Kara 'Bout It

Good news! With all the time you’re going to save this week from not having to call your councillor about the charter-free zone, you can call them about this instead!

Reminder that yesterday Councillor Ross Eadie said that there was NO power within Canada to effect foreign conflicts, thus making protests in support of Palestine pointless. We deserve leaders who aren't apathetic and have an actual vision for the future.

The numbers don’t lie: The housing crisis is not caused by a supply shortage - CCPA Financialization, not demographics, caused the cost of housing to explode

"The housing crisis is not a crisis of supply; it is a crisis of distribution."

Housing inflation has boosted the wealth of private landlords, while rising prices have put ownership out of reach for many, put new buyers deeply in debt, all while driving up homelessness. tinyurl.com/42sc7vvb

Working on it!!

Over 40 organizations came together to protest this bylaw, including over 100 delegates signed up to opposite and 2000 written submissions. Amazing work Winnipeg 💖 Lets carry that energy into the 2026 Municipal Election

I went to a rally this morning at city hall to protect our right to protest. City hall is 900 metres from my home. I had to take a taxi there because our sidewalks are impassable in winter in our so called “human rights city.” I tried to roll home but got stuck several times and had to ask for help.

Friend is at City Hall right now, where security told them to remove their jacket because a patch that says "we carry another world in our hearts" is "propaganda."

Tami Gadir - resident of Osborne Village and professor. Told she couldn’t wear Jews for Palestinian Liberation shirt and was asked to remove it. Asks whether it would have been considered inflammatory if she wore a Jews for Ukrainian Liberation shirt.

Large rally outside city hall

At city hall this morning. They won’t let me take pictures inside today. So this is the rally before I walked in.

I think I might understand why my emails keep getting blocked as spam - you mean its not normal to send emails to 100s of people at a time??

Graphic with text reading: What is it? The Safe Access to Vulnerable Infrastructure By-law would set 100 meter buffer zones on how close "nuisance" demonstrations can be to certain types of buildings including places of worship, public and independent schools, post-secondary institutions, healthcare facilities, cementaries, childcare centres, and other designated facilities. Fines range from $500-$5000 per individual. Bottom of graphic shows a map to illustration the amount of space blocked by the proposed bylaw. 78.3 square km of the City of Winnipeg would be restricted.

Graphic with text that reads: "Why is this important?" - Nuisance Protest is non-specific, meaning any and all public protests, marches, round dances & other gatherinsg could be subject. - There are already anti-hate laws and a 50 meter buffer zone set by the Province for Reproductive Healthcare Facilities - Areas restricted by this by-law are public spaces and points of proximity to decision makers. City Hall, University Campuses, Wab Kinew's Office, etc. - Fines of up to $5000 could be issued to every person who shows up to Round Dances, rallies, group bike rides, marches, etc. - The language of the by-law extends to any protests in these exclusion zones that use amplified sound or block traffic. - Police will have new tools they will use to silence and punish protesters - This will almost certainly be racist in implementation.

A graphic with text that reads: "How to Help" - Show up for a rally at City Hall on Tuesday, Feb 17 @ 8:45 AM before EPC puts the by-law to a voite - Register as a delegate to speak to EPC on Tuesday, or submit written delegations by TOMORROW, Friday 13 @ Noon - Check out @wpgsouthcentre4justice on instagram who have shared instructions and a template for written delegations - Speak to your union, community, and religious leaders about your concerns and urge them to submit comments or register to delegate

DEMONSTRATIONS ARE DEMOCRATIC - Rally against "ANTI-PROTEST" Bylaw proposed by Councillor Evan Duncan to the City of Winnipeg's Executive Policy Committee on TUESDAY, FEB 17 @ CITY HALL @ 8:45 AM

Graphic with text reading: What is it? The Safe Access to Vulnerable Infrastructure By-law would set 100 meter buffer zones on how close "nuisance" demonstrations can be to certain types of buildings including places of worship, public and independent schools, post-secondary institutions, healthcare facilities, cementaries, childcare centres, and other designated facilities. Fines range from $500-$5000 per individual. Bottom of graphic shows a map to illustration the amount of space blocked by the proposed bylaw. 78.3 square km of the City of Winnipeg would be restricted.

Graphic with text that reads: "Why is this important?" - Nuisance Protest is non-specific, meaning any and all public protests, marches, round dances & other gatherinsg could be subject. - There are already anti-hate laws and a 50 meter buffer zone set by the Province for Reproductive Healthcare Facilities - Areas restricted by this by-law are public spaces and points of proximity to decision makers. City Hall, University Campuses, Wab Kinew's Office, etc. - Fines of up to $5000 could be issued to every person who shows up to Round Dances, rallies, group bike rides, marches, etc. - The language of the by-law extends to any protests in these exclusion zones that use amplified sound or block traffic. - Police will have new tools they will use to silence and punish protesters - This will almost certainly be racist in implementation.

A graphic with text that reads: "How to Help" - Show up for a rally at City Hall on Tuesday, Feb 17 @ 8:45 AM before EPC puts the by-law to a voite - Register as a delegate to speak to EPC on Tuesday, or submit written delegations by TOMORROW, Friday 13 @ Noon - Check out @wpgsouthcentre4justice on instagram who have shared instructions and a template for written delegations - Speak to your union, community, and religious leaders about your concerns and urge them to submit comments or register to delegate

DEMONSTRATIONS ARE DEMOCRATIC - Rally against "ANTI-PROTEST" Bylaw proposed by Councillor Evan Duncan to the City of Winnipeg's Executive Policy Committee on TUESDAY, FEB 17 @ CITY HALL @ 8:45 AM

I just want to go an a walk without someone in a car trying beat me through an intersection 😭

Raising the curtain on a plan to revive North End’s old Palace Theatre

COOL THINGS COMING SOON

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Going to start carrying a brick with me while I walk, for reasons.

#1 was a huge fucking flat bed truck leaving a parking lot, luckily I was paying attention to him because he literally would have killed me
#2 was a SUV crossing Inkster Blvd with no light, who decided that their ability to make the manuver was more important than human life

Went on two walks today FOR MY HEALTH and almost got run over on BOTH. And BOTH times I waved my arms at the drivers but they were in their own worlds looking the opposite direction.
And yes I was on the sidewalk with the right of way both times.

Marcus Chambers appears to be suit shopping while a council meeting is in progress.

"I liked the quiet smol bean genocide, not the loud Trump kind"

Appears David Thomson, the richest person in Canada and Winnipeg Jets/True North co-owner, is still fuelling ICE and the anti-immigration nightmare in the U.S.

ps - telling someone that their reality isn't actually their reality and then insulting them when they disagree with you is more gaslighting than anything else in this thread.

"don't let the words of others affect you... except mine, as I insult you now"

d'aaaw

blue jay

Trash collectors smashed our bin and now they won't pick up our garbage. Whatever, it happens. But its been almost a month and we haven't received our replacement yet.

I'm just glad its winter while we hoard garbage on the porch.

They're somewhere in the sky, fighting over food scraps at a camp site ❤️

Goddamn I still miss my dog so much.

because thats what the community wants, and what the province wants. Ross is singlehandedly fighting for a bridge we can't afford, while telling the community that the opportunity for something new and innovative (AND BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT) is just a "pipe dream"

should note: no money has been put toward building a new bridge, just tearing the current one down. If our city has shown us anything with the P&M reopening, its that the bridge will come down... we will wait 5 more years, and then the city will begrudingly look into rail relocation

lets be real, dude only wants a new bridge so someone will name it after him some day