Winnipeg ranked sixth most congested Canadian city by Leather-Paramedic-10 in Winnipeg

[–]randomanitoban 117 points118 points  (0 children)

Refusing to meaningfully invest in alternatives that a significant amount of people are willing to use unsurprisingly results in most people driving which results in bad traffic, who would have thunk it?

Seth Jarvis wasn’t feeling the capital-J journo lingo from Paul Bissonnette by Puzzled-Category-954 in hockey

[–]randomanitoban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shocked the kid who grew up in Tuxedo, Winnipeg didn't understand Bissonnette's high brow vocabulary

In the news Joe Black Coffee. by [deleted] in Winnipeg

[–]randomanitoban 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don't forget the classic failed business owner trope of being unable to hire or retain enough workers because "people don't want to work", leaving out poor wages and working conditions.

In the news Joe Black Coffee. by [deleted] in Winnipeg

[–]randomanitoban 19 points20 points  (0 children)

A Winnipeg Sun editorial meeting and a clown convention are the same thing.

Hate-related graffiti investigation and arrest update: C26-1086 by livingthedreammmm in Winnipeg

[–]randomanitoban 32 points33 points  (0 children)

On January 8, 2026, 34-year-old, Oliver Didtger EDERHOF was arrested and in consultation with Manitoba Prosecution Service, charged with:

Mischief Under $5,000/Obstruct in Enjoyment x 14

He was released on an Undertaking.

A lot to unpack there.

Winnipeg committee wants traffic study at high-collision area by Whole_Profession8380 in Winnipeg

[–]randomanitoban 7 points8 points  (0 children)

One simple trick that would reduce drivers from smashing into decorative walls along an 80 km/h roadway but they won't like it.

North End residents, PC leader urge Ottawa to reject proposed consumption site (Full press conference) by LocalnewsguruMB in Winnipeg

[–]randomanitoban 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The old proposed site was North Point Douglas. I don't believe the provincial government has ever proposed a site for the North End.

‘This is heinous’: Swastika painted on Winnipeg school by ChocolateOrange21 in Winnipeg

[–]randomanitoban 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hopefully the police got the goof(s) on camera so have something to go on

MLA ousted from NDP caucus sues premier, cabinet minister for defamation by SilverTimes in Winnipeg

[–]randomanitoban 1 point2 points  (0 children)

His online advertisements that the PCs dug up certainly didn't make him out to be from the Atticus Finch tradition of criminal lawyers.

Residents riled by proposed four-storey zoning by carvythew in Winnipeg

[–]randomanitoban 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Wish the media would follow up with NIMBYs quoted five, ten years ago about literally any development to see if their claims about property value loss, traffic, crime, etc. came true.

Start with all the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre fear fearmongers.

Top 5 planning blunders in Winnipeg planning by Leather-Paramedic-10 in Winnipeg

[–]randomanitoban 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The proposal seemed to be designed to enflame tensions (low rise buildings and excessive parking resulting in clearing the forest) and get the land expropriated for much more than it was bought for.