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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS ILLUSTRATION Making a purchase using a debit card machine. Manitobans are thinking they are going to be giving themselves a lump of financial coal next year as they head into the holiday season. A poll commissioned by the Free Press has found their increasing worries about their household finances is already causing them to cut back their expenses and even delay essential House and car repairs. See Gabby Piche story 221216 - Friday, December 16, 2022.