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Emma Durand-Wood
@emmaewood.bsky.social
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All I want is a happy, equitable, safe, beautiful, green, healthy, pleasant city and a bowl of popcorn. is that too much to ask? she/her Winnipeg, MB
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MY HOPE: that @emmaewood.bsky.social winning while running a positive campaign that had an actual platform gives hope to anyone, but particularly any WOMAN thinking of running next year in #winnipeg
October 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Wow, Elmwood-East Kildonan... What an absolute honour. I'm still processing what just happened!!
October 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Seven kids struck by vehicles in one month. “Treat every school zone like your own family is there.” We should treat every residential street like "your own family is there" because they are. 30 kph should the limit wherever families live and play. @safespeedswpg.bsky.social t.ly/vrO4Z
Distracted, impatient drivers put school bus passengers at risk: Manitoba Public Insurance
Manitoba children have been hit by vehicles 36 times this year. Seven of them were in September, as kids made their way back to school after the summer break. Manitoba Public Insurance’s latest analys...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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I've been a big fan of We Heart WPG for many years... This was a fun interview!
October 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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“It’s a tool we should be using a lot more,” said Durand-Wood
“But I think continuing to use photoradar without connecting the revenue from enforcement to physically making changes to areas where this is happening a lot is irresponsible.”

👏👏👏👏👏 Totally agree @emmaewood.bsky.social
Top ticket-producing school-zone located in byelection ward; two hopefuls agree traffic cameras are about cash, not safety Candidates for council seat racing to photo (radar) finish MAGGIE MACINTOSH LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER ELMWOOD-EAST Kildonan is home to the top ticket-generating speed trap in a 30 km/h school zone in all of Winnipeg — a source of ongoing frustration for drivers. More than 65,000 camera flashes have caught speeders on Talbot Avenue and raised millions of dollars for the city over the last decade. But is photo-radar technology making River Elm School students and others in the ward safer? City council byelection candidates Emma Durand-Wood and Chris Sweryda, two of the seven people vying for the open seat, both have a lengthy response to the question. “It’s a tool we should be using a lot more,” said Durand-Wood, co-founder of Safe Speeds Winnipeg, which lobbies for default residential speed limits to be 30 km/h. “But I think continuing to use photoradar without connecting the revenue from enforcement to physically making changes to areas where this is happening a lot is irresponsible.” City police piloted then-new technology in October 2001 in an effort to deter drivers from speeding and running red lights. Safe Speeds campaigns for lowered speed limits, traffic-calming measures and bike-lane installation. Sweryda’s campaign for council has been endorsed by WiseUp Winnipeg, a rival group that also bills itself as a grassroots initiative to improve road safety. WiseUp’s Todd Dube and his network focus on fighting tickets in areas where there’s a disproportionate number, and government corruption at large. Sweryda hasn’t been an active member for a decade, but he remains aligned with Dube’s position. “It’s a driving tax and an attack against poor people,” he said, citing the fact that costly photo-radar violations do not identify bad individual drivers or result in demerit points. Among his many titles, Sweryda is a law s…
October 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Teachers, if you can check off any of the boxes below (!) then you should clear your calendar for Friday (Oct. 24).

@winnipegfreepress.com media literacy teachers are unveiling the beta version of our free K-12 #mbed platform at MTS PD Day!
October 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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😍😍😍 Lovely piece!

Portage Place of old an oasis for music-loving rez girl
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Portage Place of old an oasis for music-loving rez girl
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October 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Love this! Cool ideas, @brentbellamy.bsky.social !

An opportunity — if Canada Post chooses to take it
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Opinion: An opportunity — if Canada Post chooses to take it
After 158 years, it appears that Canada Post will finally be ending door-to-door mail delivery. With financial pressures intensifying, the federal government recently announced that it will allow a fu...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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A lot to think about here.

Radical moderation: The revolution nobody asked for, but we all need
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Opinion: Radical moderation: The revolution nobody asked for, but we all need
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October 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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What an unforgettable afternoon with
#BensonBoone on the
#BikeBus!
The energy, the smiles, and the singing made it a ride we'll never forget.
October 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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William Whyte ‘powerline’ aims to curb crime
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Anonymous tip line in North End Winnipeg neighbourhood aims to curb crime
A new anonymous tip line to report suspicious activity in a beleaguered North End neighbourhood is beginning to take off. One month in, the William Whyte “powerline” has received two to three calls pe...
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October 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Indigenous-led safety program hailed as model for Winnipeg spaces
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Indigenous-led safety program hailed as model for Winnipeg spaces
The city’s manager of library services hopes a new report that highlights the success of an Indigenous-led alternative to conventional security services will convince decision-makers to expand the pro...
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October 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Curling associations across the country are struggling to retain members — and then there’s the Keystone Rainbow Curling League.
Pride on the pebble: Keystone Rainbow Curling League celebrates 20 years
Curling associations across the country are struggling to retain members — and then there’s the Keystone Rainbow Curling League.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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The Manitoban (the independent student-run newspaper of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada) leaves X (6.670 followers)

Bluesky: @themanitoban.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Creeping through rush hour traffic on an F8 at an agonizingly slow pace. This is bonkers! Anyone else think we should speed up transit by creating more dedicated bus lanes?
October 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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cool new little project from the fine folks at We Heart WPG: The WPG Pennant newsletter!

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WPG Pennant
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October 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Did some leafleting for @emmaewood.bsky.social in Elmwood.

Every time I do leafleting, I am reminded of how hard postal workers work. And I just had the one leaflet to pass out - not stacks of sorted mail.
September 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Took a breather from the fast & furious pace of campaign life this evening to go to a very special book launch at @mcnallyrobinson.com. I laughed, I cried, and was reminded that the world may be on fire, but there are so many of us working to change that. Congratulations to all the poets & editors!
Book cover of "I'll get right on it - Poems on working life in the climate crisis" Edited by the Land and Labour Poetry Collective. Foreword by Anjali Appadurai
September 28, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Congratulations to @ariel-gordon.bsky.social!! So exciting!
September 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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See you all here tomorrow night:
VIGIL FOR KERRY & EGOR Image of white tandem bike FRIDAY, SEPT 26 Critics mass ride 5:00 meet 5:30 ride Central Park Ride to ikea Vigil and ghost bike installation 6:30 meet 7:00 start IKEA parking lot
September 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Again thanks to @mmarginet.bsky.social for her @winnipegfreepress.com op ed on the need for funding #publictransportation. We need to invest in #WinnipegTransit from all levels of government to improve our service, then on a moral basis to lower our fares for access to all. #Winnipeg
daveelmore12.bsky.social daveelmore12 @daveelmore12.bsky.social · Sep 24
Thanks to @mmarginet.bsky.social for clarifying some of the misunderstandings of our new transit system and making it clear that "It doesn’t matter what a city says it wants to be, a city’s vision is shown in what it chooses to budget for." t.ly/ixbKX
Opinion: Funding Transit a necessity
While the new Winnipeg Transit network launched in June 2025 has achieved many of its objectives, it’s important to assess what is and isn’t working in order to see Winnipeg Transit reach its full pot...
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September 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Public comms on vaccine availability in #Manitoba is definitely lacking this year, but appointments in various pharmacy online platforms are starting to pop up. Some out there for shoppers, too.
jenn-allen.bsky.social Jenn Allen @jenn-allen.bsky.social · Sep 21
Despite no communication about this from public health, Sobeys Transcona has Covid/Flu appointments available as early as Oct. 6th. They’re actually expect the shipment this week and will add earlier appointments when they receive it.
September 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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drewdles.bsky.social Andrew McLaren @drewdles.bsky.social · Sep 21
Sunday long run sign counting - lots of @emmaewood.bsky.social signs on Glenwood.
September 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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This will be a great event on Sunday. I'm sorry I can't make it - if any of my Bluesky pals go, please let us know how it goes! westendculturalcentre.thundertix.com/events/251275
Upcoming events at West End Cultural Centre
Upcoming events through our ThunderTix ticketing platform
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September 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Friends!!

That'll Never Work Here by @pattybikes.com is now out in the world!

You can pre-order from McNally or your favourite bookstore for release on Oct 28.

This is Book 2 in The City Project series, and I am so proud of Patty, and to have been part of this book's journey!
The cover of That'll Never Work Here by Patty Wiens. Colourful photos show people biking in all seasons.
September 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM