 2014

When Gord Steeves finally spoke about the things -- Those Things -- his wife once wrote, the mayoral candidate wanted us to know Lorrie was afraid. No, the candidate clarified, that wasn't an excuse for writing a 2010 Facebook screed about "drunken ...

Fears should be faced, not embraced

Saturday, 16 August 2014

When Gord Steeves finally spoke about the things -- Those Things -- his wife once wrote, the mayoral candidate wanted us to know Lorrie was afraid. No, the candidate clarified, that wasn't an excuse for writing a 2010 Facebook screed about "drunken ...

Who'll pay for a poll?

Saturday, 16 August 2014

From right, mayoral candidates Brian Bowman, Michel Fillion, Paula Havixbeck, Robert-Falcon Ouellette, Gord Steeves, Michael Vogiatzakis, and Judy Wasylycia-Leis. Photo Store. The race is already a crowded field -- so bunched up at the gate that ...

Oneman truth squad

Friday, 15 August 2014

Steeves, the spouse of Winnipeg mayoral candidate Gord Steeves, wrote on her Facebook in 2010 that she was “… really tired of getting harassed by the drunken native guys in the skywalks.” She further said: “We all donate enough money to the government ...

Oneman truth squad

Friday, 15 August 2014

Steeves, the spouse of Winnipeg mayoral candidate Gord Steeves, wrote on her Facebook in 2010 that she was “… really tired of getting harassed by the drunken native guys in the skywalks.” She further said: “We all donate enough money to the government ...

City fire hall land swap, police HQ audits to be reviewed by RCMP

Friday, 15 August 2014

Former St. Vital Coun. and current mayoral hopeful Gord Steeves said it's a serious development that police are now involved. "I guess not a happy day for our city if that's the step that has to be taken," he said. "But if that's the step that the ...

Candidates agree: Good idea to call cops on city hall

Friday, 15 August 2014

... hope is now that the RCMP is involved, key players such as the city's former CAO Phil Sheegl or even former city councillor and mayoral candidate Gord Steeves will be interviewed about what they knew and didn't know about the questionable transactions.

Steeves would make West Exchange 'worldclass'

Friday, 15 August 2014

Mayoral candidate Gord Steeves says if elected mayor he'll turn the Exchange District into a "world-class" destination centre for Winnipeggers and tourists. Through rezoning and redevelopment he wants to push the West Exchange District -- from Portage ...

Gord Steeves wants Exchange District to be 'major hub of activity'

Friday, 15 August 2014

Turning the Exchange District into the “Corydon of the downtown” is the way forward for a thriving Winnipeg, Gord Steeves said on Friday. The mayoral candidate said he'd see land in this area re-zoned to allow for more patios, restaurants, stores and ...

Mayoral candidate Steeves vows to overhaul Exchange District

Friday, 15 August 2014

Gord Steeves said he wants to work towards making changes to the Exchange District in downtown Winnipeg, if he's elected mayor. He said he wants to see the Exchange District turn into a major tourist destination, similar to Old Montreal or Gastown in ...

RCMP to review city construction projects

Friday, 15 August 2014

Mayoral candidate - and former city councillor - Gord Steeves said "it's not a happy day for our city if that's the step that has to be taken. "As mayor I would cooperate... This is a serious issue." Cou. Paula Havixbeck said "I have been fighting for ...

Letters: August 16, 2014

Friday, 15 August 2014

I am definitely not a supporter of Gord Steeves bid for mayor. To be fair though that was true before (his wife's) Facebook comments came to light and even before those were posted in 2010. I would now, however, keep an open mind if Lorrie Steeves were ...