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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 22h

it turns out actually Doing Activism makes me feel less miserable about what I see on the internet news who knew

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 10d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Jay @jayfriesen.bsky.social · 13d

Pre order at McNally Robinson:
www.mcnallyrobinson.com/978177337145...

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Jay @jayfriesen.bsky.social · 13d

I'm stoked to read this. I recently discovered their One Great History podcast and it's been an absolute delight.

#Winnipeg #PortageAndMain #WinnipegHistory

Great Plains Press @greatplainspress.bsky.social · Sep 14

Join co-authors Sabrina Janke and Alex Judge for the launch of Portage and Main

McNally Robsinson Booksellers Grant Park in the Atrium
Friday November 28th 2025 7:00 pm

The authors will also be collecting non-perishables in donation to Harvest Manitoba!

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 22d

MSF strongly condemns the killing of Omar Hayek by Israeli forces this morning in #Gaza. Our thoughts are with his family and colleagues.

Omar is our fourteenth colleague to be killed in Gaza since the war started. We call yet again for an end to the genocide.

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Jay @jayfriesen.bsky.social · 28d

Free pet vaccinations this weekend - please share with anyone in need!

> FREE Rabies Clinic with Feed The Furbabies Canada and Veterinarians without Borders if you are in need:

📅 Sunday, September 28
⏲️ 9 am to 6 pm
📍 Valour Community Centre (448 Burnell Street)

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Jay @jayfriesen.bsky.social · 28d

This one? Or is there another?

I remember when I was a teenager, a car smashed though the front of the house. That corner gets wicked slippery in winter.

The front of a concrete house at the corner of two streets. The house has a pair of concrete barricades, about hip high, on either side of the door.

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Jay @jayfriesen.bsky.social · 28d

Massive changes to the Government’s mandate for Canada Post and huge service cutbacks to the public:

www.cupw.ca/en/public-po...

I stand with postal workers.

#CanadaPost #CUPW

Public Post Office Under Attack

Today, the Minister responsible for Canada Post, Joël Lightbound, announced massive changes to the Government’s mandate for Canada Post and huge service cutbacks to the public. This announcement was a...

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 29d

Federal funding of programs supporting Indigenous-led clean energy projects in rural and remote communities are at risk of not being renewed, according to a new report from the Pembina Institute, a Canadian clean energy think-tank.

Clean energy projects at risk of cuts by Carney government: report

Federal funding of programs that support Indigenous-led clean energy projects in remote communities are at risk says a new report.

www.aptnnews.ca

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Jay @jayfriesen.bsky.social · 29d

> Funding for later transit service will be worked on during 2026 budget discussions

This is a good start. While we're at it, let's keep going and fund the whole transit system properly.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#Winnipeg #WinnipegTransit #WpgPoli

Mayor asks Winnipeg Transit to cost out extension of late-night bus service | CBC News

Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham says he's asked Winnipeg Transit to cost out the extension of late-night bus service.

www.cbc.ca

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Patty Thille @pattythille.bsky.social · 29d

#Winnipeg city council needs to stop treating transit as if it is charity. Transit is one of the major responsibilities of any city.

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Irish Paul of Winnipeg @irishpaul-clerkin.bsky.social · Sep 20

Before The Fort Garry, before the Royal Alex, there was The Manitoba. Winnipeg's grandest hotel for.... 7.... years. #winnipeg

www.archiseek.com/1892-the-man...

1892 - The Manitoba Hotel, Winnipeg, - Lost Winnipeg - Archiseek.com

Architect: John Woodman The original grand railway hotel in Winnipeg, built before the Royal Alexandra or the Fort Garry. Indeed The Manitoba closed

www.archiseek.com

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The Video Game Girl @missyrambles.bsky.social · Sep 18

Dear Winnipeg,
You cannot eradicate homelessness by making it illegal to be homeless.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · Sep 14

Here are four ways anyone can support and help their local library:

• Get a library card ⭐️
• Use your library card 🌟
•Visit the library 💫
•Tell everyone to get a library card and support their local library ✨

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Not Necessarily the Automobile @nntaonumfm.bsky.social · Jun 25

Looks like @winnipegtransit.bsky.social system maps are out at various locations, including #Winnipeg libraries. We suggested printed maps in a Manitoban February 2024 op-ed. Good on #WinnipegTransit #Winnipeg #publictransportation

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Jay @jayfriesen.bsky.social · Sep 12

The new bus garage for #WinnipegTransit just broke ground! It should be done by 2027 🤞

info.winnipegtransit.com/en/major-pro...

#Winnipeg #transit

Oak Point Garage

info.winnipegtransit.com

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · Sep 11

Without urgent, radical intervention, #Gaza faces total annihilation.

We call for an immediate end to evacuation orders used as a tool of forcible displacement, a lasting ceasefire and the unrestricted entry of humanitarian aid at scale.

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-th...

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Jay @jayfriesen.bsky.social · Sep 11

Need a bike? 🚲

Support community bike programming and help divert bikes from landfill: get one this weekend at the Forks from the W.R.E.N.C.H.!

Details: www.instagram.com/p/DOHUjLciWtX/

#Winnipeg #bicycle

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Chris Wiebe @chriswiebe.bsky.social · Aug 30

Labour Day in Winnipeg, 1912.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · Aug 28

LIVE: End Homelessness Winnipeg is releasing its 2024 street census report, revealing the highest number of people experiencing homelessness since tracking began in 2015.

Report on homelessness in Winnipeg released, reveals record high numbers | APTN News

YouTube video by APTN News

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · Aug 14

#Breaking: Doctors Without Borders joins 100 organizations demanding an end to the weaponization of aid and immediate and unconditional opening of all land crossings for the delivery of lifesaving humanitarian aid.

Read the full statement: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/gaza-israel-...

Gaza: Israel threatens to ban major aid organizations as starvation deepens | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...

14 August 2025 Despite claims by Israeli authorities that there is no limit on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, most major international non-government organizations (INGOs) have been unable to deliver...

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca

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Jay @jayfriesen.bsky.social · Aug 9

This sounds like a great event by @bikewinnipeg

> A casually-paced tour will take us north of the tracks, a symbolic barrier that created major social divides still felt in Winnipeg today.

www.instagram.com/p/DNHBiceSGY...

Pedal into history - wrong side of the tracks group ride. August 12th, 2025 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm

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Ethan 🇨🇦🎃🏳️‍🌈 @that-ethan.bsky.social · Aug 7

Winnipeg transit is supposed to be putting the 60 footer zero emission buses in service effective next week

The rollout on these has faced quite a few delays but here’s hoping it all goes smoothly and they’re fully integrated for the fall schedule 🤞🤞

(Photo by: Winnipeg Transit)

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Jay @jayfriesen.bsky.social · Aug 3

The Winnipeg Humane Society is out of room.

They took in 573 cats in July, in addition to all of the animals already in shelter and foster.

Reduced fees right now, so bring a fuzzy ball of joy (or two!) into your home

www.facebook.com/share/p/15KL...

#WinnipegHumaneSociety #AdoptDontShop #Cat

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