America has absolutely lost itself. I can’t imagine how many generations it will take for the global community to take it seriously again.
Oly Backstrom
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Winnipegger. Believer in people of all abilities. He/Him
This might have made the rounds already, but it's funny and well done. hellebucks.com
Hellebucks: how much salary Connor Hellebuyck is forfeiting, live
$38,660 a day. 45 cents a second. A live tally of the salary Connor Hellebuyck is giving up while the Jets play without him.
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#31DaysofDEAM Day 5! Join us for the MSEN Supported Employment Diversity Awards (Winnipeg Edition)! Details here: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
MSEN Supported Employment Diversity Awards (Winnipeg Edition)
The MSEN Supported Employment Diversity Awards – Winnipeg Edition recognizes inclusive employers during Disability Employment Awareness Month (DEAM). Join us…
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Synchronized sunset sandpipers, sifting the soggy sod of a harvested field outside Winnipeg. Any day now, they’ll synchronize and soar south. #birds
Congratulations Anne Carson, Nobel Prize recipient, and first Canadian since Alice Munro to receive the literature award! For those of us unfamiliar with her writing 🙋🏻♂️, let’s take a moment this thanksgiving weekend to check it out. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/b...
Canadian Poet Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (Gift Article)
The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.
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Great to see @danmanganmusic.com at the WECC last night (with the fab Secret Beach opening). Lovely intimate moment at the end.
As a kid, I remember falling asleep watching TV, being woken up by the end-of-broadcast-day national anthem. I think I processed it as so final and apocalyptic. This is really the end.
Sleepy Hollow Reviews 🎃🐎@sleepingvillage.bsky.social · 5d agoIn honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?
Jets are still getting prime time Connor, and that is a huge deal.
Garret Hohl@garrethohl.bsky.social · 5d agoI said in my pre season post that a huge factor was if Connor can build on a career best last year. So far he’s doing not bad eh
Separatists are spitballing conversations, offering U.S. opportunities to extract resources (even slices of land) in exchange for helping extract Alberta out of Canada. Albertans should be outraged. G&M gift article www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/57b5a15...
The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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I feel like the Wordle peeps have been toying with us these last few days. Wordle 1,932 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Join host Hollis to explore experiencing disability in the modern world and the innovations that support living fully from a social model perspective. https://www.21stcenturydisability.com/listen #DEAM2026 #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityEmploymentAwarenessMonth #WorkInCanada
October is Disability Employment Awareness Month! Give us a follow and check out our member's #SuccessStories, and information/resources re: disability employment. #Day1 #SupportedEmployment #InclusiveHiring www.facebook.com/share/p/1DLH...
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For much of Canada, Disability Employment Awareness Month (DEAM) begins today (the province of British Columbia recognizes DEAM in September!) 🎉 Share posts like this one, post your own stories and comment with your thoughts. Let’s expand the conversation as widely as we can! 📣
"With so many elements stacking on top of one another to increase ocean heights, it’s “highly probable” that California will soon witness its highest sea levels ever recorded, Dr. Merrifield said."
The New York Times@nytimes.com · last wk.Sea levels off Southern California are expected to begin rising by half a foot or more in the coming days. It will stay elevated for months, as an enormous pulse of wave energy generated by El Niño, known as a Kelvin wave, travels up the coast.
Besides the absolute bonkers content here, the backdrop gives vibes ripped right out of the movie Patton (1970).
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs. It will report straight to the top -- a direct line to the secretary ... as Psalm 33:12 extolls us, blessed is the nation in which God is the Lord"
It was a spectacular morning to celebrate National Truth and Reconciliation Day at The Forks.
Winnipeg Better (senior journalism students from RRC Polytechnic) posted Winnipeg mayoral candidate Q & A responses (they might still have a few more responses yet to come). winnipegbetter.ca/2026/09/28/e...
ELECTION 2026: Mayoral Candidate Q&As
(Maryrose Villena) Our WinnipegBetter team sent questionnaires based on the Citizen’s Agenda to all of the mayoral candidates starting in early September with the goal to start publishing the…
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It’s great to see Manitoba appoint a Minister dedicated to accessibility. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Manitoba premier adds cabinet ministers devoted to accessibility, first responders | CBC News
Premier Wab Kinew has added two more ministers to the Manitoba cabinet. MLAs Carla Compton (Tuxedo) and David Pankratz (Waverley) were given new cabinet roles during an announcement at the legislature...
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Just watched “Is This Thing On” and really enjoyed it (on Crave). Dark and light at the same time. With Will Arnett, Laura Dern and Bradley Cooper (who also directed). Based on a true story.
Does he hate Canada? He hates our pushing back on the bullying (unfortunately standing alone in that for the most part).
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Trump on Canada: "They have been one of the worst countries in the entire world"