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Rod Giesbrecht
Candidate in the 2014 River East - Transcona - 2 School Ward race.
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Terry Fox's father would welcome school renaming
Sunday, 20 September 2015
Two trustees who supported the renaming and who are still on the board, Peter Kotyk and Rod Giesbrecht, did not respond to emailed interview requests. Rolly Fox also went to Selkirk Sunday afternoon for that community's Terry Fox Run. Terry Fox began a ...
One for the books
Saturday, 04 July 2015
Winnipeg trustees who have recently been unsuccessful running as candidates for other public office: Mike Ducharme, Suzanne Hrynyk, Mike Daoust, Rod Giesbrecht, Brian Olynik, Bryan Metcalfe, Anthony Ramos, Mike Babinsky, Kelly de Groot, Robert Page ...
Trustees elected in RETSD, WSD
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
In addition to voting for mayor and city council, voters in northeast Winnipeg also elected school trustees on Oct. 22. Below is a list of winners, according to unofficial final results, throughout the River East Transcona School Division (RETSD) and ...
They ran, they lost; will they be back?
Sunday, 26 October 2014
There's a whole separate category of people who left of their own accord and later returned, including Rod Giesbrecht, Scott Johnston and Brian Olynik. But back to the main thread. Those three byelections brought out large fields, and those runners-up ...
They ran, they lost, will they be back?
Friday, 24 October 2014
That's a whole separate category of people who left of their own accord and later returned, including Rod Giesbrecht, Scott Johnston, and Brian Olynik. But back to the main thread. Those three by-elections brought out large fields, and those runners-up ...
Progressive candidates win big in WSD
Thursday, 23 October 2014
Longtime trustee and sometime-gadfly Rod Giesbrecht is back on the generally staid River East Transcona board after retiring in 2010 for an unsuccessful city council run. This election featured an impressively high field of young candidates aged 18 to ...
Progressive candidates win big in WSD
Thursday, 23 October 2014
Longtime trustee and sometime-gadfly Rod Giesbrecht is back on the generally staid River East Transcona board after retiring in 2010 for an unsuccessful city council run. This election featured an impressively high field of young candidates aged 18 to ...
Voters stick with status quo for school boards
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
River East Transcona elected newcomers Brian Olynik, Rod Giesbrecht, and Jerry Sodomlak, while Seven Oaks will see rookies Greg McFarlane, Diane Cameron, and Maria Santos. Olynik and Giesbrecht were previous board members who retired in 2010 to ...
Looking for more like Babinsky and Hume
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
There've been a few others over the years, Jamie Boychuk when he was a Transcona trustee, Peter Kotyk and Rod Giesbrecht doing their Butch and Sundance routine for a few years in River East. Alas, Kotyk has been pretty quiet since Giesbrecht left the ...
NDP taking another look at endorsement process
Friday, 29 October 2010
Meanwhile, in Elmwood/East Kildonan, normally an NDP stronghold, Tory-affiliated Thomas Steen skated to victory over the NDP-endorsed Shaneen Robinson after Rod Giesbrecht (who had challenged Robinson for the party nod) sought office anyway, ...
ExJet scores seat on council
Thursday, 28 October 2010
[email protected]. Thomas Steen: 3,921. Shaneen Robinson: 3,705. Rod Giesbrecht: 3,501. Gordon Warren: 264. Nelson Sanderson: 236. Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition October 28, 2010 B8. Submit a News Tip Report ...
Thomas Steen wins ElmwoodEast Kildonan
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Steen also beat out a challenge by former River East School Board trustee Rod Giesbrecht. Also running were Gordon Warren, a biofuels researcher, and Nelson Sanderson, a businessman. The outcome of last night's vote would've been completely different ...
Crime, youth recreation key topics at ElmwoodEast Kildonan debate
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Rod Giesbrecht said he has heard the crime stories from knocking on doors this election. "(People) are getting fearful and withdrawing into their homes and getting big dogs," he said. All candidates agreed more programs for youths are needed ...
School board contests shrink
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Six acclamations, 10 retirements, and the fewest candidates since amalgamation. Winnipeg's school boards are a mixed bag, with all four incumbents in Ward 3 of Seven Oaks acclaimed and eight candidates for four seats in Ward 2.
Workingclass ward needs help
Friday, 17 September 2010
It's also the backdrop for one of the city's tightest and most star-studded council races, where former CTV journalist Shaneen Robinson is using her NDP endorsement to take on maverick school trustee Rod Giesbrecht and well-loved former Winnipeg Jet ...
Council lefties brace for right hook
Thursday, 26 August 2010
Conservative and NDP sources say they expect Steen to join the race that currently includes NDP-endorsed former CTV reporter Shaneen Robinson, school trustee Rod Giesbrecht and Nelson Sanderson. Factor in the presence of viable conservative ...
Giesbrecht no longer New Democrat
Thursday, 26 August 2010
ELMWOOD-East Kildonan council candidate Rod Giesbrecht is no longer a member of the Manitoba NDP. Back in the spring, school trustee Giesbrecht sought the party's endorsement for the northeast Winnipeg ward, but lost to Shaneen Robinson, a former ...
Residents welcome Chief Peguis extension
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Rod Giesbrecht, a Rothesay Street resident and trustee with the school division, said Chief Peguis School is used as a transfer point for school buses, meaning more than 3,000 pass through the area daily. "This underpass was absolutely critical for us ...
Smith cancels retirement, itching for a fight
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
School trustee Rod Giesbrecht has registered to run in Elmwood-East Kildonan despite losing the NDP endorsement to former CTV reporter Shaneen Robinson. He and Nelson Sanderson are now vying to succeed retiring Coun. Lillian Thomas, while ...
City council hopefuls storm out of gate
Friday, 02 July 2010
Also on the register is River East-Transcona school trustee Rod Giesbrecht, who signed up to run for council in Elmwood-East Kildonan after losing an NDP endorsement vote for the seat to former CTV reporter Shaneen Robinson earlier in June. Robinson ...
Smith gets shot at NDP endorsementfor fall vote
Tuesday, 04 May 2010
Thomas has groomed her executive assistant Darryl Livingstone for the job, but former CTV reporter Shaneen Robinson -- daughter of Manitoba's Aboriginal Affairs Minister Eric Robinson -- and school trustee Rod Giesbrecht are also seeking the NDP ...
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