Maggie Macintosh

Elementary students are diving into water-safety lessons, both in public pools and on decks in Winnipeg, through a new pilot project.

Many streets that border schools are 50 km/h. Only some of them are designated school zones/reduced-speed areas.

Churchill High’s Class of ‘76 reuniting to search for a ‘Golden Bulldog’ Almost 50 years after graduating from a Fort Rouge high school, alumni have reunited to create a scholarship for future students of their alma mater. Members of Collège Churchill High School’s Class o...

Churchill High alumni are marking a 50-year anniversary by party planning & fundraising for a special award for future grads of their alma mater.

The challenge? Many of their classmates, now seniors in Winnipeg and beyond, are proving unreachable #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

University of Manitoba students’ union holds rally at legislature to get answers on health-care coverage for international members International students are demanding to know when they can be assured an emergency hospital stay won’t bankrupt them.

ICYMI, International students are demanding to know when they can be assured an emergency hospital stay won’t bankrupt them #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Tour delves into Winnipeg's Black history The Exchange District’s sole public school has received national recognition for mapping out a walking tour of often-overlooked landmarks that represent Black Canadians’ struggles and resilience. Kath...

The Exchange District’s sole public school has received national recognition for mapping out a walking tour of often-overlooked landmarks that represent Black Canadians’ struggles and resilience #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Long live royal anthem legislation, Manitoba Tories say With U.S. President Donald Trump threatening Canada’s economy and sovereignty, Manitoba Tories say now is not the time to scrap legislation requiring the singing of the royal anthem in schools. A bill...

As the U.S. president threatens Canada’s economy & sovereignty, Manitoba Tories say now is not the time to scrap legislation requiring the singing of the royal anthem in schools

(via @fpcarolsanders.bsky.social) #wfp #mbed www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Dauphin judge dismisses court action by trustee

BRANDON — A Dauphin judge has dismissed a court action by a Mountain View School Division trustee against several of his colleagues after they voted to pause the return to students singing God Save the King daily #mbed #wfp

(via @thebrandonsun.bsky.social) www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

I’m just getting started.

That said, my first 2 stories have revealed motorists (this man included) WANT to follow the law & protect kids.The problem I’ve exposed – and will continue to – is shoddy signage & the city/police prioritizing ticket revenue>proven traffic-calming measures.

Manitoba school zones lack warning lights, proper signage, critics argue Calvin Kendall left provincial traffic court Thursday with a “$0 fine” and a written warning.

Calvin Kendall left provincial traffic court with a “$0 fine” and a written warning.

“I may be crazy, but I’m not stupid,” he said in a Winnipeg waiting room as he sorted through evidence to fight a $272 school zone speed-cam ticket #mbed #wfp

www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Sooner than planned… but do you have time to chat today? 🗞️

Speaker reminds MLAs to keep it classy in lengthy address to kick off fall session The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba kicked off the fall session Wednesday by issuing a stern warning to MLAs.

The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba kicked off the fall session Wednesday by issuing a stern warning to MLAs.

‘Really grateful’: Manitoba cabinet minister returns to legislature after harrowing battle with sepsis A Manitoba cabinet minister will assume her seat in the legislature months after a near-death experience — or, in her words, “a moment” that made her want to become an outspoken advo...

ICYMI, A cabinet minister is back at work after a near-death experience — or, in her words, “a moment” that made her want to become an advocate for women’s health.

The WFP sat down w/ Advanced #MBED Minister Renée Cable during Sepsis Awareness Month:
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

“There is no other workplace in this province where such behaviour among colleagues would be acceptable, and it should not be acceptable here,” he said.

House speaker Tom Lindsey told the chamber he spent the summer break thinking about the poor state of decorum — in particular, angry and loud personal insults that have been shouted across the floor over the last two years — in the legislature.

Manitoba speaker reminds MLAs to keep it classy in lengthy address The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba kicked off the fall session Wednesday by issuing a stern warning to MLAs. Tom Lindsey, a third-term MLA, warned colleagues of all political stripes....

The Speaker kicked off the fall session by issuing a stern warning to MLAs.

He called on them to set a better example as “decorum” in the public sphere deteriorates and there’s increasingly extreme partisanship and divisiveness in Manitoba #mbed #wfp

www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Mentorship - Fall 2025 - Canadian Association of Journalists Fall 2025 Mentor Bios Below you will find an alphabetic list of mentors for the Fall 2025 round of the mentorship program. Each mentor has their bio, who they are looking to mentor, the languages they...

Are you an early-career journalist interested in beat reporting (ed, politics, etc.), improving your pitching & FOI skills &/or developing sources?

Let's connect!

I'm elated to be a @cajournalists.bsky.social mentor repping the #wfp again: caj.ca/programs/mentorship/mentorship-fall-2025/

Manitoba schools work to fulfil promise afforded by new law supporting Indigenous language ‘Minawaanigoziwin” is the Ojibwe concept that comes to mind for Sherri Denysuik when the Winnipeg teacher is asked about her thoughts on a new law that raises the status of Indigenous languages in sch...

Recent changes to Manitoba’s Public Schools Act are expected to make it easier for future generations to become fluent in Indigenous languages.

Bill 18 places Ojibwe, Cree & others in the company of Canada’s official languages in K-12 schools #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

In today’s #wfp, from me, your friendly local education reporter:

Speakers need to become teachers Schools work to fulfil promise afforded by new law supporting Indigenous language

‘Minawaanigoziwin” is the Ojibwe concept that comes to mind for Sherri Denysuik when the Winnipeg teacher is asked about her thoughts on a new law that raises the status of Indigenous languages in schools.

U of M political scientist predicts scrappy fall legislative session The gloves will be off when members of the legislative assembly return to the chamber today for the fall sitting.

The gloves will be off when members of the legislative assembly return to the chamber today for the fall sitting.

‘Really grateful’: Manitoba cabinet minister returns to legislature after harrowing battle with sepsis A Manitoba cabinet minister will assume her seat in the legislature months after a near-death experience — or, in her words, “a moment” that made her want to become an outspoken advo...

NEW: A Manitoba cabinet minister will assume her seat in the legislature months after a near-death experience — or, in her words, “a moment” that made her want to become an outspoken advocate for women’s health #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Silenced no more: Indigenous languages celebrated at site of former residential school Languages once suppressed at the Assiniboia Residential School have now returned to the site. More than 100 people gathered Tuesday at 621 Academy Rd., on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation...

Languages once suppressed at the Assiniboia Residential School have now returned to the site (via @ScottBilleck) www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Silenced no more: Indigenous languages celebrated at site of former residential school Languages once suppressed at the Assiniboia Residential School have now returned to the site.

Languages once suppressed at the Assiniboia Residential School have now returned to the site.

Reposting for the unplugged-over-the-weekend-but-now-it’s-Monday-morning-so-I’m-catching-up-on-local-news-before-work crowd…

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I will absolutely take you up on this offer. There will be more stories to come — I can promise you that.

I had a not-so-little rant about how I practise journalism on *that other app* 🐦❎ earlier today.

ICYMI…

(I don’t plan to spam like this ever again – especially not on a Saturday – but I’m compelled to type because this is a timely opportunity to address misinformation and fake-news rhetoric.)

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Reposting for the sleep-in Sunday crowd… ☕️🗞️

Consider this a long-winded love letter to a profession I love so very much, even though it rarely loves me back (being a young woman in journalism = lots of vile hate mail!)

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