#winnipeg

[weenukfok]

#n8vgirls #native #native girls #n8tive #Winnipeg

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Two men who were acquitted of a 1973 murder in Winnipeg are now suing three levels of government for their wrongful convictions.

Allan Woodhouse and Brian Anderson, now in their 60s, received life sentences for the killing of restaurant worker, Ting Fong Chan, who was attacked as he walked from work in downtown Winnipeg more than 50 years ago.

Both men, who are members of Pinaymootang First Nation, filed a statement with the Court of King’s Bench on Tuesday against the City of Winnipeg, the Government of Manitoba, and the attorney generals for Manitoba and Canada.

According to court documents, they are suing for unspecified damages including, loss of liberty for 50 years, loss of reputation, privacy, pain, and developmental experiences, enjoyment of life, and pain and suffering.

In both suits, “the admitted existence of racism at all stages…is a highly aggravating factor.” [...]

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Notes from the poster @el-shab-hussein: the headline is absurdly misleading and disgustingly so, framing the Indigenous men as though they are responsible for the murders in some way, rather than victims of racism and wrongful conviction. "Indigenous men acquitted of murder in Winnipeg"... CTV perpetuating the same issue they're reporting on.

#cdnpoli #racism #Indigenous persecution #colonialism #Winnipeg #Manitoba #Pinaymoontag nation #Indigenous politics

[winnipegwinterpeg]

Protesters blocking the Brady Road landfill in south Winnipeg say their resolve is even stronger after a man shovelled a truckload of soil and debris onto an MMIWG mural near the blockade Sunday.

The blockade went up last week after the province refused to fund a search of Prairie Green landfill north of Winnipeg for the remains of two Indigenous women. The city ordered those blocking the roadway to vacate by noon Monday.

"Screw it. Who cares what they have to say? Who cares what they want? I'm not going to take no for an answer anymore," said Cambria Harris, whose mother's remains are believed to be at another landfill outside the city.

She said Camp Morgan — which has been at the Brady Road landfill since December— originally erected the blockade to "send a message," not to entirely block the landfill, which has two entrances.

But after the man's act on Sunday, she and others issued a call on social media for more "warriors" to join those on site, who said they're ready to keep rallying for change.

Harris said she wasn't at the blockade Sunday when the man in a black pickup truck dumped soil on the mural, but she saw the video of it happen, which she posted on social media.

In the video, the man is seen shovelling soil and debris from the back of his truck onto the mural, while telling protesters to "Take care of your own people." After someone responds [“we are, you fucking dumbass”], he asks, "Then why are they dead?"

Harris questions how he got past the security on site.

"Why are you so angry to feel like you have to take that extreme of a measure of a hate crime?" she asked.

"You don't realize that you're talking to an entire group of people who have been pulverized their entire life through systemic oppression."

"I'm outraged. I'm enraged. I'm infuriated," said supporter Melissa Morrisseau, who said she was at the landfill Sunday to help give a voice to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and their families.

"I'm here till the very end," she said.

Florance Smith was also there to take a stand with the families.

"They need to dig for our women," Smith said. "They just think that we belong in the garbage."

Harris said she believes the province's decision to not support a landfill search shows that the government doesn't care, and she now feels she's been disrespected by all three levels of government. She said it shouldn't have come to measures like the letter sent by the city, telling protesters to shut down the blockade.

"I've never ever understood it, why this kind of trauma is our fault," Harris said.

The mural, a red dress with the words "for our sisters" written on the skirt, was painted on the entrance road to the landfill, Ethan Boyer Way.

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But after they realized the soil the man dumped contained cedar wood chippings, supporters decided to put them to use by sweeping the woodchips in a circle around the mural, she said.

"Cedar's our protection medicine, and we decided that we were going to include it into our art piece and circle her in protection," Bousquet said.

"We turned an ugly into a beautiful here. That's what our people are known for doing."

For Bousquet, it shows how resilient her community is.

"No matter what you throw on us … we're always going to create something beautiful," she said.

#MMIWG #MMIWG2S #NDN #indigenous lives matter #cndpoli #mmiwawareness #Winnipeg #Canada #MMIW #Manitoba

[germanpostwarmodern]

Fort Whyte Interpretive Center (1983) in Winnipeg, Canada, by Carl R. Nelson Jr. & Moody More and Partners

#1980s #timber #architecture #canada #architektur #winnipeg

[upstairsdownstairsandinbetween]

Antoine Samuel Predock, FAIA (June 24, 1936 – March 2, 2024)

Mr Predock was an American architect based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was the principal of Antoine Predock Architect PC, the studio he founded in 1967.

Mr Predock first gained national attention with the La Luz community in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The first national design competition he won was held by the Nelson Fine Arts Center at Arizona State University.

Mr Predock's work includes the Turtle Creek House, built in 1993 for bird enthusiasts along a prehistoric trail in Texas, the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, and a new ballpark for the San Diego Padres, the Petco Park. He also worked on international sites such as the National Palace Museum Southern Branch in Southern Taiwan and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

#art #design #stairwell #architecture #stairway #staircase #stairs #interiors #staircases #new mexico #canada #antoine predock #rip #rip antoine predock #winnipeg #manitoba #hunman rights #la luz #FAIA

[weirdbird74]

AAAAEUEUEUAEIUAIUIIIIIIEIEIEAAUAUUUAUUAUAUUEIEIIIAGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#phantompalooza #potp 50th #phantom of the paradise #potp #phantom of the opera #poto #birb erik #winnipeg #manitoba #paul williams #brian de palma #horror movies

[intothestacks]

Adventures in Librarian-ing

I was reading from the picture book Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick to classes for Remembrance Day back at the beginning of November.

As we got to the end, one student would always ask if Winnie was still alive, to which I would gently remind them that Winnie lived a hundred years ago, so she had died quite a while back.

When they'd look sad I'd add "But she died old, fat, and very happy and pampered, so she lived a good life."

And all the kids would start laughing.

#school librarian #school libraries #librarylife #libraryland #the real life of me #canada #libraries #elementary school #remembrance day #winnie the pooh #winnipeg #world war i #world war 1

[shiftythrifting]

Found and immediately purchased from Value Village in Winnipeg, MB

#thrifting #shiftythrifting #submission #Winnipeg #Manitoba #frogs

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Hey everyone, I'm looking for connections and leads on housing in Winnipeg MB, for a close friend in crisis. Boosts to circulate this are appreciated deeply, and please contact me if you have any leads or want to donate.

My friend's building was flooded and they may lose their apartment. They have limited mobility, severe environmental allergies, asthma and chronic pain among other things. They're disabled to a degree that surviving on the street is not possible, and have a few non-negotiable requirements for housing. They also have an elderly cat they love very much.

Housing requirements: no stairs, no roommates, pet friendly, laundry in unit, a first floor level entrance, and power doors. If anyone knows anything, please let me know.

#signal boost #winnipeg #manitoba #aid #actuallydisabled

[mysticauroras]

Winnipeg Greenback Walleye

day 2 of drawing fish until im good at it

instagram

#fish #fishing #fishblr #walleye #winnipeg greenback walleye #winnipeg #canada #my art #digital art #clip studio paint #art study #fish art

[alinahdee]

"This is a very unfair situation. I do not agree with how this is being handled. These are people who you are leaving alone in a landfill. These are human beings. How can you even fathom the idea to leave them there? These women are deserving of a proper resting place, not to be left alone in a landfill in the dead of winter.

If you want to respect and honor them, stop making excuses as to why you can't find them. You CAN and you are just REFUSING to. You are the police. You are here to help our community and give right to the citizens. How is this doing your job? If you can't find them then why haven't you asked for help? Why can't you ask for help nationwide rather than just having a small amount of people conduct the searches?

All of your reasons are just meaningless EXCUSES in this important case.

These are FOUR WOMEN, one you have found but now you refuse to find the last three. What is the reasoning for that?

We have the people who are willing to help and do the work for you but YOU ARE NOT ACCEPTING IT. What is the thought process behind this? This is ridiculous and you can't keep withholding this search.

AND IF YOU WON'T LOOK FOR THEM, THEN WE WILL."

-Kiera Harris, daughter of Morgan Harris (murdered by Winnipeg serial killer along with 3 other Indigenous women)

#morgan harris #kiera harris #MMIW #winnipeg #indigenous women #native women #first nations #canada #brady road facility #anti native racism

[allthecanadianpolitics]

The families of two men who were fatally shot by Winnipeg police within weeks of each other want a joint inquest to examine their deaths together, their lawyers say.

Lawyers for the families of Afolabi Opaso, 19, and Bradley Singer, 59, held a press conference in Winnipeg on Friday to call for a joint inquest and for the province to introduce support services for families who've lost loved ones to police violence.

Martin Glazer, the lawyer representing Singer's brother, Gerry, says Manitoba's Fatality Inquiries Act requires an inquest if it's believed a person died as a result of use of force by police.

But he says the act also allows the chief medical examiner to request a single inquest into two or more deaths if their circumstances are similar enough that separate inquiries are not needed.

"The two shooting deaths by the Winnipeg police, in this case, bear similarities," said Glazer. "Not only do they involve the same police force, but in both cases, the men killed were mentally ill." [...]

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#cdnpoli #Winnipeg #Manitoba #police brutality #gun violence #murder #hate crimes #crime and punishment in canada #police state

[winnipegwinterpeg]

Railway Porters Band of Winnipeg. Photo taken on 1 May, 1922 by L.B. Foote, via the Archives of Manitoba

The Railway Porter’s Band was started by George Blair, a porter for the CPR, in August of 1921, to play Black community events, mostly in North End theatres and halls. They were considered the largest coloured band in Western Canada with 40 members as January 1922.

#Winnipeg #Manitoba #history #photo #Black history #Black history month

[germanpostwarmodern]

Fainman Residence (1973) in Winnipeg, Canada, by Gustavo Da Roza

#1970s #house #glass #steel #architecture #canada #architektur #winnipeg #gustavo da roza

[theworldofwars]

Some members of the 78th battalion, (Winnipeg Grenadiers) CEF. 1917

#ww1 #history #the great war #the first world war #world war 1 #historical photos #wwi #1917 #canadian history #world war one #winnipeg #canada remembers

[days-until-potp-50th]

HUH

#phantom of the paradise #potp #potp 50th #phantompalooza #winnipeg #manitoba