Mike Deal
@mikedeal.bsky.social
A photojournalist at The Free Press in Winnipeg, MB
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So I will be offering a Writing Circle through the @wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social that meets monthly from December through April. And the deadline is THIS FRIDAY, November 21.
November 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
So I will be offering a Writing Circle through the @wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social that meets monthly from December through April. And the deadline is THIS FRIDAY, November 21.
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A must-read, from @doubleemmartin.bsky.social:
Ms. Lily's Grade 5 students came to her with a *double-barreled* q last fall: why didn’t Earl Grey School have a paper, they wondered — and if they started one, would she serve as editor-in-chief? #mbed #wfp
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Ms. Lily's Grade 5 students came to her with a *double-barreled* q last fall: why didn’t Earl Grey School have a paper, they wondered — and if they started one, would she serve as editor-in-chief? #mbed #wfp
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Winnipeg students develop critical aptitude essential for navigating media landscape
One day in the fall of 2024, two of Lily Godinez Goodman’s Grade 5 students came to her with a question: Why didn’t their Earl Grey School have a newspaper, they wondered — and if they started one, wo...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A must-read, from @doubleemmartin.bsky.social:
Ms. Lily's Grade 5 students came to her with a *double-barreled* q last fall: why didn’t Earl Grey School have a paper, they wondered — and if they started one, would she serve as editor-in-chief? #mbed #wfp
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Ms. Lily's Grade 5 students came to her with a *double-barreled* q last fall: why didn’t Earl Grey School have a paper, they wondered — and if they started one, would she serve as editor-in-chief? #mbed #wfp
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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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!
@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
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!
@winnipegfreepress.com media literacy teachers are unveiling the beta version of our free K-12 #mbed platform at MTS PD Day!
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This Friday October 17 at 7pm, join @ariel-gordon.bsky.social and @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social for the launch of their collaborative book, Blood Letters, hosted by @susiewrites.bsky.social. - mailchi.mp/grant/gordon... @greatplainspress.bsky.social
Ariel Gordon & GMB Chomichuk to launch Blood Letters
Ariel Gordon and GMB Chomichuk celebrate the launch of their collaborative book, Blood Letters, hosted by Susie Moloney.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This Friday October 17 at 7pm, join @ariel-gordon.bsky.social and @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social for the launch of their collaborative book, Blood Letters, hosted by @susiewrites.bsky.social. - mailchi.mp/grant/gordon... @greatplainspress.bsky.social
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So my first FREE workshop at WPL has been announced: October 25 at the Windsor Park Library! Share/Sign up, friends!
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October 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
So my first FREE workshop at WPL has been announced: October 25 at the Windsor Park Library! Share/Sign up, friends!
@wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social
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Winnipeg author Ariel Gordon has been named the Winnipeg Public Library’s writer-in-residence for 2025-2026.
Library names Ariel Gordon writer-in-residence
Winnipeg author Ariel Gordon has been named the Winnipeg Public Library’s writer-in-residence for 2025-2026.
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September 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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So I interviewed novelist Giles Blunt for the Free Press in advance of his visit to Winnipeg for THIN AIR, which appeared in Saturday's paper. @dundurnpress.bsky.social @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
So I interviewed novelist Giles Blunt for the Free Press in advance of his visit to Winnipeg for THIN AIR, which appeared in Saturday's paper. @dundurnpress.bsky.social @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social
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Congratulations Jeff Hamilton and Katrina Clarke for winning the McGillivray Award for Investigative Journalism for "Building blocks, crumbling foundation"! Félicitations à Jeff Hamilton et Katrina Clarke pour avoir remporté le Prix McGillivray pour le journalisme d'enquête https://loom.ly/KxXN_80
June 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Congratulations Jeff Hamilton and Katrina Clarke for winning the McGillivray Award for Investigative Journalism for "Building blocks, crumbling foundation"! Félicitations à Jeff Hamilton et Katrina Clarke pour avoir remporté le Prix McGillivray pour le journalisme d'enquête https://loom.ly/KxXN_80
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Rebel “news” is a joke.
April 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Rebel “news” is a joke.
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Land of the flee: Winnipeg-born physician Dr. Jen Gunter moving back to Canada after ‘rank misogyny’ drives devolution of women’s rights, by @jenzoratti.bsky.social www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif... via @winnipegfreepress.com @drjengunter.bsky.social #infodemic #abortion #ReproRights
Winnipeg-born OB/GYN Jen Gunter moving back to Canada after ‘rank misogyny’ drives devolution of women’s rights
In 1995, Dr. Jen Gunter arrived in Kansas. The Winnipeg-born-and-raised gynecologist was fresh out of her OB/GYN training at the University of Western Ontario, having completed medical school at the U...
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April 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Land of the flee: Winnipeg-born physician Dr. Jen Gunter moving back to Canada after ‘rank misogyny’ drives devolution of women’s rights, by @jenzoratti.bsky.social www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif... via @winnipegfreepress.com @drjengunter.bsky.social #infodemic #abortion #ReproRights
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Denmark’s Maersk buys Panama Canal railway
https://www.ft.com/content/cb460c62-b587-4900-a0c5-722f6c2548d4
https://www.ft.com/content/cb460c62-b587-4900-a0c5-722f6c2548d4
Denmark’s Maersk buys Panama Canal railway
Deal loosens US control of train link at a time when Trump is seeking to ‘take back’ trade waterway
www.ft.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Denmark’s Maersk buys Panama Canal railway
https://www.ft.com/content/cb460c62-b587-4900-a0c5-722f6c2548d4
https://www.ft.com/content/cb460c62-b587-4900-a0c5-722f6c2548d4
Was just thinking this morning about the upcoming anniversary to the Winnipeg General Strike which started on May 15, 1919.
When our forebearers decided it was #elbowsup time.
Our working class is better off now because of it.
Americans think there is nothing that can be done to stop Trump.
When our forebearers decided it was #elbowsup time.
Our working class is better off now because of it.
Americans think there is nothing that can be done to stop Trump.
March 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Was just thinking this morning about the upcoming anniversary to the Winnipeg General Strike which started on May 15, 1919.
When our forebearers decided it was #elbowsup time.
Our working class is better off now because of it.
Americans think there is nothing that can be done to stop Trump.
When our forebearers decided it was #elbowsup time.
Our working class is better off now because of it.
Americans think there is nothing that can be done to stop Trump.
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The truth is, according to 2024 Statistics Canada market data, Canada exported $357.9 million in dairy products to the U.S., while the U.S. exported $877.5 million worth of dairy products — without any tariffs — into Canada.
The truth is, according to 2024 Statistics Canada market data, Canada exported $357.9 million in dairy products to the U.S., while the U.S. exported $877.5 million worth of dairy products — without any tariffs — into Canada.
Opinion: The never-paid 250 per cent Canadian dairy tariff
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that 250 per cent U.S. reciprocal tariffs would be levied on Canadian dairy products exported into the United States, because Canada had a dairy tariff...
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March 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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The truth is, according to 2024 Statistics Canada market data, Canada exported $357.9 million in dairy products to the U.S., while the U.S. exported $877.5 million worth of dairy products — without any tariffs — into Canada.
The truth is, according to 2024 Statistics Canada market data, Canada exported $357.9 million in dairy products to the U.S., while the U.S. exported $877.5 million worth of dairy products — without any tariffs — into Canada.
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"In time, perhaps, the Americans will come to their senses. But the damage is done. Mr. Trump will never realize his dream of annexation. He has, however, succeeded in destroying the trust between our two nations, probably permanently."
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Opinion: Donald Trump is trying to destroy Canada
The U.S.’s tariffs are meant to break us. The only thing that they’ve certainly broken is the trust between historically close neighbours - maybe forever
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March 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
"In time, perhaps, the Americans will come to their senses. But the damage is done. Mr. Trump will never realize his dream of annexation. He has, however, succeeded in destroying the trust between our two nations, probably permanently."
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Ahead of the 3rd anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, I spoke with three Ukrainian newcomers to Winnipeg about the homes they left behind and the precious belongings they escaped with.
Their stories at the link below.
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Their stories at the link below.
https://buff.ly/4b9V9FK @winnipegfreepress.com
Keepsakes of lives left behind help sustain Ukrainians making new homes in Manitoba
Food, water, clothing and tangible reminders of home. In the days and weeks following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the citizens under siege were forced to make an…
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February 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ahead of the 3rd anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, I spoke with three Ukrainian newcomers to Winnipeg about the homes they left behind and the precious belongings they escaped with.
Their stories at the link below.
https://buff.ly/4b9V9FK @winnipegfreepress.com
Their stories at the link below.
https://buff.ly/4b9V9FK @winnipegfreepress.com
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Shortly after arriving in Winnipeg with her family in 2022 , Daria Gorska found out she was pregnant.
While her daughter was the most precious package carried overseas, Daria also brought a working geiger counter from her life-changing career as a tour guide in Chernobyl.
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While her daughter was the most precious package carried overseas, Daria also brought a working geiger counter from her life-changing career as a tour guide in Chernobyl.
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February 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Shortly after arriving in Winnipeg with her family in 2022 , Daria Gorska found out she was pregnant.
While her daughter was the most precious package carried overseas, Daria also brought a working geiger counter from her life-changing career as a tour guide in Chernobyl.
📸 @mikedeal.bsky.social
While her daughter was the most precious package carried overseas, Daria also brought a working geiger counter from her life-changing career as a tour guide in Chernobyl.
📸 @mikedeal.bsky.social
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Olesia Chychkevych packed up her 7-year-old sourdough starter so she could continue making bread, beloved by her three sons, wherever they landed.
And in a turn of fateful serendipity, her youngest also chose to bring his favourite stuffie: Winnie-the-Pooh.
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And in a turn of fateful serendipity, her youngest also chose to bring his favourite stuffie: Winnie-the-Pooh.
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February 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Olesia Chychkevych packed up her 7-year-old sourdough starter so she could continue making bread, beloved by her three sons, wherever they landed.
And in a turn of fateful serendipity, her youngest also chose to bring his favourite stuffie: Winnie-the-Pooh.
📸 @mikedeal.bsky.social
And in a turn of fateful serendipity, her youngest also chose to bring his favourite stuffie: Winnie-the-Pooh.
📸 @mikedeal.bsky.social
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We had a chance to share about Project SEARCH. I was so proud of Nathan, one of our students. He struggled to talk about what he could do, but very confidently *showed* what he is capable of. Thank you @maggiemacintosh.bsky.social and @mikedeal.bsky.social for sharing about this good work. ⬇️
Oly Backstrom’s new bling has renewed his belief in the power of Project Search — a school-to-workplace transition program for youth with developmental disabilities, which the Winnipeg-based rights activist brought to Canada.
A valuable turn at learning to earn
School-to-workplace transition internship program exposes graduating high-schoolers with developmental disabilities to career opportunities while benefiting employers in myriad ways
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February 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
We had a chance to share about Project SEARCH. I was so proud of Nathan, one of our students. He struggled to talk about what he could do, but very confidently *showed* what he is capable of. Thank you @maggiemacintosh.bsky.social and @mikedeal.bsky.social for sharing about this good work. ⬇️
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From Katie May and I on Premier Wab Kinew's response to U.S. tariffs (pulling U.S. alcohol from Liquor Mart shelves, for one), with a focus on small businesses in Manitoba trying to figure out these announcements in real-time:
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Manitoba to stop selling U.S. liquor in response to U.S. tariffs
American beer, wine and other alcohol will soon be pulled from Liquor Mart shelves, premier Wab Kinew announced Sunday, responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to levy steep tariffs on Ca...
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February 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
From Katie May and I on Premier Wab Kinew's response to U.S. tariffs (pulling U.S. alcohol from Liquor Mart shelves, for one), with a focus on small businesses in Manitoba trying to figure out these announcements in real-time:
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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Doctors Manitoba has taken the unusual step of launching a U.S. recruitment drive as Trump prepares to begin a second term in the White House.
“Practice where you are valued and trusted as a physician and the government stays out of the exam room” #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
“Practice where you are valued and trusted as a physician and the government stays out of the exam room” #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Doctors Manitoba recruiting south of border
Doctors Manitoba has taken the unusual step of launching a recruitment drive in the United States as Donald Trump prepares to begin a second term in the White House next month. “Practice where you are...
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December 17, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Doctors Manitoba has taken the unusual step of launching a U.S. recruitment drive as Trump prepares to begin a second term in the White House.
“Practice where you are valued and trusted as a physician and the government stays out of the exam room” #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
“Practice where you are valued and trusted as a physician and the government stays out of the exam room” #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2024/12/06/bang-for-the-book
Photo of Lauren Hower (@bigbooklady) who is a full-time content creator on TikTok. My fav photo from the assignment didn’t run, so I’ve included it. The atmosphere and colours… will probably make a painting from this one.
Photo of Lauren Hower (@bigbooklady) who is a full-time content creator on TikTok. My fav photo from the assignment didn’t run, so I’ve included it. The atmosphere and colours… will probably make a painting from this one.
December 8, 2024 at 9:03 PM
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2024/12/06/bang-for-the-book
Photo of Lauren Hower (@bigbooklady) who is a full-time content creator on TikTok. My fav photo from the assignment didn’t run, so I’ve included it. The atmosphere and colours… will probably make a painting from this one.
Photo of Lauren Hower (@bigbooklady) who is a full-time content creator on TikTok. My fav photo from the assignment didn’t run, so I’ve included it. The atmosphere and colours… will probably make a painting from this one.
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New: The years-long wait for Manitoba’s new public school funding formula is almost over.
The #mbed dept has confirmed changes to the existing model — which is >30yrs old — will dictate 2025-26 sums #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
The #mbed dept has confirmed changes to the existing model — which is >30yrs old — will dictate 2025-26 sums #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Long-awaited public school funding changes to materialize next fall, province confirms
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December 6, 2024 at 3:28 AM
New: The years-long wait for Manitoba’s new public school funding formula is almost over.
The #mbed dept has confirmed changes to the existing model — which is >30yrs old — will dictate 2025-26 sums #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
The #mbed dept has confirmed changes to the existing model — which is >30yrs old — will dictate 2025-26 sums #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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Tis the season for massive perogie making sessions. What a great way to raise money. Here are a few photos, many more in the web and print story.
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November 30, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Tis the season for massive perogie making sessions. What a great way to raise money. Here are a few photos, many more in the web and print story.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...