Malak Abas
@malakabas.bsky.social
Daily newsperson at the Winnipeg Free Press.
Pronounced Mah-lack. Get in touch at malak.abas@freepress.mb.ca.
Pronounced Mah-lack. Get in touch at malak.abas@freepress.mb.ca.
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New deep dive from @malakabas.bsky.social and me on Synergy Inmate Phone Solutions, a San Antonio-based company that's come to dominate the Canadian prison telecom market – now contracting with 12 out of 13 provincial and territorial corrections systems.
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Texas-based firm commands 80 per cent market share of telecom services for Manitoba inmates after securing non-competitive, highly lucrative contracts
Six years ago, at a spring meeting of Manitoba’s jail superintendents, plans were getting underway to start providing electronic tablets to inmates in a few correctional institutions — with the compan...
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October 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New deep dive from @malakabas.bsky.social and me on Synergy Inmate Phone Solutions, a San Antonio-based company that's come to dominate the Canadian prison telecom market – now contracting with 12 out of 13 provincial and territorial corrections systems.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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As a sea of thousands clad in orange waited, Helen George braids her son’s long, straight hair.
‘Nobody can break us down as Indigenous people’
As a sea of thousands clad in orange waited, Helen George braids her son’s long, straight hair.
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October 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
As a sea of thousands clad in orange waited, Helen George braids her son’s long, straight hair.
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In Winnipeg, the goal was more frequent and on-time buses.
New maps and analysis reveal a different picture — one with stark impacts for lower-income neighbourhoods, @jsrutgers.bsky.social and @malakabas.bsky.social report:
thenarwhal.ca/winnipeg-tra...
New maps and analysis reveal a different picture — one with stark impacts for lower-income neighbourhoods, @jsrutgers.bsky.social and @malakabas.bsky.social report:
thenarwhal.ca/winnipeg-tra...
The Winnipeg transit overhaul, mapped | The Narwhal
The goal was more frequent and on-time buses that run into the night. An analysis of the Winnipeg transit overhaul paints a different picture
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September 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In Winnipeg, the goal was more frequent and on-time buses.
New maps and analysis reveal a different picture — one with stark impacts for lower-income neighbourhoods, @jsrutgers.bsky.social and @malakabas.bsky.social report:
thenarwhal.ca/winnipeg-tra...
New maps and analysis reveal a different picture — one with stark impacts for lower-income neighbourhoods, @jsrutgers.bsky.social and @malakabas.bsky.social report:
thenarwhal.ca/winnipeg-tra...
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An excellent, data-driven read, chock full of visuals, on the fallout of Winnipeg's new transit system by the talented @jsrutgers.bsky.social and @malakabas.bsky.social ⬇️
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Winnipeg Transit overhaul created significant gaps in service, hitting low-income areas and bus-dependent populations hardest: Free Press/Narwhal analysis
When transit flows, a neighbourhood thrives. When buses are frequent, arrive on time and run into the night, it means more kids make it to after-school activities, more students can get to class on ti...
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September 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
An excellent, data-driven read, chock full of visuals, on the fallout of Winnipeg's new transit system by the talented @jsrutgers.bsky.social and @malakabas.bsky.social ⬇️
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Winnipeg's transit overhaul was intended to deliver faster and more reliable service to better serve all corners of a growing city. But a Free Press/Narwhal analysis of the system before and after the June 29 transition date reveals a different story.
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September 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Winnipeg's transit overhaul was intended to deliver faster and more reliable service to better serve all corners of a growing city. But a Free Press/Narwhal analysis of the system before and after the June 29 transition date reveals a different story.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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With ❤️ to relations in Hollow Water FN.
Friday @winnipegfreepress.com column: Searching for answers in wake of horror www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
Friday @winnipegfreepress.com column: Searching for answers in wake of horror www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
Opinion: Searching for answers in wake of horror
In the mid-1980s, during a confidential survey of 60 random citizens in Hollow Water First Nation, researchers were shocked to discover that 40 of them had been sexually abused as children, often in r...
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September 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
With ❤️ to relations in Hollow Water FN.
Friday @winnipegfreepress.com column: Searching for answers in wake of horror www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
Friday @winnipegfreepress.com column: Searching for answers in wake of horror www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
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The family of an international university student who was shot and killed by a police officer — after he approached them while carrying two knives — say they’re “disappointed” and considering further legal action after an external review cleared the officer.
Family of student killed in encounter with police threatens civil lawsuit
The family of an international university student who was shot and killed by a police officer — after he approached them while carrying two knives — say they’re “disappointed” and considering further legal action after an external review cleared the officer.
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September 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The family of an international university student who was shot and killed by a police officer — after he approached them while carrying two knives — say they’re “disappointed” and considering further legal action after an external review cleared the officer.