The Manitoba government has shelved plans to organize teacher exchanges to address workforce shortages and give urban and northern professionals an opportunity to learn from one another #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

A new study suggests that one in two teachers in Manitoba is experiencing violence on the job #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

A city school division is calling on parents to apply extra pressure on the province to increase its funding while warning they should brace for “difficult choices.”

From now on, a student’s appeal for a higher course mark at Brandon University will involve more parties & an extensive paper trail. A new policy was drafted in response to backlash about a former dean overriding an F with an A+ #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

The University of Winnipeg’s acting president prides himself on being a lifelong cheerleader for the Wesmen and he’s bringing that energy — as well as plans to revisit the soccer program — to his new post #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

During a year end interview @winnipegfreepress.com, the premier revealed he was – with the help of large language models – multitasking. Kinew has been busying himself with trying to understand how AI will help & hinder the province he governs #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Ahead of winter break @winnipegfreepress.com boarded an #mbed outreach team's morning drop-off shuttle. Daily, free and door-to-door service to school is key in Inner City Youth Alive's plan to address chronic absenteeism in the North End #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Today is a rare, citywide snow day, following an eleventh hour announcement re: worsening conditions this A.M. Did you show up to school/work before the call was made around 7:45 a.m.? More to come via @winnipegfreepress.com #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Wolseley School will be renamed after a perennial grass that grows in nearby Omand’s Creek following overwhelming support from families who live steps from the park #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

New: Wolseley School will be renamed Little Bluestem School, effective September 2026. Col. Wolseley (1833-1913) was a respected military commander during his lifetime. But his legacy includes leading the 1870 expedition to end Riel’s provisional govt. #mbed #wfp

High schoolers showed off their demi-glace — or, as one teen put it, “fancy gravy” — at a first-of-its-kind feast to celebrate a new afterschool program. RRC designed Culinary Connections to teach youth culinary skills + feed their families #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Manitoba’s largest school division has but one fixed rule about AI usage among students & staff. Given how rapidly this tech is evolving, admin says there'd be little value in creating others. So, what is it? Find out in tomorrow's @winnipegfreepress.com www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

A University of Winnipeg professor who researches poverty and urban renewal at the downtown campus is now its acting president. Jino Distasio, one of the most high-profile researchers at U of W, was named interim vice-chancellor Tuesday #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

5 years ago, I lost my best friend from j-school. On 12/02/20 & the days that followed, her name was in print for all the wrong reasons. In her favourite daily. Al never got the chance to visit me in YWG. But I took this shot the day before I left YYZ for @winnipegfreepress.com in '19:

5 years ago, I lost my best friend from j-school. On 12/02/20 & the days that followed, her name was in print for all the wrong reasons. In her favourite daily. Al never got the chance to visit me in YWG. But I took this shot the day before I left YYZ for @winnipegfreepress.com in '19:

Parents miffed by lack of communication about sex offender involved in school incident www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

A group of students from the University of Manitoba wants to help underprivileged Winnipeggers this month — and assist holiday shoppers along the way.

Four months after the intersection of Portage and Main opened to pedestrian crossings, traffic data shows there has been almost no impact to commuting motorists.

"Griefcation" sucks. Dec. 2 will mark five years since multiple motorists struck & killed my best friend mid-bike ride home from the grocery store. www.thestar.com/news/gta/i-v....

While I'm away, some recommended reading... The WFP's school zone safety series, which I've pinned on my Bluesky profile. bsky.app/profile/magg... -30-

I'll be away from my desk and various newsroom-related inboxes until Monday, Dec. 8. Thanks for your patience.

BREAKING: The University of Winnipeg has terminated its president. More to come #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

The Kinew government is drafting legislative changes to better track schoolchildren and ensure more of them attend classes regularly.

J’adore quand je peux faire une entrevue dans mes deux languages (!)

The Kinew government is applying for a special designation to put its growing francophone community on the map and tap into new markets in French-speaking countries across the world.

Manitobans who’ve experienced meth-induced psychosis and health-care workers have signed a petition to ensure drug-related detentions are “a last resort.”

Manitoba is applying for a special designation to put its growing francophone community on the map & tap into new markets in French-speaking countries across the world. The Kinew govt’s “truly bilingual province” consultations wrapped Oct. 31 #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Huge scoop from @maggiemacintosh.bsky.social

A now-senior executive at Brandon University turned a student’s failing grade into an A+ when she was the dean of science, a move that overrode the course instructor’s concerns and is raising questions about grading oversight in the aftermath.

My latest investigation for @winnipegfreepress.com A now-senior exec at Brandon University turned a student’s failing grade into an A+ when she was the dean of science, a move that overrode the instructor’s concerns & is raising qs about marking #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

My latest investigation for @winnipegfreepress.com A now-senior exec at Brandon University turned a student’s failing grade into an A+ when she was the dean of science, a move that overrode the instructor’s concerns & is raising qs about marking #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

On A1 today: Francophone teachers have been asked to limit homework wherever possible and promote nightly reading routines in response to the rise of artificial intelligence. DSFM has new guidelines on “donner des devoirs” #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

New: There were 13 disclosures about teacher-related misconduct — with an “almost even” split between employer and public tipsters — during the first quarter of the year #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

People currently serving with the Canadian Armed Forces, RCMP and other military services are now eligible to display a veteran licence plate on their vehicle in Manitoba.

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...

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.

Jamella Hernandez was so overcome with emotion upon learning this summer that she’d been nominated for an all-expenses-paid trip to visit Anne Frank House, among other historical sites in Europe, that she started bawling.

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

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

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 www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

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...

Manitoba Human Rights Commission found that "many schools are not using evidence-based methods to teach reading" www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

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...

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.

For the record, I love @doubleemmartin.bsky.social dearly & she’s usually right, but I really hope she’s wrong about this one 🤞🗞️🥹 #romanticizeprint

there will come a day when there are no more presses, and I will miss them. beautiful machines, beautiful to hold a newspaper in your hands. digital isn’t and has never been the same.

For the Sleep-In Sunday crowd… #mbed #wfp

Run don’t walk to get a copy of Saturday’s WFP 🗞️🏃‍♀️💨 @doubleemmartin.bsky.social #mbed #wfp

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...