Mary's Elm

Again, I would like Obby Khan to explain where he would rather have 16-year-olds overdose

So sorry, dear. That sucks.

"Now boxed away in storage in some Edmonton and Calgary-area schools are graphic novel versions of Margaret Atwood’s A Handmaid’s Tale and George Orwell’s 1984 — both dystopian stories about government control."

Populus! She wants to be popular! Just look at her: shooting up like she’s late for a photoshoot, tossing out fluffy cotton like confetti, serving light‑and‑soft wood energy. She’s the woodland girlie who knows she’s booked and busy.

Tree Swallow on twig

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #SideProfiles - a #TreeSwallow.🪶

As a majestic elm, allow me to clarify why palms aren’t in our botanical clique. No wood, no secondary growth: just tall, fibrous grasses cosplaying as trees. Gorgeous, sure, but all show and no substance. Basically the gym bro of the plant kingdom.

Poster - black text on white background A conversation with Niigaan Sinclair & Sean Carleton. Featuring a screening of APTN Investigates: Dismantling Denialism March 10th 7-9 PM Charleswood Mennonite Church 699 Haney St

This Tuesday

‘Free advertising for Winnipeg:’ stars put spotlight on city Mad Men star Jon Hamm is again professing his love for Winnipeg — the latest unsolicited celebrity endorsement that travel officials call more effective than any marketing campaign for the city.

Mad Men star Jon Hamm is again professing his love for Winnipeg — the latest unsolicited celebrity endorsement that travel officials call more effective than any marketing campaign for the city.

MY HOPE: that @emmaewood.bsky.social winning while running a positive campaign that had an actual platform gives hope to anyone, but particularly any WOMAN thinking of running next year in #winnipeg

Budget cuts at Environment and Climate Change Canada threaten Arctic science For decades, ECCC research scientists have been integral to the work of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme.

Another blow to climate science: budget cuts at Environment and Climate Change Canada threaten long-running Arctic monitoring programs, some with >50-year datasets.

The Arctic is warming ~4× faster than the global average. Cutting the science that tracks is…

theconversation.com/budget-cuts-...

I OK. I challenge you to produce a clearer list of all councillors, grouped into a few broad categories that map out their general policy tendencies. Yes, there will be exceptions and inconsistencies but focus on the overall pattern. Do it all in only two tweets.

You talk as if municipal politics is about “real results” versus “ideology.” That’s a false divide.

We all want results. Just not the same ones. Politics is always about competing values, and ideology is always in the room, whether acknowledged or hidden.

Let's cost those downtown projects and compare them to suburban spendings, starting with the 757 million $ Kenaston widening.

Germany’s Greens set to win key state vote in blow to Merz’s coalition The far-right Alternative for Germany party made the biggest gains in vote share in Baden-Württemberg, tapping into anxieties about the state’s struggling auto industry.

Germany’s center-left Greens scraped a narrow victory in a key vote in Baden-Württemberg today, according to preliminary results, marking a stinging defeat for the parties that rule in Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative-led coalition government.

I'm willing to create a sui generi category just for him.

Given the ongoing tension between downtown and suburban priorities, I use urban renewal to mean investments and projects that specifically advance the revitalization of the downtown core.

To me, Brian Mayes's voting pattern is ideologically inconsistent. I would put him as "centrist" or as a swing voter.

You think? I tried to consider long term voting patterns, not just recent positioning.

To me, Santos is an odd case. It feels like she was supposed to be the token progressive voice on the EPC, but she's clearly on the mayor's side.

Vote accordingly!

CENTRE-LEFT WING : downtown, urban renewal, densification, public transit, bike lanes, in fill, housing, social services, the environment

- Matt Allard
- Shawn Dobson
- Emma Durand-Wood
- Cindy Gillroy
- John Orlikow
- Sherri Rollins
- Vivian Santos (EPC)

A little map of your Winnipeg city councillor's positions.

RIGHT WING : suburbia, road expansion, fiscal restraint, policing

A) The Mayor's coalition (EPC)
- Scott Gillingham
- Jeff Browaty
- Markus Chambers
- Evan Duncan
- Ross Eadie
- Janice Lukes

B) Backbench
- Devi Sharma
- Russ Wyatt

So councillors Jeff Browaty and Russ Wyatt.

Episode 3 - Who Holds Power in Winnipeg Politics and No Bike Lane for You! YouTube video by Patty Wiens - Winnipeg’s First Bicycle Mayor

What’s the strong mayor model and what happened at the public works meeting this past week? We have clips a LOT of opinions! Episode 3 - Who Holds Power in Winnipeg Politics and No Bike Lane for You!
youtu.be/HC8FYKY1dLM @akohan.bsky.social @ianmccausland.bsky.social

Please name names. It's election year. We need to know who to vote out.

Proposal to reduce Winnipeg’s default 50 km/h speed limit advances A proposal in which Winnipeg drivers would be forced to slow down on residential streets is rolling forward. On Wednesday, council’s public works committee voted to ask the provincial government to ch...

Proposal to reduce Winnipeg’s default 50 km/h speed limit advances. We need to keep our eye on the prize. 30 kph is the true "safe speed." It is true that “it takes… seconds more to go 40 versus 50." Is also only takes seconds to go 30 as well. @safespeedswpg.bsky.social t.ly/-1Etq

Manitoba premier presses brakes on city request for new default speed limit in Winnipeg | CBC News Winnipeg's public works committee voted Wednesday to ask the province to change the Highway Traffic Act to allow it to lower the residential speed limit from 50 to 40 km/h in residential areas.

Saving lives doesn't seem to be a priority for MB NDP.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

With International Women’s Day on March 8, we’re highlighting books by women whose work encourages us to think critically about settler colonialism, women’s labour, and the ongoing work of building community and resistance. #IWD2026 #InternationalWomensDay #WomensDayBooks #FeministReads

Why is Canada’s head of state visiting a country whose leader openly talks about annexing us? Once again, the monarchy is failing us.