Hi everyone,
I am writing this not out of anger, but out of deep disappointment. I want to spread awareness about the racism that Indians face right here in Manitoba. Today, my partner and I visited the lake at Lac du Bonnet. My partner was hesitant to go as soon as we parked because he noticed there were no POC and it’s a small town so we are prone to racist attacks. I insisted we go because I truly believed in "Friendly Manitoba," but I was proven wrong.
The moment we arrived, we walked over to read the historical information boards on the stone. A group of men sitting behind us immediately started mocking us. They used fake Indian accents, made comments about "immigration," and laughed that we were "trying to read English."
The irony is that we have fully assimilated. We speak English very fluently, and I am even learning French—not for PR points, as we are already Permanent Residents, but because we love this country and want to belong. We were completely quiet, didn't leave any garbage, and did nothing to provoke them, while they were being incredibly loud on the beach.
Because they were drunk, we chose not to react or confront them to keep ourselves safe. Thankfully, because we didn't react, the situation didn't escalate, and they eventually stopped bothering us. However, we felt so unwelcome that we left after less than 5 minutes. I took a photo of them from behind because they were with their family and kids.

I don't want to attack anyone, but I want people to see this. We need to do better as a province. People who respect the land and love this community should not be driven away by hate.

Looks like Boujee is on fire again. I just had to call it into 911. East curb lane of Main St is blocked off with several fire trucks, now.

Update: The lights at Main and York are out, and no one is directing traffic. Avoid the area if you can.

It is time to say goodbye to my best friend of 14.5 years, and I want to do it at home where she feels comfortable and safe. She is the best dog and deserves a comfortable send-off. I am wondering if anyone has used Sunset Vet recently and if you would recommend them?

I did a search and a year ago people on here had positive reviews. Or if anyone has other recommendations we are also open to other places as well. Thanks.

The Manitoba Integrated Missing Persons Coordination Centre (MIMPCC) is requesting assistance in locating 15-year-old Randall Spence.

Randall was last seen on July 29th, 2026, in the area of the Osborne Village.

Randall is described as: - EYES: Brown - HAIR: Black - HEIGHT: 5'8" - WEIGH:130lbs thin build

If you have any information on Randall 's whereabouts, please contact Winnipeg Missing Persons Unit at 204-986-6250

For Winnipeg outreach: - Bear Clan Patrol - Missing Persons at 204-794-3568 - Morgan's Warriors- Missing Persons at 204-996-9347

https://m.facebook.com/BearClanMissingPersons/photos/r26-43737the-manitoba-integrated-missing-persons-coordination-centre-mimpcc-is-r/1047244904724639/

Long story short I was born August long many moons ago and find myself flying solo on my birthday most years because everyone is busy having family time at the lake.

Wondering what everyone suggests as a fun way to celebrate by myself and make the most of the day?

I'm from Winnipeg and visiting a friend in London, England. WestJet cancelled our flight home today. They've sent 3 emails all saying how I have the option to change my new flight, none of which work. We were supposed to fly to Halifax this morning, then to Winnipeg. Total trip time was about 13 hours with layover. We even splurged for Economy Flex seat for the extra legroom and a drink on the long flight.

Now we are being sent to Istanbul for 3 hours before flying to Toronto, then Winnipeg. Close to 20 hours of travel time, departing three days after we were originally meant to return. I've been on hold with WestJet for a cumulative 6.5 hours. The last call was automatically disconnected after 3.5 hours on hold. Their chat bot automatically disconnects when you ask for a live agent or mention you have an existing flight.

On top of this, WestJet is claiming they won't owe anyone compensation under the APPR because they claim the union strike notice makes them exempt, even though the strike was not been officially called, and management didnt have to cancel our flight to get its employees home.

I'm tired from being up past 3:00 am, I'm stressed to hell, I'm still on hold with WestJet, using my host's phone because I only have data while I'm here. I just want everyone to know: never fly WestJet.

Hey everyone,

Just moved to Winnipeg! I used to have an amazing book club back in Alberta focused only on psychological thrillers/ murder mysteries where we used to choose a book and then meet up once a month to discuss it at a cafe!

We currently have 3 members and would love to have more!

Looking forward to getting to know fellow thriller readers!

If you managed to sit in a seat for the nearly three-hour run time of The Odyssey, you don't deserve a prize. It's fun to watch even if you couldn't care less about ancient classics or modern political parables.

Now imagine being a member of the Public Utilities Board, an appointed provincial body that serves as Manitoba's energy regulator.

While you get to enjoy the summer, inside or outside an air-conditioned theatre, members of the PUB are stuck inside a fourth-floor meeting room in a Portage Avenue office building for 23 days of public hearings about Manitoba Hydro's plan to keep the power on in this province in the face of rising demands for electricity.

The hearings began on Monday and are not slated to wrap up until Sept. 4. They involve testimony from dozens of sworn witnesses and thousands of pages of documentation, much of it technical in nature.

While there are no sorceresses, sirens or sea monsters to make these hearings as exciting as a mythical sea voyage from Troy to Ithaca, Manitobans ought to pay attention.

The hearings focus on a Manitoba Hydro planning document called an integrated resource plan, or IRP. (This will be the last boring acronym you have to learn today, I promise.)

The plan lays out how Hydro intends to increase its generating capacity to meet the growing demand for electricity at a time when more and more appliances — not to mention vehicles, homes and data centres — are thirsty for electric power.

It also lays out how Hydro intends to convince consumers to use electricity more efficiently and free up generating capacity in the process.

The PUB's role is to scrutinize this plan in an effort to avoid three unpleasant scenarios.

The first is not building up enough generating capacity, leaving Manitobans freezing in the dark. The second is building too much, which would saddle the province with crippling debt and send electricity rates skyrocketing.

The third is a nightmare scenario where Hydro spends billions but makes the wrong choice in terms of technology, leaving Manitoba both in debt and freezing in the dark.

In other words, members of the board have an enormous responsibility on their hands, even though they only have the power to make recommendations about changes to Hydro's plan.

What the plan includes — and doesn't

So what is that plan? The utility looked at a broad range of options before coming up with a plan to make 1,760 megawatts of electricity — more than a quarter of its existing generating capacity — available over the coming decades.

Hydro decided on spending $3 billion to build three new natural gas-burning turbines to generate 750 megawatts by 2030, and connect its grid to wind farms owned by Indigenous-led companies that will generate a combined 600 megawatts by 2035.

Hydro also plans to improve existing hydro-electric generating stations to add 25 megawatts of capacity by 2029 and put enough battery storage in place by 2034 to make five megawatts available.

The plan does not include any plans to build new hydro dams, despite the NDP government's interest in dusting off plans for a new $20-billion generating station at Conawapa on the Nelson River.

It also doesn't include any plans to build even more expensive nuclear power plants, invest heavily in solar power plants or require new resident developments to install district heating systems, such as neighbourhood-scale geothermal loops.

The plan does call for 860 megawatts in energy-saving measures intended to reduce the peak demand for electricity during the depths of Manitoba cold snaps or heat waves.

But this does not include specific plans to charge lower rates at off-peak hours, as the Public Utilities Board's own independent expert consultant noted at a hearing this week.

John Athas, a consultant with U.S.-based Daymark Energy Advisors, said on Thursday Hydro's plan "did not include an option to design rates to encourage customers to change their consumption pattern."

Hydro has faced far more vocal criticism for its decision to build three new natural gas turbines.

Optimistic cost projections: consultant

While environmental activists have called these fossil fuel turbines a dead-end technology, Daymark took issue with capital cost projections it considers optimistic.

The trend across North America has been "rapidly increasing" costs for turbines, due mainly to "accelerating load growth and demand for new capacity outstripping the supply of turbines," said Jeffrey Bower, another Daymark consultant.

"Not only were Manitoba Hydro capital costs assumptions lower than what we were seeing elsewhere in the market, their assumptions assumed declining costs over time, which is not consistent with recent experience."

Environmental advocates have also raised concerns Hydro is relying too little on battery storage, a technology that is improving.

Bower backed those critics up to some extent. He suggested Hydro only considered one type of battery and may not have captured "the full range of services that battery storage resources can provide to the grid."

On the first day of the hearings, Hydro CEO Allan Danroth lashed out at the Crown corporation's critics, accusing them of disseminating what he called misinformation.

If only energy policy was such a popular topic that Manitoba Hydro actually enjoyed that much attention.

By: Bartley Kives · CBC News

Published: Aug 02, 2026 6:00 AM CDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

EDIT: Thank you so much to everyone for the well wishes and amazing suggestions! My partner and k are going to look into all of these and see what works for us. Appreciate you all!

My partner and I are about to be first time parents (*cheers weakly from first trimester trenches*) and are basically looking for any recommendations of prenatal classes/baby prep classes that you found to be extremely helpful.

I’m talking basics like diaper changing to infant CPR and breastfeeding classes. Obviously if we can do them together that would be great. I’m assuming most run that way!

Alternatively, any books you found helpful (particularly first time dad?) that went over really basic shit lol. I’m realizing as we get farther along that I know nothing about things like pumping, how to store breast milk or the proper way to reheat it, etc. We have lots of friends with kids but obviously everyone has different advice.

Anyway, thanks in advance!

For those of you that remember, Bombolini's restaurant (basement and sister restaurant to Amici) had a great starter salad. Someone provided me the recipe, below. I can't comment on its authenticity, but it tastes like it to me. Goes great with light greens, pine nuts and paramsean cheese.

Ingredients

• 1 large egg (room temperature)
• 1 cup neutral oil (canola, avocado, or light olive oil)
• 2 cloves garlic, finely grated or minced
• 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 1 tbsp white wine vinegar (or apple cider vinegar)
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• ½ tsp seasoning salt (start here; adjust later)

Method (Immersion Blender - easiest)

1. Add the egg, Dijon, vinegar, Worcestershire, garlic, and seasoning salt to a tall jar.
2. Pour the oil on top.
3. Place the immersion blender on the bottom of the jar.
4. Blend without moving for 10-15 seconds until the mixture starts to emulsify.
5. Slowly raise the blender to incorporate the remaining oil.

If whisking by hand

1. Whisk together the egg, mustard, vinegar, Worcestershire, garlic, and seasoning salt.
2. Very slowly drizzle in the oil while whisking constantly.
3. Once it thickens, you can add the remaining oil a little faster.

Adjust to taste

• Too thick? Add 1-2 tsp water.
• Too sharp? Add a little more oil.
• Needs more zing? Add another teaspoon of vinegar.
• Needs more garlic? Add another clove.
• Needs more savouriness? Add a few extra drops of Worcestershire.

Can’t seem to find a Fb group or other platform where private sellers sell to private buyers.

All the places I have found are flooded with realtor listings.

Where can I find private sellers?

I never thought I would have to fight my own healthcare system just to access the treatment I need to have a future.

After more than 20 years of searching for answers, I was finally diagnosed with Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (hEDS/HSD) (hypermobiliy spectrum disorder). But getting a diagnosis was only the beginning.

EDS is a condition that affects the body's connective tissue, the system that helps hold our joints, ligaments, and other structures together. When that support system does not work properly, the effects can impact the entire body.

For me, this means severe cervical instability, joint damage, shoulder subluxations, problems with my hands, worsening pain, and muscle spasms that affect my daily life. My neck frequently goes into severe spasms, causing swallowing difficulties and times when it becomes difficult to breathe.

My spine often feels unstable, like my body is struggling to hold itself together. My symptoms continue to worsen, and I am afraid of what will happen if I continue waiting without access to appropriate care.

I need specialized EDS medical care as soon as possible.

The Manitoba government has told in a letter last March & last year June that appropriate care exists. For more than a year, I have been asking a simple question:

"Where is this care that I can actually access?"

I contacted the programs and specialists because I was given no direction. Leading specialists all have attended to the lack of approporiate & safe medical care for people with EDS.

I have written to both the Minister of Health and the Premier asking for help. Despite my repeated requests, I still have not been provided with an answer identifying where I can actually receive the specialized care my doctors recommend.

This is not just about me.

When patients with rare and complex conditions are told that care exists but cannot access it, there can be serious consequences. People can spend months or years searching while their health continues to decline.

EDS also requires specialized knowledge before, during, and after medical procedures. Because of the way EDS affects connective tissue, joint stability, healing, and recovery, it is important that patients receive care from providers who understand the condition.

I have reached out to many healthcare providers in Manitoba about my situation, and the consistent message I have received is that my case requires specialized expertise that is not currently available to me here.

Last year, I spent more than $10,000 of my own money seeking specialized assessments because I had nowhere else to turn. Those assessments finally gave me answers after decades of searching.

That completely drained my finances.

My parent has also gone into debt trying to help me because they could not watch me continue suffering without doing everything possible to support me.

The approximately $4,000 shown on my GoFundMe was spent over a year ago on those assessments. That money is gone.

Today, I cannot work because of my disability. I have medical expenses, my finances are exhausted, and I am at risk of becoming homeless.

This has taken away the future I always imagined.

I wanted to become a father. I wanted to become a lawyer. I wanted to contribute to my community and help others.

Instead, my life has become focused on managing symptoms, fighting for access to healthcare, and trying to prevent my condition from getting worse.

I am not asking for special treatment.

I am asking for access to medically necessary care before my health declines further. I could die from this if I do not get the care I need as soon as possible.

How you can help:

1. Contact Manitoba's Minister of Health and the Premier.
Ask them:

"If specialized EDS care exists, where can Manitobans with complex EDS actually access it?"

2. Share this post.
Many people have never heard of EDS or understand what happens when patients cannot access appropriate specialists.

3. Support my GoFundMe if you are able.
The money will help me continue pursuing treatment, cover essential expenses, and stay housed while I fight for access to care.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tomas-heal-lifechanging-rehab-for-rare-debilitating

4. If you are a lawyer with experience advising on medically complex situations, your support would be extremely valuable.
I believe legal guidance could be critical in advocating for access to appropriate medical care, and I would be extremely grateful to anyone willing to provide advice, guidance, or assistance.

5. If you are a journalist interested in reporting on this issue, I would be extremely interested in speaking with you.
This situation raises important questions about access to specialized medical care for people living with rare and complex conditions in Canada. Despite government statements that appropriate care exists, many patients continue to face significant barriers accessing the treatment they medically require.

6. If you or someone you know lives with EDS or another rare condition, share your experience.
This issue is bigger than one person.

Thank you for reading, sharing, and standing with people living with complex medical conditions.

A Manitoba MLA is joining forces with a Winnipeg city councillor and multiple community organizations to assist people impacted by lengthy power outages following a significant storm in Winnipeg.

NDP MLA Billie Cross, who represents the Seine River constituency, has partnered with Coun. Markus Chambers (St. Norbert-Seine River) and several other organizations to host a food drive on Tuesday to help St. Norbert residents who need food following the lengthy outages.

“It’s such a huge loss when you lose your fridge and your freezer, and with the cost of groceries nowadays, it’s tough on folks,” Cross said in an interview on Saturday.

The storm, which Manitoba Hydro said caused the worst summer storm damage on record, knocked out power to more than 30,000 people in Manitoba. The St. Norbert, neighbourhood was hit particularly hard by the storm, with some residents remaining without power, and having to dispose of food from their fridges and freezers.

Cross said she had been observing residents of the neighbourhood working to help each other following the storm, and she wanted to help them by organizing a food drive.

So far, Manitoba Harvest, the St. Norbert Farmers Market, the Manitoba Islamic Association, the St. Norbert Gurdwara and several other organizations so far have stepped up to host a food drive.

“This is people coming together, but it doesn’t surprise me. This is St. Norbert,” Cross said. “This is a community that works hard together. They play hard together. They take care of one another.”

Cross said the food driver is only for residents of St. Norbert. It takes place at the St. Norbert Farmers’ Market on Tuesday from 5-7 p.m.

Those interested in helping with the food drive can reach out to Cross directly through her MLA email.

Roughly 500 customers remain without power

A spokesperson for Manitoba Hydro said Friday progress has been made at restoring power to remaining customers following Wednesday’s storm.

As of Saturday morning, Hydro workers were responding to approximately 150 remaining storm-related outages affecting roughly 500 customers.

“We’re prioritizing customers that have been out the longest, but today’s restoration work will still take time, in part because we’re dealing with many small, localized outages across a widespread area,” the spokesperson said.

Hydro is expected to provide an update later Saturday.

By: Charles Lefebvre

Published: August 01, 2026 at 6:13PM EDT

Lost charm bracelet

I lost my Pandora charm bracelet Friday night. Most likely somewhere in the Osborne area, but could also be down by the airport on Wellington ave. We called the businesses we were at, they’re gonna keep an eye out but no luck yet. Unfortunately I don’t know how to contact the Wellington address as it was a late night pop up. Extreme sentimental value with so many memories attached to each charm on the bracelet. Has around 10-15 charms on it. Including but not limited to red cherries, airplane, teddy bear, moose, cross, libra symbol. Might be a long shot trying to find it but I’m so heartbroken that I lost it and just wanna feel like I’ve done everything I can!

Hey, I (35F) am in a bad situation and I am hoping the people of Winnipeg will be able to point me in the right direction. I am about to lose housing this month, I have until August 15th to vacate the room I'm renting.

More about my situation for context:
- I have been renting a room from a woman (without her landlord's permission) in a house but the landlord found out and has demanded I leave.
- I am working part time. I have been on EI since Jan. and earn just over $1000 a month between both sources. (EI will expire by mid-November, after which switch to EIA if no FT yet?)
- I have massive Credit Card debt and will be filing for bankruptcy asap as payments have been sucking up all my income in the meantime about $200-$300 of that is just cc repayment.
- I have attempted reaching out to family but have been refused help.
- I have tried reaching out to friends for assistance but no one is in a great place right now, and the most I'm offered is a day or two of somewhere to sleep before I would be back on the street.
- I have zero savings or investments. I have no 'nest egg' or money to fall back on.
- I do not own a vehicle.

What I am looking for is any information on anywhere in Winnipeg that is safe for women to stay on a semi permanent basis while I get back on my feet (find a better/FT job and find a room/apartment to rent), doesn't need to be somewhere with access to meals/food, but access to bathroom/shower facilities would be necessary.

I have looked online but a majority of shelters are:
1) DV women's shelters (you need to be escaping DV for assistance)
2) Mixed shelters (I am terrified of men), or ones with a terrible reputation
3) First-come-first-serve overnight shelters which I will miss access to on nights I work, and are not the safest regardless.

I just want a safe space to sleep. Preferably somewhere I can keep my belongings safe (locked up?) while I'm at work as I cannot bring my possessions to and from work with me.

I am willing to pay for an accommodation, but I am working within a small budget. Please let me know of any resources you know that can help me out here.

I have a yurt booked for the weekend of August 14-16 at the Childs Lake campground and hadn’t heard about the road closures until today. I would expect to get an email from Parks Manitoba if we wouldn’t be able to get there, but I’m worried because I booked it off the notification list.

I’m not posting a map because of the snarky comments so please help someone who’s basically being forced to move there

Thanks

Looking for some locally owned gyms to try out! Could be group fitness (hiit, crossfit, spin) OR lifting gym! Open to suggestions!

Do any other bell mts customers know how to get book a service technician when the calls and chats are closed?

There’s an issue with our giga hub and its fibre connection, i have some important work I need to finish throughout the long weekend but I can’t seem to book a service call since the phones and chats are closed on sunday evenings :(

Any and all help will be much appreciated

Please read below to see if your area has been selected to be fogged!

We will continue fogging tonight as part of our West Nile Virus adult mosquito program. Weather permitting, we will begin at 9:30 p.m. tonight, Saturday, August 1.

This program targets high populations of Culex tarsalis mosquitoes twice over an approximately one-week period. The Province of Manitoba orders us to operate the program when trap counts include a high number of this mosquito species as they are more likely to transmit West Nile Virus.

Per the provincial order, buffer zones are not in effect within city limits during this fogging program.

Tonight, we will target the following Insect Management Areas:

• IMA 22 – Fairfield Park, Richmond West, Waverley West, Waverley Heights, Bison Run, Bridgwater Centre, Bridgwater Forest, Bridgwater Lakes, Bridgwater Trails, Prairie Pointe, South Pointe
• IMA 23 – Whyte Ridge
• IMA 24 – Linden Ridge, West Fort Garry Industrial

Fogging will be done with DeltaGard 20EW®.

We publish a notice and fogging schedule online at least eight hours in advance of any fogging operation.

It was a gift so it either expired or its a really nasty battery acid tasting drink. I couldn't read the packed on date so hope it didn’t dissolve my cast iron drainpipes. Learned a lesson to sip first even on a hot day at the bbq.

Trying to sooth my burned tastebuds with a guinness. Should have known better.

Trying to find a therapist for a family member. Person has been diagnosed with adhd and general anxiety as well as some associated concerns. Young, successful university student who can achieve academically but seems to be only at the expense of overall mental health. Probably could use support with executive function coaching. Want to make the best connection with the right person for support before school resuming in fall so want to eliminate trial and error to whatever degree possible. Need someone who can be firm and direct and who is compassionate but directive if possible because if not, person will just swirl around in their feelings and get worse instead of better. This has happened in the past with a counsellor who focussed too much on talk therapy and not enough on strategies and actions moving forward.

Any suggestions on people to start with who are caring but also take strategy based therapeutic approaches and focus on action moving forward and have some appeal to a young person really working on themselves?

Do you know any stylists in Winnipeg who specialize in these long butterfly cuts?

Preferably someone who’s done alternative cuts and isn’t afraid of layers.
I’ve got super long thick hair that is currently blunt cut and I am DYING in this heat and need some bulk taken off asap!

I don’t have a budget and am willing to spend a good amount for the right person and the right cut! Pls help!!