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A federal judge in Boston said she found it "difficult to conclude anything other than that [the Trump administration] used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country's premier universities, and did so in a way that runs afoul of [federal law]."
Happy with how this turned out. Home, compassionate home www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
You rarely see spry without an older person.
Found in the prairies of Manitoba, Lambert’s Locoweed grows 6-18 pink-purple flowers on a hairy, leafless stem. The leaves of this plant are also hairy. It is named “locoweed” because it produces toxic chemicals that cause strange behaviours in cattle who fed on it. #WildflowerWednesday
I would definitely look at Mr. Greg Ferens. If people are breaking rules, "it's no exception," he said. "The whole gang … over there [has] got to pay for it. And that's the bottom line." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The punchline at the end of this is definitely worth it.
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We lost Graham Greene at 73. Oneida, Onyota’a:ka—People of the Standing Stone. For us, he was family. Everyone’s uncle. I wrote about the laughter, the mischief, and the truth he carried. 💔 Read here: Graham Greene was Everyone's Uncle open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
That would make it a product of Canada.
You would have a hard time convincing Manitobans of that. Crown Royal is produced solely at the company's distillery at Gimli, on the shores of Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
#CFL
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Graham Greene in a skit for Royal Canadian Air Farce - Indigenous Immigration Inspector. youtu.be/Pz_l_0oioxQ?...
Not Anerican. It's made here in Gimli, Manitoba.
One of the most respected Indigenous actors of his generation, Greene appeared in more than 200 television shows and movies. He played a Lakota warrior in the 1990 blockbuster Dancing With Wolves.
Trump's grovelling sycophants show no shame.
Around this time, Nellie was an advocate for eugenics in Alberta and she would support the Sexual Sterilization Act that sterilized individuals who were classed as "mental defectives". The Act was in place from 1928 to 1972 and sterilized 2,800 people against their will. 🧵 7/14
As part of her activism, she hosted a Mock Parliament at the Walker Theatre with women portraying government officials. McClung portrayed Premier Rodmond Roblin. The event made national headlines. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdbG... 🧵 5/14
This one from Boston. IATSE among them blasting Public Enemy’s Fight The Power.
Happy LABOUR Day
That is haunting. Why must MEN bring about the same fears...
The last fve minutes of this game was absolutely BANANAS. 👏👏👏#CFL
Make no mistake, everything that’s happening in the United States is being significantly enabled by the right wing oligarch capture of media. Every other country needs to do everything possible to keep that from happening where they are. Including protecting the CBC from Poilievre here in Canada.
Wow. Tony Jones.
Sweet play gets Brady & the Bombers a Td.
Come again?? Didn’t age well. Go Blue!
Hello Dalton.
Here we go #Bombers #ForTheW
Here's a "tip for travellers," don't fucking go to the US
says a lot about the supposed democracy index that the united states ranked higher than canada before trump returned to power despite its shambles of a democratic system where corruption is legal and political parties openly draw the districts so they win. canada isn’t perfect, but come on.
Labour Day in Winnipeg, 1912.
OTD in Blue Bombers History Aug 29, 1959 a full week before the actual Labour Day weekend the Bombers with a record setting effort v Roughriders. QB Jim Van Pelt throws 7 TD passes and WR Ernie Pitts catches 5 TD passes in 61-8 romp. Both new CFL records. Pitts’ mark still stands
Hey hey. I am hosting one of these and hoping that we will have the chance to talk a little about the film of Scarborough, for which Hernandez won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Adapted screenplay.
Everyone is apparently leaving SNL, which makes it a perfect time for me to join and pitch my series of sketches called "Pedro Pascal hosts and hangs out with Clare a bunch and maybe they kiss a lil bit but only if he's cool with it"
NEW: Last week, oil literally rained down on a Black town in rural Louisiana where 60% of folks live in poverty. The company isn’t taking responsibility & the federal + state governments are saying residents have to clean it up themselves. capitalbnews.org/louisiana-oi...
Winnipeg peeps: A baker used to make the BEST cake for the Elkhorn Resort’s dessert menu. We found out her name was Anastasia (sp?), she was Ukrainian, and that she’s in Winnipeg, but further internet research reveals nothing. Anyone have a lead? We’re craving her cake!!
BREAKING: The Winnipeg Jets have acquired a verified check mark from @bsky.app ✅
WATCH as a Republican in Texas BURNS his voter registration card over extreme gerrymandering.
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
Hey yall... a bit of good news. My home town just elected its first democrat since the parties switched and its first Black mayor ever. In AL, in a county that trump won with 78% and a town he won with 63%. Guess how he won? Turned out the base. Black people. 🤷🏾♂️
Last year I wrote about the American Accountability Foundation posting "watchlists" of public employees to encourage harassment. This piece describes the effects. "her phone rang for a month with about 30 calls a day from unknown numbers." www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Wild times
Canada may be dropping tariffs on some US products to help negotiations, but it doesn't mean you can't continue to boycott them. Until Trump is gone, this household is avoiding anything American. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Nova Scotia's iconic Blue Nose is refusing to travel to Trumpland. This is a huge decision given the role they play in the international schooner festivals. But they will not cross the border. The Blue Nose is your dime. If they can hold the line against fascism. So can you. Keep the boycott strong.
Nathan Rouke with the pick 6 & the Argos go up by a TD.
Ottawa Redblacks’ DL Daniel Okpoko taken off in ambulance against Elks 3downnation.com/2025/08/22/o... #CFL #Redblacks #RNation
It's blocked now.
He might be the record holder for most money fined. Played 2 games for free last year. bsky.app/profile/drjm...
B.C. Lions linebacker Micah Awe issued max fine for pair of head hits against Alouettes 3downnation.com/2025/08/22/b... #CFL #BCLions #RoarAsOne #AlsMTL #Alouettes #Argos #Riders
BREAKING: BlueSky is blocking access to Mississippi. This is the No. 1 platform for @mississippifreepress.org. We ditched X for BlueSky early this year. And now, at 3 pm on a Friday, poof. I don't know what we'll do next. Keep up with us using our newsletter at mfp.ms/subscribe.
On this day in 1971, the popular socialist president of Bolivia, Juan José Torres, was deposed in a US-backed coup following his move to convene a People's Parliament of workers and peasants. He was replaced by a violent right-wing military dictatorship, with Nixon's support.
Yesterday in 1953, the US and Britain carried out a brutal coup that deposed Mohammad Mosaddegh, the popular Prime Minister of Iran, beloved for his progressive and pro-worker reforms, because he sought to restore national control over the country's oil reserves.
If we made low-paid, labour-intensive and critically important jobs that absolutely need to be done *good* jobs (living wages, benefits, pensions, some control over schedules) you'd create more opportunity, less need for PSE to prove you're good enough for a good job, and get the needed jobs done.
Two sets of numbers are yelling, but not about the same story. Unemployment numbers are up because of trade disputes and generally slowing economic conditions due to uncertainty. Newcomer numbers are up because Canadians don't want to work at generally lower-paid, more labour-intensive jobs.
In June 2025 there were 1.5M ppl with work permits and .5M with study permits. That's more people with work permits than a year ago (1.4M) but fewer people with study permits (546.5K this June compared to 695.6K last June) An almost perfect offset, so same # of temporary residents.
On this day in 2011, Jack Layton died. Born in 1950, he served on Toronto City Council before becoming leader of the NDP. He led the party to its greatest success of 103 seats in the 2011 election. Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇 canadaehx.com/2022/01/14/j...
On this day in 1991, Colleen Dewhurst died. Born in Montreal in 1924, she had a long and successful career, including in Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea and Murphy Brown. In her career, she won two Geminis, a Genie, four Emmys and two Tony Awards.
Thanks, I hate it. "data centers also generate heat, so they rely on fresh water to stay cool. Larger centers can consume up to 5 million gallons (18.9 million liters) a day. That’s roughly the same as the daily water demand for a town of up to 50,000 people."
California resident tests positive for plague after camping near Lake Tahoe - National | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1134376...
Abandon hope all ye who enter there. Just write the U.S. off completely. It's hostile territory. Never, ever, setting foot in that godforsaken place.
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“The I.P.C. said several factors had tipped Gaza’s hunger crisis into famine: the intensifying conflict, strict Israeli restrictions on aid and frequent displacement of people. The cumulative effect ‘has pushed Gaza into an unprecedented catastrophe’” NYT gift link
Again: collective punishment is a war crime. Destroying an entire city can never be proportional. This is a promise to wage more atrocities & put hostages at risk. Israel's minister: Gaza City will be destroyed if Hamas doesn’t agree to disarm & release all hostages www.bbc.com/news/article...
The sirens are worse than the horns. Montreal wants no witnesses.
Mire of that, please. #Bombers
Close but no TD. Had to settle for 3. #Bombers
Let's go Blue. #ForTheW
Me.
G A M E D A Y ! Bombers v Als. Let's do this... #GOBOMBERS #ForTheW💙😎 #CFL🏈🇨🇦 www.bluebombers.com/2025/08/21/g...
OTTAWA – Canada has taken the rare step of not signing onto a multi-country statement that demands Israel stop banning foreign journalists from entering Gaza and that local journalists be protected in the Palestinian territories.
A preview of last night's photography in Riding Mountain National Park. #Astrophotography #MilkyWay #StarTrails
Target has only itself to blame for this. I’ve been boycotting them for months, now. And I have no reason to go back there in light of their gratuitous & continuing subservience to MAGA, and their betrayal of minority communities.
thought there could not be anything more fuckin cringe than the gold mantlepiece jars but here we are
On this day in 2020, Hockey Hall of Famer Dale Hawerchuk died. The first NHL player to reach 1,000 games before the age of 31, he won the Calder Trophy, was a five-time All-Star and had 1,409 points in 1,188 games. He also won two Canada Cups.
Of course they did. "US Guts Mentions of Indigenous Rights, Climate Change From Human Rights Reports." insideclimatenews.org/news/1408202...
David Graeber often wrote about Debt, Slavery, Neo-Liberalism, and modern work......but he also wrote about Bullying, which is connected to all the above subjects.
It is insane that it took more than 200 journalists to be slaughtered and almost two years of Israel deliberately targeting them, for the CAJ to finally make a statement that prétends they've been opposed all along. Uncredible hack organization that serves the employers.
Woot! Saved by Sergio. Bombers #ForTheW
$@!%€& Bombers.
10 of the most reliable motorcycles ever built... #motorcycles #bikes www.slashgear.com/1531640/most...
Wheatfall is taking a beating.
If you needed another reason to not get or cancel your paramount plus subscription, here ya go :
Tom Cruise has declined a major Kennedy Center Award from Donald Trump.
Canadians and Americans are working together to stop the construction of two new mega-dairies in North Dakota. At the core of the fight? Clean water. @jesslsr.bsky.social shares how advocates and residents are fighting against factory farms.
Just watched Casablanca again. As an ex*-40 a day smoker, I can only applaud the fact that 124 cigarettes were seen being smoked during the film - 1.2 per minute. *21 years and counting
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I threw the sandwich, but I did not throw the condiments I threw the sandwich, but I didn't throw the condiments All around Washington D.C. They're trying to track me down They say they want to bring me in guilty For the spilling of some mayonnaise For wasting all the dijon, but I say
I used to intern for Robert F. Kennedy Sr. a long time ago (longer than I’d care to admit). Here’s one of my favorite memories from that time.
A drum I can't help but keep beating is the fact many Latinos are indigenous to the Americas and this country. White people generally are not.
OTD in Jets History Aug 13, 1981 and a crowd estimated of 2,000 fans gathered at Portage and Main to watch and celebrate the signing of Dale Hawerchuk. The 18 year old first overall pick by GM John Ferguson signed a 5 year contract.
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Coffee on the patio. It was a two hawk morning at our birdbath today.
In authoritarian crackdowns, it’s important to randomly ensnare some people whom one would think would be safe, so that everyone is at least a little bit afraid that something could happen to them. The regime scales up its power of intimidation over a much larger group than those directly affected.
A staffing agency hired by Manitoba's former Progressive Conservative government on a promise to recruit 150 doctors to the province in fact only managed to bring two.
I tell this story a lot but when I was a director of a social housing assoc, we visited a 'wethouse' that housed older people whose bodies could not survive detox. One woman said she thought her dad would die on the streets but instead she could have lunch with him and bring his grandkids.
A curious thing to visit in SK: the Sukanen Ship. Built by Finnish homesteader Tom Sukanen he planned to escape the 1930s dust bowl by sailing the Saskatchewan River to HudsonBay, back home to Finland. After 7 yrs of building he’d lost the strength to get it to water.Hope dies hard on the prairies!
