Manitoba’s NDP government has laid out its plans for the coming year in its first throne speech since winning the Oct. 3 election. The speech repeats many NDP campaign promises, such as establishing Orange Shirt Day or the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as a statutory holiday in the province, searching a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two First Nations women and acknowledging Métis leader Louis Riel as the first premier of Manitoba. (Nov. 21, 2023)