Manitoba changes provincial election date to 2016

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Caption: The sun rises over the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg earlier this year. (Brett Purdy/CBC)

Manitoba has changed the date for its next provincial election, setting it over to April 19, 2016.
The date was changed from Oct. 6, 2015, to eliminate overlap with the federal election campaign, which is scheduled for Oct. 19, 2015.