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New: Winnipeg students are on an all-expenses-paid trip to see firsthand the wild poppies that inspired “In Flanders Fields” & the iconic symbol of Canadian Remembrance Day.

A new #mbed fund was established after Kinew’s emotional visit to Normandy #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Manitoba teenagers honour war victims during trip to Europe
A group of Manitoba teens are honouring veterans and victims of the world wars overseas as part of a new provincial program that pays for them to visit historic and commemorative sites in Europe.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This pitch was a special one as I’ve been covering the #righttoread movement — & trying to make sense of all the nuance, sensitivity, etc. — since early 2022.

>3 years later, I continue to be shocked by just how divisive the “reading wars” remain #mbed #wfp
The Manitoba Human Rights Commission published the long-awaited results of a probe into how schools are teaching children to read — or failing to do so — at the end of October.
Learning the hard way
Elementary students share struggles with reading after report reveals education system failing
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November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A boy with dyslexia showed up to the Leg on Oct. 8 to call for improvements to #mbed literacy lessons. His pleas have inspired others to speak out.

@winnipegfreepress.com spoke w/ four kids who, despite teachers’ best efforts, could not become literate via public school #wfp bit.ly/485JVSz
Manitoba elementary students share struggles with reading after report reveals education system failing
The Manitoba Human Rights Commission published the long-awaited results of a probe into how schools are teaching children to read — or failing to do so — at the end of October. The 70-page report repr...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Curious about the @winnipegfreepress.com #mbed literacy platform?

A teacher pitched us to collab (!) (She is media shy, but credit where credit is due.) I am so proud to be involved in this partnership as a reporter-volunteer.

Check out Phase 1 here: www.winnipegfreepress.com/education
Media Literacy & Learning
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
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November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Manitoba’s poor literacy rate has prompted MLAs of all political stripes to unanimously endorse a private member’s bill to increase teacher monitoring and support for struggling readers #mbed #wfp

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Manitoba early reading screening legislation passes final test
Manitoba’s poor literacy rate has prompted MLAs of all political stripes to unanimously endorse a private member’s bill to increase teacher monitoring and support for struggling readers.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Transcona’s school board has given a veteran member his third strike in as many years, but he’s not out of a job #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Trustee suspended for third time in three years
TRANSCONA’S school board has given a veteran member his third strike in as many years, but he’s not out of a job. Rod Giesbrecht, a longtime trustee in the River East Transcona School Division, has be...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
New: Human rights investigators have found that parents of struggling readers across Manitoba are being forced to take on “a full-time job” of advocacy so their children can become literate in local public schools #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Manitoba Human Rights Commission flags troubles in literacy education
Human rights investigators have found that parents of struggling readers across Manitoba are being forced to take on “a full-time job” of advocacy so their children can become literate in local public...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
For the Sleep-In Sunday crowd…

#mbed #wfp
November 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Run don’t walk to get a copy of Saturday’s WFP 🗞️🏃‍♀️💨

@doubleemmartin.bsky.social #mbed #wfp
November 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This is the first time — and likely, the last (!) — I’m playing dress up as a columnist for the Freep.

‘Twas my ~volunteer media coach~ duty, as far as I’m concerned…

#mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/1...
Opinion: Coming of age in the era of ‘fake news’
‘Let’s get media lit(erate)!” The punny slogan was my attempt to get students excited about fact-checking, current events and finding alternative sources to Wikipedia — a crowd-sourced platform anyone...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:58 AM
A must-read, from @doubleemmartin.bsky.social:

Ms. Lily's Grade 5 students came to her with a *double-barreled* q last fall: why didn’t Earl Grey School have a paper, they wondered — and if they started one, would she serve as editor-in-chief? #mbed #wfp
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Winnipeg students develop critical aptitude essential for navigating media landscape
One day in the fall of 2024, two of Lily Godinez Goodman’s Grade 5 students came to her with a question: Why didn’t their Earl Grey School have a newspaper, they wondered — and if they started one, wo...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
More to come.

A huge thank you to everyone who’s read our coverage to date. Stay tuned throughout 2025-26 (& likely, given all the reader interest, far beyond it).

#mbed #wfp
October 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
My $1200 collection of police data revealed the top revenue-generating speed-cam school zone surrounds River Elm School (Talbot Ave/Gateway Rd).

And it just so happens there was a city byelection in this ward on Saturday (Oct. 25) #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Winnipeg city council byelection candidates at odds over photo radar
Elmwood-East Kildonan is home to the top ticket-generating speed trap in a 30 km/h school zone in all of Winnipeg — a source of ongoing frustration for drivers. More than 65,000 camera flashes have ca...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
For Part 2, I went to traffic court, escorted by a motorist who was determined to *not only* fight a "cash grab" speed camera ticket, but also expose a 30 km/h zone riddled with poor signage & bylaw problems (St. Matthews Ave/Arlington St)

#mbed #wfp

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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.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This back-to-school season, I launched an investigative series into road safety issues (w/ an emphasis on those surrounding schools, given I'm the #mbed beat reporter @winnipegfreepress.com).

THREAD, ft. my coverage to date, and what's to come... #wfp
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#davidsmonthofmusic
Someday,someone,somewhere,somebody

Sam Cooke and The Soul Stirrers-Someday Somewhere

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Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers - Someday Somewhere - 1959
YouTube video by Tony Toons
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October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Trustees are calling on Winnipeg City Council to redesign 30 km/h school zones to better protect everyone who lives, learns and works in their wards — and they want a say in an infrastructure makeover #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Trustees want say in Winnipeg school zone redesign
Trustees are calling on Winnipeg City Council to redesign 30 km/h school zones to better protect everyone who lives, learns and works in their wards — and they want a say in an infrastructure makeover...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
@bagder Lol, you haven't assigned copyright over to them, the University of Virginia, or Mbed TLS.

I can see a way of doing something like this with some amount of care and configuration, running a few basic linters, coverage checks, and the like to do some […]

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October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
@[email protected] I quite like this warning in `curl.h` and presumably tons of other files as well
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Public schools have added 800+ funded teacher jobs since a caucus filled with former educators won the 2023 election.

The province says there’s been a 6% increase in these positions, but didn’t share enrolment data to contextualize this change #wfp #mbed www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Hundreds of teachers hired since NDP took office; ‘we need more,’ education minister says
Manitoba public schools have added 832 new funded teacher positions since a caucus filled with former educators won the 2023 election.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Free Press has a new *free* toolkit to help prepare youth to navigate the tumultuous media world.

“It's a really good idea bc there have been cases of some people not knowing what to trust,” a 12yo reporter told @doubleemmartin.bsky.social #mbed #wfp
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Manitoba students write next chapter in Free Press media literacy project
Manitoba educators and students have a new toolkit to help prepare youth to navigate the tumultuous media world.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
9:15 a.m.! Earl Grey School! See you there! 🗞️🎤🎙️❣️

#letsgetmedialit #mbed #wfp

@winnipegfreepress.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Today’s the big day (!) @winnipegfreepress.com

You’ll have to show up to Winnipeg’s Earl Grey School for a morning news conference to find out all the deets 🗞️

#mbed #wfp #letsgetmedialit
October 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A new report touts the economic impact — and untapped potential — of alternative schools that register mature students, adult newcomers and others who did not finish Grade 12.

“We ought to be radically re-imagining what #mbed is" #wfp

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Report touts impact of Manitoba's alternative schools for mature students
A new report touts the economic impact — and untapped potential — of alternative schools that register mature students, adult newcomers and others who did not finish Grade 12.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
#Alberta #teachers deserve the same #Canada wide support that #Ontario teachers had when Ford tried tried the notwithstanding clause.
Urge your union to support them fight for our right to strike. MB SK BC ON QC NS NL NB PE YT NU NT
#ABed #ONed #MBed #BCed
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October 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM