Winnipeg – At the midway point of his second full term in office, the proportion of Winnipeg adults who think Mayor Sam Katz should not seek re-election dramatically outweighs those who would urge Mr. Katz to run again for mayor in the 2014 municipal election, a Probe Research Inc. poll of 600 Winnipeggers conducted for the Winnipeg Free Press finds.


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Labels: 2014 Winnipeg civic election, Sam Katz, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Free Press

While citizens living in Winnipeg are convinced that their city will experience a bright economic future, those living outside the provincial capital are less bullish on the economic prospects of their respective home communities, a new Winnipeg Free Press-Jory Capital poll conducted by Probe Research Inc. finds.

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Winnipeg - As the National Hockey League’s return to Winnipeg becomes the subject of intense speculation, more Winnipeggers are jumping onto the "bring-back-the-NHL" bandwagon, a new Probe Research poll conducted for the Winnipeg Free Press reveals.

The proportion of Winnipeg adults who are now in favour of repatriating the NHL to the Manitoba capital has increased to 61 percent – fully eight percentage points higher than the support level for an NHL team measured exactly one year ago. Meanwhile, the number of Winnipeggers who are opposed to their city icing a National Hockey League team dropped by 11 percentage points during the previous 12 months (from 37% in June 2009 to 26% in June 2010).

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Winnipeg - Men drink merlot, women sip chardonnay and both sexes prefer dogs to cats and showers to baths. These are but of a few of the findings taken from a new Probe Research survey conducted for the Winnipeg Free Press which reveals a number of consumer tastes and preferences among a random and representative sample of 600 Winnipeg adults.

In addition to analyzing the differences in Winnipeggers’ consumer tastes based on age, gender, income and education, this survey also reveals variations among those who support different political parties. For example, Liberal voters are more likely to splurge on pumpkin spice lattes from Starbucks, while many of the people you see lining up at your neighbourhood Tim Horton’s for double-doubles are more likely to be fans of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the federal Conservative Party.

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Labels: consumer behaviour, personal habits, Probe Research, Winnipeg