By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Free Press Tears of joy were shed on Tuesday as mature students, teachers and government leaders gathered to celebrate a multimillion-dollar boost for adult education in Manitoba. The 2026-27 earmarks $24.9 million to help adults with interrupted schooling upskill and complete their Grade 12 or equivalency education. It includes $2.5 million in new funding — 10 times the top-up announced in the last budget. Advanced Education and Training Minister Renée Cable called Manitoba’s adult learning centres and literacy programs “a forgotten piece of the puzzle.” Kindergarten-to-Grade 12 and post-secondary institutions have long overshadowed these key programs, Cable said. “We need to make sure that, where K to 12 hasn’t been as successful as it ought to have been — maybe it wasn’t

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