Rebecca Chambers
@metismamamb.bsky.social
Columnist @winnipegfreepress.com, grad student at UManitoba, teacher, lifelong learner, Autism mom, love warrior.
Just in time for the Santa Claus Parade, my column on being well prepared.
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Opinion: The essential parental guide guide to surviving Winnipeg's Santa Claus Parade
Learn from me, oh citizens. Here is the essential survival guide to Saturday
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November 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Just in time for the Santa Claus Parade, my column on being well prepared.
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Today's free article for kids:
Is AI hurting our ability to be creative? What do we miss when we don't do the work ourselves? What do we gain? And how should we decide when to use AI?
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Is AI hurting our ability to be creative? What do we miss when we don't do the work ourselves? What do we gain? And how should we decide when to use AI?
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Opinion: Artificial art a threat to human creativity
Thinking of Drew Struzan’s art — magic, really — in hand-drawn film posters, it’s hard not to think that this particular form will be another casualty of artificial intelligence, another art form redu...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Today's free article for kids:
Is AI hurting our ability to be creative? What do we miss when we don't do the work ourselves? What do we gain? And how should we decide when to use AI?
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Is AI hurting our ability to be creative? What do we miss when we don't do the work ourselves? What do we gain? And how should we decide when to use AI?
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Today's free news for kids:
Why is the colour red so rare in Aurora Borealis, and what causes it? Why are we seeing them so much more frequently this year? And why can your cell phone camera pick up colours in them that your eye cannot?
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Why is the colour red so rare in Aurora Borealis, and what causes it? Why are we seeing them so much more frequently this year? And why can your cell phone camera pick up colours in them that your eye cannot?
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Rare red auroras dazzle as part of Manitoba light show
Solar storm chasers, rejoice: 2025 was an excellent year for aurora borealis, and the remainder of the year could be just as active.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Today's free news for kids:
Why is the colour red so rare in Aurora Borealis, and what causes it? Why are we seeing them so much more frequently this year? And why can your cell phone camera pick up colours in them that your eye cannot?
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Why is the colour red so rare in Aurora Borealis, and what causes it? Why are we seeing them so much more frequently this year? And why can your cell phone camera pick up colours in them that your eye cannot?
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Today's free news for kids:
Discussion starters:
What are some of the ways you connect with others to share common interests?
What clubs or groups in your school help people feel like they belong? What ideas for other clubs do you have?
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Discussion starters:
What are some of the ways you connect with others to share common interests?
What clubs or groups in your school help people feel like they belong? What ideas for other clubs do you have?
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High score: Winnipeg Video Game Orchestra goes from joysticks to drumsticks, with classical takes on familiar themes
There is, evidently, a lot of crossover between band nerds and video game enthusiasts. Concert Preview Winnipeg Video Game Orchestra With 8-bit and the Single Players Jubilee Place, 181 Riverton Ave.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Today's free news for kids:
Discussion starters:
What are some of the ways you connect with others to share common interests?
What clubs or groups in your school help people feel like they belong? What ideas for other clubs do you have?
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Discussion starters:
What are some of the ways you connect with others to share common interests?
What clubs or groups in your school help people feel like they belong? What ideas for other clubs do you have?
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Today's article to share with children:
Our monuments, statues and memorials give form to honouring, grieving lives lost in war – connections to history, place, and the ways in which we honour our past, including some lesser-known Manitoba war memorials.
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Our monuments, statues and memorials give form to honouring, grieving lives lost in war – connections to history, place, and the ways in which we honour our past, including some lesser-known Manitoba war memorials.
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Our monuments, statues and memorials give form to honouring, grieving lives lost in war
Tucked at the end of a walkway, which dead-ends between the University Centre and the Helen Glass Centre for Nursing on the University of Manitoba campus, stands a monument in memory of students who n...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today's article to share with children:
Our monuments, statues and memorials give form to honouring, grieving lives lost in war – connections to history, place, and the ways in which we honour our past, including some lesser-known Manitoba war memorials.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Our monuments, statues and memorials give form to honouring, grieving lives lost in war – connections to history, place, and the ways in which we honour our past, including some lesser-known Manitoba war memorials.
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Today's free news article for kids!
Some ideas for conversations or lessons:
-What's a "Hall of fame"?
-What are some other ways and places we preserve and share our history? Why do we do this?
-If you had a personal toy hall of fame, what would be in it?
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Some ideas for conversations or lessons:
-What's a "Hall of fame"?
-What are some other ways and places we preserve and share our history? Why do we do this?
-If you had a personal toy hall of fame, what would be in it?
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Slime, Battleship and Trivial Pursuit join the Toy Hall of Fame
Slime, that gooey, sticky and often-homemade plaything, was enshrined into the National Toy Hall of Fame on Thursday along with perennial bestselling games Battleship and Trivial Pursuit. Each year, t...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Today's free news article for kids!
Some ideas for conversations or lessons:
-What's a "Hall of fame"?
-What are some other ways and places we preserve and share our history? Why do we do this?
-If you had a personal toy hall of fame, what would be in it?
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Some ideas for conversations or lessons:
-What's a "Hall of fame"?
-What are some other ways and places we preserve and share our history? Why do we do this?
-If you had a personal toy hall of fame, what would be in it?
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Today's free article to share with young kids and students:
Puppy Sphere yoga chain rolls out ‘mood-boosting’ first classes in Winnipeg
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Puppy Sphere yoga chain rolls out ‘mood-boosting’ first classes in Winnipeg
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Puppy Sphere yoga chain rolls out ‘mood-boosting’ first classes in Winnipeg
Winnipeg yogis seeking to do a downward dog while surrounded by dogs are in luck: puppy yoga is here. Toronto-based company Puppy Sphere began offering weekend yoga classes at Yoga Public (280 Fort St...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Today's free article to share with young kids and students:
Puppy Sphere yoga chain rolls out ‘mood-boosting’ first classes in Winnipeg
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Puppy Sphere yoga chain rolls out ‘mood-boosting’ first classes in Winnipeg
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Today's News for Kids, from the Winnipeg Free Press:
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Donation drive back on its feet after sock theft
There’s a cold-hearted thief in Winnipeg who won’t have cold feet. Someone made off with more than 160 pairs of socks, to be donated to people in need, that were in Ashley Munro’s car, which was parke...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Today's News for Kids, from the Winnipeg Free Press:
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I am overjoyed to finally be able to say that this is the project I'm leading! Pick up a Free Press to read the rest of the article!
May 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I am overjoyed to finally be able to say that this is the project I'm leading! Pick up a Free Press to read the rest of the article!
Prayers for all the elementary school teachers in Winnipeg. Theres a whooooole lotta kids not getting to bed on time tonight (including mine).
May 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Prayers for all the elementary school teachers in Winnipeg. Theres a whooooole lotta kids not getting to bed on time tonight (including mine).
People with children: the Free Press wants to see your child’s original Super Hero!
Mail to Free Press, 1355 Mountain Ave., Wpg, Man., R2X 3B6, Attn: Ben Waldman, or email Ben.waldman@freepress.mb.ca for a chance to appear in the paper. Include a brief superhero biography/origin story."
Mail to Free Press, 1355 Mountain Ave., Wpg, Man., R2X 3B6, Attn: Ben Waldman, or email Ben.waldman@freepress.mb.ca for a chance to appear in the paper. Include a brief superhero biography/origin story."
April 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
People with children: the Free Press wants to see your child’s original Super Hero!
Mail to Free Press, 1355 Mountain Ave., Wpg, Man., R2X 3B6, Attn: Ben Waldman, or email Ben.waldman@freepress.mb.ca for a chance to appear in the paper. Include a brief superhero biography/origin story."
Mail to Free Press, 1355 Mountain Ave., Wpg, Man., R2X 3B6, Attn: Ben Waldman, or email Ben.waldman@freepress.mb.ca for a chance to appear in the paper. Include a brief superhero biography/origin story."
Feels like some real nice neighbours moved out and the people who bought the place are real jerks.
February 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Feels like some real nice neighbours moved out and the people who bought the place are real jerks.
I introduced the kitten to the bird today. We were able to keep them separated for 1 month. Verdict: they are both mortally terrified of one another. I see this as a win.
January 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I introduced the kitten to the bird today. We were able to keep them separated for 1 month. Verdict: they are both mortally terrified of one another. I see this as a win.
I’m learning html. I’m old old old, and it’s way too much like learning DOS in high school.
January 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I’m learning html. I’m old old old, and it’s way too much like learning DOS in high school.
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just totted up all the substacks I pay for and found myself thinking ‘wow wouldn’t it be better if all these writers were in one place and I could just pay a flat fee’ so anyway that’s how today I invented the concept of the ‘newspaper’
December 20, 2024 at 2:13 PM
just totted up all the substacks I pay for and found myself thinking ‘wow wouldn’t it be better if all these writers were in one place and I could just pay a flat fee’ so anyway that’s how today I invented the concept of the ‘newspaper’
I love Red River College so much that if it were a boy, he'd be totally weirded out.
December 8, 2024 at 1:17 AM
I love Red River College so much that if it were a boy, he'd be totally weirded out.
We’re a little pressed for time between dinner and activities tonight, so I’m making some chicken nuggets for kids to eat in the car. Fine. But when they asked me what’s for dinner I replied, in my distracted state, “Road nuggets”. Rather less appealing.
November 25, 2024 at 11:04 PM
We’re a little pressed for time between dinner and activities tonight, so I’m making some chicken nuggets for kids to eat in the car. Fine. But when they asked me what’s for dinner I replied, in my distracted state, “Road nuggets”. Rather less appealing.
"The phone calls and newspaper clippings, the attempts to understand one another, emails sent days and weeks after publication: the pebbles we carry and drop for others to find."
My latest in @winnipegfreepress.com
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Opinion: Chasing connections and grains of understanding
I see my job as a columnist is to curate a place where we can ponder one small part of our co-existence in this place and time. Sometimes my work helps poke lots of holes in the universe at once: crea...
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November 23, 2024 at 11:30 PM
"The phone calls and newspaper clippings, the attempts to understand one another, emails sent days and weeks after publication: the pebbles we carry and drop for others to find."
My latest in @winnipegfreepress.com
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My latest in @winnipegfreepress.com
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Imposter syndrome, columnist edition:
Me: Ugh, column for tomorrow is terrible.
Husband: Let me read it
Me: It's awful. Feels like I have no idea how to do this.
Husband: (reads column) So...it's literally about how you know how to do this, while showing how well you can do this.
Me: LIES! LIES!
Me: Ugh, column for tomorrow is terrible.
Husband: Let me read it
Me: It's awful. Feels like I have no idea how to do this.
Husband: (reads column) So...it's literally about how you know how to do this, while showing how well you can do this.
Me: LIES! LIES!
November 22, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Imposter syndrome, columnist edition:
Me: Ugh, column for tomorrow is terrible.
Husband: Let me read it
Me: It's awful. Feels like I have no idea how to do this.
Husband: (reads column) So...it's literally about how you know how to do this, while showing how well you can do this.
Me: LIES! LIES!
Me: Ugh, column for tomorrow is terrible.
Husband: Let me read it
Me: It's awful. Feels like I have no idea how to do this.
Husband: (reads column) So...it's literally about how you know how to do this, while showing how well you can do this.
Me: LIES! LIES!
One more Winnipegger has arrived!
November 18, 2024 at 5:53 PM
One more Winnipegger has arrived!