The minimum wage is going up in Manitoba this fall. The province announced Thursday the minimum wage will increase to $11.65 an hour from $11.35 an hour as of Oct. 1. "We are providing predictable and sustainable increases to Manitoba's minimum wage, which achieves the right balance benefiting both employees and employers," said Manitoba's Growth, Enterprise and Trade Minister Blaine Pedersen, in a release. Rebeck called the province's minimum wage a "poverty wage" in a statement following the government's announcement. "Contrary to the myths, most minimum wage workers are adults, and the majority are women.

Source: CBC News March 28, 2019 13:52 UTC