RickJay summarized provincial politics nicely, but I’ll just add that historically, Manitoba premierships have swung back & forth between the PCs and the NDP for the last 40-odd years. The current premier (Doer) has been in office since '99, and just got a new mandate this spring; before that, Filmon (a PC) was premier for 11 years; before that, Pawley (NDP) was in office for seven years.
As for the Liberals in Manitoba, they haven’t had the premiership since 1922. It’s worth noting, though, that back in 1990 the MB provincial Liberal party was instrumental in defeating the Meech Lake accords; they were strongly opposed to them, and the PCs, only having a minority government at the time, went along with them. So Manitoba (along with Newfoundland, IIRC) didn’t ratify Meech Lake, the accords died, and another round of Quebec separatism was launched, culminating in the famous 50.5-49.5 split in the '95 referendum.
This isn’t quite right. In 1997, the PCs and some of the Liberals merged to form the Sask Party. The PC party still technically exists, but didn’t really field candidates the last time round, in 1999.
The Liberals who didn’t join the Sask Party ran in the 1999 election and elected three members. The 1999 election didn’t return a majority government. The Liberals entered into a formal coalition government with the NDP, with two of them sitting in Cabinet as Liberals. Eventually, they fragmented. Two of the former Liberals still support the coalition, as Independents in the Cabinet, but the third now sits as an Independent on the Opposition side. Current standings:
Well, Frank is funny, for sure. However, it’s hardly an accurate news source. I can’t remember if it was a radio station that tried to have an entirely made up rumour printed - it worked.