Photo description:

MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Kam Blight, president, Association of Manitoba Municipalities, speaks during Premier Heather Stefanson announcement at a media event in The Leaf at Assiniboine Park Friday morning, that the Manitoba government will be increasing the municipal operating basket funding by 28 per cent which will provide an additional $47 million in the 2023 municipal fiscal year. 230224 - Friday, February 24, 2023.