Marsha McLeod
@marshamcleod.bsky.social
Investigative reporter @winnipegfreepress.com | Tips welcome: [email protected], [email protected]
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I am currently off work and not responding to e-mails. Because of the long wait times for endometriosis surgeries in Canada, I chose to go to the U.S. to get excision surgery for Stage IV endometriosis, where I had a four hour surgery on Monday. It went well and I expect to return to work on Dec. 1.
Big news!
"The fact is that we cannot govern who First Nations fall in love with," said Sen. Paul Prosper.
Story by @karynpugliese.bsky.social ⬇️
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"The fact is that we cannot govern who First Nations fall in love with," said Sen. Paul Prosper.
Story by @karynpugliese.bsky.social ⬇️
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‘We cannot govern who First Nations fall in love with’ says Senator
A Senate committee voted ten to one to amend to the government’s Bill S-2, and implement a one-parent rule for 'status Indians'
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November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Big news!
"The fact is that we cannot govern who First Nations fall in love with," said Sen. Paul Prosper.
Story by @karynpugliese.bsky.social ⬇️
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"The fact is that we cannot govern who First Nations fall in love with," said Sen. Paul Prosper.
Story by @karynpugliese.bsky.social ⬇️
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
Reposted by Marsha McLeod
A bill is being reviewed in Senate that will restore Indian status to about 3,000 people.
But witnesses say they want the bill to recognize more people – and the Senate is listening.
Is this the end of second-generation cut off?
That’s on N2N.
But witnesses say they want the bill to recognize more people – and the Senate is listening.
Is this the end of second-generation cut off?
That’s on N2N.
Senator proposes major amendments to end second-generation cutoff | Nation to Nation
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October 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A bill is being reviewed in Senate that will restore Indian status to about 3,000 people.
But witnesses say they want the bill to recognize more people – and the Senate is listening.
Is this the end of second-generation cut off?
That’s on N2N.
But witnesses say they want the bill to recognize more people – and the Senate is listening.
Is this the end of second-generation cut off?
That’s on N2N.
Reposted by Marsha McLeod
After hearing from more than 50 witnesses, the Senate Standing Committee on Indigenous Peoples is preparing to go further than the government ever intended in restoring legal recognition to “non-status Indians.”
That's on Nation to Nation.
That's on Nation to Nation.
Senators will consider legal amendments to "Indian Status"
Sen. Paul Prospers is answering the call to make amendments to a bill that will restore status to tens of thousands of First Nation people
www.aptnnews.ca
October 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
After hearing from more than 50 witnesses, the Senate Standing Committee on Indigenous Peoples is preparing to go further than the government ever intended in restoring legal recognition to “non-status Indians.”
That's on Nation to Nation.
That's on Nation to Nation.
Reposted by Marsha McLeod
First Nations women who’ve spent a lifetime fighting for the right to belong in their own communities have been again travelling to Parliament Hill this fall, repeating their calls for change.
My latest on the second-generation cut off (no paywall!) ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
My latest on the second-generation cut off (no paywall!) ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Decades-long fight to repeal discriminatory second-generation cut-off rekindled on Parliament Hill
First Nations women who’ve spent a lifetime fighting for the right to belong in their own communities have been again travelling to Parliament Hill this fall, repeating their calls for change and thei...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
First Nations women who’ve spent a lifetime fighting for the right to belong in their own communities have been again travelling to Parliament Hill this fall, repeating their calls for change.
My latest on the second-generation cut off (no paywall!) ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
My latest on the second-generation cut off (no paywall!) ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
I am currently off work and not responding to e-mails. Because of the long wait times for endometriosis surgeries in Canada, I chose to go to the U.S. to get excision surgery for Stage IV endometriosis, where I had a four hour surgery on Monday. It went well and I expect to return to work on Dec. 1.
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I am currently off work and not responding to e-mails. Because of the long wait times for endometriosis surgeries in Canada, I chose to go to the U.S. to get excision surgery for Stage IV endometriosis, where I had a four hour surgery on Monday. It went well and I expect to return to work on Dec. 1.
First Nations women who’ve spent a lifetime fighting for the right to belong in their own communities have been again travelling to Parliament Hill this fall, repeating their calls for change.
My latest on the second-generation cut off (no paywall!) ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
My latest on the second-generation cut off (no paywall!) ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Decades-long fight to repeal discriminatory second-generation cut-off rekindled on Parliament Hill
First Nations women who’ve spent a lifetime fighting for the right to belong in their own communities have been again travelling to Parliament Hill this fall, repeating their calls for change and thei...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
First Nations women who’ve spent a lifetime fighting for the right to belong in their own communities have been again travelling to Parliament Hill this fall, repeating their calls for change.
My latest on the second-generation cut off (no paywall!) ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
My latest on the second-generation cut off (no paywall!) ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
I continue to cover the second-generation cut off and am closely following the Senate committee meetings over the last few weeks on Bill S-2. I'll be writing something next week on the meetings and am always interested to hear from people affected by the cut off. Feel free to drop me a line.
Indian Act's ‘second-generation cut-off’ poses an existential threat to treaty people in Canada
Thanks to the Indian Act’s ‘second-generation cut-off,’ First Nations people face a baffling and offensive equation when it comes to their status rights.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I continue to cover the second-generation cut off and am closely following the Senate committee meetings over the last few weeks on Bill S-2. I'll be writing something next week on the meetings and am always interested to hear from people affected by the cut off. Feel free to drop me a line.
Reposted by Marsha McLeod
Thanks to the Winnipeg Free Press for covering our special event, marking the 50th anniversary of the Department of Indigenous Studies at @umanitoba: www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
University of Manitoba Indigenous studies department reaches milestone
It was a day of celebration and of recognition Wednesday, as the University of Manitoba Indigenous studies department marked a half-century of scholarship, honouring decades of students and scholars i...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Thanks to the Winnipeg Free Press for covering our special event, marking the 50th anniversary of the Department of Indigenous Studies at @umanitoba: www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Reposted by Marsha McLeod
Cute news alert!
Annie MacDonald's neighbourhood coffee stand has raised more than $2,000 for CancerCare over the last two months. It's also become the site of meaningful community connections.
In today's @winnipegfreepress.com ☕
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Annie MacDonald's neighbourhood coffee stand has raised more than $2,000 for CancerCare over the last two months. It's also become the site of meaningful community connections.
In today's @winnipegfreepress.com ☕
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Nine-year-old serves up hot drinks to raise money for CancerCare Manitoba
River Heights’ hottest new coffee pop-up has highly exclusive hours. The stand at the corner of Waterloo Street and Kingsway is only open once a week from 8:20 to 8:45 a.m. before the baristas have to...
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October 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Cute news alert!
Annie MacDonald's neighbourhood coffee stand has raised more than $2,000 for CancerCare over the last two months. It's also become the site of meaningful community connections.
In today's @winnipegfreepress.com ☕
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Annie MacDonald's neighbourhood coffee stand has raised more than $2,000 for CancerCare over the last two months. It's also become the site of meaningful community connections.
In today's @winnipegfreepress.com ☕
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
“Everything that I know about me, and the love I have for myself, the knowledge I have about my people, and the love that I have for my people, came from my own people,” said Elder Carl Stone at an event honouring 50 years of Indigenous Studies at UofM.
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www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
University of Manitoba Indigenous studies department reaches milestone
It was a day of celebration and of recognition Wednesday, as the University of Manitoba Indigenous studies department marked a half-century of scholarship, honouring decades of students and scholars i...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“Everything that I know about me, and the love I have for myself, the knowledge I have about my people, and the love that I have for my people, came from my own people,” said Elder Carl Stone at an event honouring 50 years of Indigenous Studies at UofM.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
The University of Manitoba's Indigenous Studies department celebrates 50 years.
My story from today ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
My story from today ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
U of M Indigenous studies department reaches milestone
It was a day of celebration and of recognition Wednesday, as the University of Manitoba Indigenous studies department marked a half-century of scholarship, honouring decades of students and scholars i...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The University of Manitoba's Indigenous Studies department celebrates 50 years.
My story from today ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
My story from today ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
"With the increasing number of families with one status and one non-status parent, the second-generation cut-off will become increasingly common, creating harmful and far fetching consequences by limiting future generations of Indigenous peoples from accessing status."
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Remove 2nd-generation cut-off from Indian Act, witnesses tell Senate committee | CBC News
Indigenous leaders and experts say Bill S-2 takes small steps to address discrimination in the Indian Act but fails to solve deeper injustices like the second-generation cut-off.
www.cbc.ca
October 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"With the increasing number of families with one status and one non-status parent, the second-generation cut-off will become increasingly common, creating harmful and far fetching consequences by limiting future generations of Indigenous peoples from accessing status."
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Got my first parking ticket courtesy of the lack of parking meters in Winnipeg today 🫠 I only had my personal phone (a flip phone) on me, so couldn't use the app to pay. I looked around for a meter for a while until I forgot they're gone ☹️
October 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Got my first parking ticket courtesy of the lack of parking meters in Winnipeg today 🫠 I only had my personal phone (a flip phone) on me, so couldn't use the app to pay. I looked around for a meter for a while until I forgot they're gone ☹️
Reposted by Marsha McLeod
Commissions from Manitoba's contract with Synergy – a portion of profits from jail phone calls, paid for by inmates' relatives, that go back to the province – can fund Indigenous cultural programming in jails, a dynamic one expert called "unconscionable."
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Texas-based firm commands 80 per cent market share of telecom services for Manitoba inmates after securing non-competitive, highly lucrative contracts
Six years ago, at a spring meeting of Manitoba’s jail superintendents, plans were getting underway to start providing electronic tablets to inmates in a few correctional institutions — with the compan...
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October 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Commissions from Manitoba's contract with Synergy – a portion of profits from jail phone calls, paid for by inmates' relatives, that go back to the province – can fund Indigenous cultural programming in jails, a dynamic one expert called "unconscionable."
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
"We’re operationalizing our old corridors—taking ancient trade routes our elders told us about and articulating them in a modern context."
Indigenous nations plan tariff-free trade corridor across US-Canada border.
From our friends at @nationalobserver.com:
Indigenous nations plan tariff-free trade corridor across US-Canada border.
From our friends at @nationalobserver.com:
Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border
“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."
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October 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Reposted by Marsha McLeod
New deep dive from @malakabas.bsky.social and me on Synergy Inmate Phone Solutions, a San Antonio-based company that's come to dominate the Canadian prison telecom market – now contracting with 12 out of 13 provincial and territorial corrections systems.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Texas-based firm commands 80 per cent market share of telecom services for Manitoba inmates after securing non-competitive, highly lucrative contracts
Six years ago, at a spring meeting of Manitoba’s jail superintendents, plans were getting underway to start providing electronic tablets to inmates in a few correctional institutions — with the compan...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New deep dive from @malakabas.bsky.social and me on Synergy Inmate Phone Solutions, a San Antonio-based company that's come to dominate the Canadian prison telecom market – now contracting with 12 out of 13 provincial and territorial corrections systems.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Commissions from Manitoba's contract with Synergy – a portion of profits from jail phone calls, paid for by inmates' relatives, that go back to the province – can fund Indigenous cultural programming in jails, a dynamic one expert called "unconscionable."
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Texas-based firm commands 80 per cent market share of telecom services for Manitoba inmates after securing non-competitive, highly lucrative contracts
Six years ago, at a spring meeting of Manitoba’s jail superintendents, plans were getting underway to start providing electronic tablets to inmates in a few correctional institutions — with the compan...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Commissions from Manitoba's contract with Synergy – a portion of profits from jail phone calls, paid for by inmates' relatives, that go back to the province – can fund Indigenous cultural programming in jails, a dynamic one expert called "unconscionable."
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Sad news to see. I always loved hearing Manchán on @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social. I also love this beautiful piece in Hakai Magazine about his work – cataloguing words for the sea in Gaeilge.
hakaimagazine.com/article-shor...
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Manchán Magan tributes: ‘He arrived in this life like a comet, ablaze with purpose’
Kneecap, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Kathy Scott and Seán Ronayne among the artists, musicians, writers and film-makers paying tribute to the late journalist, author and TV presenter
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October 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Sad news to see. I always loved hearing Manchán on @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social. I also love this beautiful piece in Hakai Magazine about his work – cataloguing words for the sea in Gaeilge.
hakaimagazine.com/article-shor...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
hakaimagazine.com/article-shor...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Reposted by Marsha McLeod
If you read one thing today, make it this!
New deep dive from @malakabas.bsky.social and me on Synergy Inmate Phone Solutions, a San Antonio-based company that's come to dominate the Canadian prison telecom market – now contracting with 12 out of 13 provincial and territorial corrections systems.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Texas-based firm commands 80 per cent market share of telecom services for Manitoba inmates after securing non-competitive, highly lucrative contracts
Six years ago, at a spring meeting of Manitoba’s jail superintendents, plans were getting underway to start providing electronic tablets to inmates in a few correctional institutions — with the compan...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If you read one thing today, make it this!
New deep dive from @malakabas.bsky.social and me on Synergy Inmate Phone Solutions, a San Antonio-based company that's come to dominate the Canadian prison telecom market – now contracting with 12 out of 13 provincial and territorial corrections systems.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Texas-based firm commands 80 per cent market share of telecom services for Manitoba inmates after securing non-competitive, highly lucrative contracts
Six years ago, at a spring meeting of Manitoba’s jail superintendents, plans were getting underway to start providing electronic tablets to inmates in a few correctional institutions — with the compan...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New deep dive from @malakabas.bsky.social and me on Synergy Inmate Phone Solutions, a San Antonio-based company that's come to dominate the Canadian prison telecom market – now contracting with 12 out of 13 provincial and territorial corrections systems.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
It's been estimated that the two massive North Dakota dairy farms will, in a given year, produce a volume of waste equivalent to the sewage of a city of 1.5 million people – or the entire population of Manitoba.
More on that from my Saturday story ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
More on that from my Saturday story ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Worry for Lake Winnipeg grows after ND dairy farm approved
North Dakota’s approval of a permit for a massive dairy farming operation near the Red River is ringing alarm bells for environmental groups in Manitoba who say it poses a threat to an already-beleagu...
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September 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It's been estimated that the two massive North Dakota dairy farms will, in a given year, produce a volume of waste equivalent to the sewage of a city of 1.5 million people – or the entire population of Manitoba.
More on that from my Saturday story ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
More on that from my Saturday story ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
“You can’t say that’s not going to create pollution — well you can say it, but to be able to actually prove that’s true is completely off, as far as many of us are concerned.”
Worries for Lake Winnipeg grow, as permit approved for N.D. mega-dairy ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Worries for Lake Winnipeg grow, as permit approved for N.D. mega-dairy ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Worry for Lake Winnipeg grows after ND dairy farm approved
North Dakota’s approval of a permit for a massive dairy farming operation near the Red River is ringing alarm bells for environmental groups in Manitoba who say it poses a threat to an already-beleagu...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“You can’t say that’s not going to create pollution — well you can say it, but to be able to actually prove that’s true is completely off, as far as many of us are concerned.”
Worries for Lake Winnipeg grow, as permit approved for N.D. mega-dairy ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Worries for Lake Winnipeg grow, as permit approved for N.D. mega-dairy ⬇️
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Why didn't anyone tell me sooner that Willie Nelson's latest album is so legendary? He hits every single feeling in these tracks, my God. His earlier song Something You Get Through has been one of my favourite grief tracks this last year. No silver lining, just something you get through, day by day.
September 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Why didn't anyone tell me sooner that Willie Nelson's latest album is so legendary? He hits every single feeling in these tracks, my God. His earlier song Something You Get Through has been one of my favourite grief tracks this last year. No silver lining, just something you get through, day by day.
Reposted by Marsha McLeod
Karolina spent years idolizing raw vegan influencers on Instagram. She went to Bali to meet them — and never came home.
My deep dive on fruitarianism — a group of wellness influencers who exclusively eat raw fruit — is up on @nymag.com @thecut.com today. www.thecut.com/article/karo...
My deep dive on fruitarianism — a group of wellness influencers who exclusively eat raw fruit — is up on @nymag.com @thecut.com today. www.thecut.com/article/karo...
The Woman Who Ate Only Fruit
Karolina Krzyzak went to Bali to meet the raw-vegan influencers she’d followed for years. She never made it back home.
www.thecut.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Karolina spent years idolizing raw vegan influencers on Instagram. She went to Bali to meet them — and never came home.
My deep dive on fruitarianism — a group of wellness influencers who exclusively eat raw fruit — is up on @nymag.com @thecut.com today. www.thecut.com/article/karo...
My deep dive on fruitarianism — a group of wellness influencers who exclusively eat raw fruit — is up on @nymag.com @thecut.com today. www.thecut.com/article/karo...
Reposted by Marsha McLeod
Fun story this morning. I spoke with Curtis Evans, the retired Marine in the viral photo below who took part in the anti-ICE protest at Broadview. He's a thoughtful guy, well read and with a dry sense of humor. Story @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...
September 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Fun story this morning. I spoke with Curtis Evans, the retired Marine in the viral photo below who took part in the anti-ICE protest at Broadview. He's a thoughtful guy, well read and with a dry sense of humor. Story @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...