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Publisher at Great Plains Press, sustainable transpo with Green Action Centre, creating theatre with TBTR. Strong Towns!
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A great, standing room only crowd for Patty Wiens' launch of They'll Never Work Here at McNally Robinson tonight in #winnipeg!

Have you checked out The City Project series from
@greatplainspress.bsky.social yet?

#urbanism #whatToReadNext
A large crowd of people facing the stage where Patty sits. Patty at the book signing table. A long line of people wait for their signed copy!
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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My ❤️ breaks for this family.

Waiting for the bus the other evening on Osborne, I was trying to read at the stop and it was disconcerting how fast vehicles were flying by just a few feet away. You really feel vulnerable having to stand in the crash zone.

#wpgpoli #winnipeg #mbpoli
Print screen of the Free Press story titled Family seeks details after mother killed in crash.
September 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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It's not a few bad apples, it's rotten to the core.

The police budget has an insatiable appetite and we need to recognize money spent directly on community programs and services has far higher ROI if we want to get out of this mess.

#wpgpoli #winnipeg #mbpoli
A pic of the story in the newspaper, headline reads New charges tarnish badge: police chief.
August 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Delighted to say that FIJI continues to sell out, but you can get tickets to our shows on Saturday and Sunday.

Don't miss it!

share.google/RFOGeLxm6isU...

#winnipeg #wpgtheatre #wpgFringe
Patricia, chase and Chris hold a sign saying SOLD OUT. They are smiling!!
July 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Hooray! Today's FIJI performance sold out and tickets are moving quickly for remaining shows. We hope to see you there!

#winnipeg #wpgFringe #fijiThePlay
Patricia, Chase and Chris pose with the SOLD OUT sign! They are grinning and super cute!
July 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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We have opened FIJI at the Winnipeg Fringe! The cast is phenomenal and seeing the audience rise to their feet at the end was wonderful to see. This show is a banger, do not miss it!

Fiji — Theatre by the River share.google/xB2FGBs6Qd2q...

#winnipeg #wpgFringe #wpgtheatre
An orange background and a haunting, shadow of a plate. The title is in red.
July 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Friends! Winnipeggers! The time is here, the Winnipeg Fringe Festival!

As most of you know, I'm a theatre gal and my company has a show in the fest that I think you'll love. Come check it out!

Fiji — Theatre by the River share.google/nkdUC1ig02BT...

#winnipeg #wpgtheatre #wpgFringe
A selfie! It features me with my sunglasses on. Behind me is a poster of Fiji hanging on the poster board. The poster is primary orange, with the show's title in red, served on a platter with is black.
July 17, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Count down to the big day! By this time tomorrow it will be a normal street.

#wpgpoli #winnipeg
Portage and Main! No walking yet, but soon! Portage and Main! No walking yet, but soon!
June 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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I remember sitting through a hearing on this issue last year b4 delegating. If you go to this part of the city, the amount of parking is ridiculous. A SEA of parking. That this restaurant can't survive due to "lack of parking" says a lot about the difference btwn walkable, and unwalkable, design.
A page from the paper, the restaurant on top and the article below.
June 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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We are so lucky to have the great Dave Elmore in #winnipeg!!

@daveelmore12.bsky.social @cityofwinnipeg.bsky.social @winnipegfreepress.com #wpgpoli
A screen shot of the story in the Winnipeg Free Press. Title is "getting more butts on bikes". There is a big image of Dave, smiling, with his bike!
June 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Love this page layout!
A photo of the page in the paper. The top is an image of the park today: poor drainage, and a little worse for wear. Below is the text. Inset is an image of the lush lily pond of the park in the 1950s when we used to maintain things properly.
May 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Huge benefits already being felt in Edmonton from bylaw updates to allow "building inwards".
www.michaeljanz.ca/since_2015_b...

#winnipeg #wpgpoli #mbpoli @sherrirollins.bsky.social @cityofwinnipeg.bsky.social
Headline reads: since 2015,building inwards contributes +$263 million in property taxes in mature neighbourhoods alone.
May 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Moses Mayes reunion. Winning Jets goal on the screen. The best vibes and beats!

Quite a Sunday night!

#winnipeg #onlyinthepeg #goJetsGo
A shot of the band with the Winnipeg Jets celebration on the screen.
May 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
mmarginet.bsky.social
So good!

#movieNight #sinners
The movie poster for Sinners. Images of the cast in front of a rising sun.
May 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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The world is an absolute nightmare but it was also a beautiful day to bike to work on the frozen river.

#winnipeg #jackFrostChallenge
A selfie of me with my goggles on, my bike, and the Fork's River trail in the background. It's cold! My bike in the foreground, the river trail in the background. A Winnipeg winter.
February 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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A sign that your city is deeply broken.

#wpgpoli #winnipeg
Community Connections space at the millennium library with the doors shuttered.
January 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Ugh, I am deeply suspicious of this survey. I started taking it this morning but stopped here. I see Dear Winnipeg highlighted the same false premise. I do want to highlight my support for transit but this survey is infuriating. I'll write to my councillor I guess?
A screen shot of the city’s engagement survey, asking if I believe the city has a revenue problem or spending problem or none of the above. I can't say: NEITHER or OTHER. Our problem is insolvency.
January 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Dear @cityofwinnipeg.bsky.social,

I really really hate your public engagement surveys. They are deeply flawed and give you false information to justify your budget spending.

For example, I have to choose either of these, or "unsure". I'm not unsure.

1/
This is a screen shot of the online survey. Survey takers have to choose if they believe the city has "revenue challenge" or a "spending challenge" or "unsure".
January 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Great letter in the @winnipegfreepress.com , @daveelmore12.bsky.social!
A screen shot of a letter to the editor in the January 2nd edition of the Winnipeg Free Press. Dave points out the errors in a previous editorial against safe residential streets.
January 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Theatre by the River is back in the #wpgFringe for the first time since before the pandemic! Let's see if we remember how to do this...
A screen shot of a list of the names of the companies chosen in the Winnipeg Fringe draw.
December 14, 2024 at 11:42 PM
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If any other department splurged their budget like this, they wouldn't get increase after increase after increase.

#wpgpoli #mbpoli #winnipeg
A photo of an article in the Winnipeg Free Press. Title is: see spot sit. Tagline is: WPS has used robot dog for law-enforcement just once since $257,000 purchase in 2021.
December 14, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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Ugh gross. But unsurprising.
A photo of the Winnipeg Free Press article titled Tory furtunes in city rising, poll says.
December 14, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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I blame @mollyjongfast.bsky.social.
A screenshot from my Spotify wrapped. It says my top podcast topic was news and I was in the top 6% of news listeners.
December 5, 2024 at 2:25 AM
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Manitobans! We're trying to build the Gomanitoba network to hslp make it easier for folks to carpool. Spread the word!
A qr code to scan! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCpq2ohvXh_/?igsh=M2FkZ2dkdXdwdHQw
November 22, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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Absolutely shameless f'ing assholes.

#America
A screenshot from the new York times article about members of the GOP barring the first elected trans woman from using the bathroom.
November 20, 2024 at 4:27 AM