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The Red River Rebellion 🏞️
On November 2, 1869, Louis Riel led the Métis people in seizing Fort Garry (now Winnipeg) during the Red River Rebellion. This uprising was crucial in Manitoba's path to becoming Canada's fifth province in 1870 and established protections for French language rights and Métis land claims. Riel is now considered the Father of Manitoba. 🇨🇦 #Canada #Manitoba #Métis
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/red-river-rebellion
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The Red River Rebellion 🏞️
On November 2, 1869, Louis Riel led the Métis people in seizing Fort Garry (now Winnipeg) during the Red River Rebellion. This uprising was crucial in Manitoba's path to becoming Canada's fifth province in 1870 and established protections for French language rights and Métis land claims. Riel is now considered the Father of Manitoba. 🇨🇦 #Canada #Manitoba #Métis
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/red-river-rebellion
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Name/Gender Change Grants are back for October 2026! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in southwestern Manitoba, including Vital Stats fees, birth certs, fingerprints and more. Apply before October 13th.
For details and to apply: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
At Neepawa Pride today? We'll be there with info on this and our other programs!
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Name/Gender Change Grants are back for October 2026! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in southwestern Manitoba, including Vital Stats fees, birth certs, fingerprints and more. Apply before October 13th.
For details and to apply: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
At Neepawa Pride today? We'll be there with info on this and our other programs!
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Name/Gender Change Grants are back for October 2026! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in southwestern Manitoba, including Vital Stats fees, birth certs, fingerprints and more. Apply before October 13th.
For details and to apply: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
At Neepawa Pride today? We'll be there with info on this and our other programs!
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Name/Gender Change Grants are back for October 2026! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in southwestern Manitoba, including Vital Stats fees, birth certs, fingerprints and more. Apply before October 13th.
For details and to apply: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
At Neepawa Pride today? We'll be there with info on this and our other programs!
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Name/Gender Change Grants are back for October 2026! We cover the costs of a legal name/gender change in southwestern Manitoba, including Vital Stats fees, birth certs, fingerprints and more. Apply before October 13th.
For details and to apply: https://westmanempowermentfund.org/programs/name-gender-change-grants
At Neepawa Pride today? We'll be there with info on this and our other programs!
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#AssiniboineParkConservatory #Winnipeg #manitoba
Following the recent rescue of an orphaned #polarbear cub from the Churchill area, the cub is now in the care of the AP Conservancy and is seeking support for its Polar Bear Rescue & Care Team.
"The Rice Family will generously match the first $25,000 in donations, doubling your impact for rescued polar bears."
The $25k target is less than $1000 away, help them meet their goal!
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Two different pleasant strolls - two very different parks: Turtles Back Summit at William Lake Park on Thursday and Spirit Sands Dunes & Punchbowl on Friday.
Many thanks to the glaciers that were here 11,000+ years ago.
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#Petition in #Canada to stop bill c-22. Very important for #privacy! Sign here ⬇️ and share!
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7416
#internet #rights #eff #vpn #quebec #ontario #bc #alberta #saskatchewan #manitoba #yukon #nwt #nunavut #pei #newbrunswick #labrador #newfoundland #novascotia #laws #c22 #billc22 #encryption #canpoli #cdnpoli #politics #politique #politiqueqc #carney #markcarney #lpc #CyberRights #cybersecurity #internetsecurity #webprivacy #internetprivacy #metadata #democracy #news #trending
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Indigenous leaders back Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew’s stance on Treaty Rights
#Indigenous #FirstNations #TreatyRights #WabKinew #Manitoba #Alberta #Canada #BlackfootConfederacy #Treaty7 #Treaty8 #IndigenousRights #DutyToConsult #Reconciliation #Politics
https://the-14.com/indigenous-leaders-back-manitoba-premier-wab-kinews-stance-on-treaty-rights/ -
Thompson, Manitoba🥶 Deep winter has arrived in the Hub of the North. We’re looking at a high of -24°C today with clear, piercing blue skies. It’s beautiful but dangerous—exposed skin can freeze in minutes with the wind chill hitting -35°C. Ensure your vehicle is plugged in and your emergency kit is ready. Stay safe and stay warm, Thompson! 🦌#ThompsonMB #Manitoba #NorthernManitoba #ExtremeCold #WinterSafety
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#Pimicikamak #Cree #FirstNation trying to get 767 people out of northern #Manitoba community as #wildfire closes in
'It's very smoky here [and] it's getting thicker, because the fire's at our doorstep': Chief Monias
Darren Bernhardt · CBC News · Posted: May 29, 2025
"A wildfire is at the threshhold of Pimicikamak Cree Nation, choking the air with smoke, as the northern Manitoba community's leaders work to get 767 people out.
" 'Many that couldn't get out because the junction at Highway 374 and Highway 373 is their lifeline to Norway House, and now it's being compromised by the fire and the smoke,' Chief David Monias said Thursday morning.
"Pimicikamak had started a precautionary evacuation Friday as wildfires impacted air quality. Residents were flown out from the airport in the community, about 530 kilometres north of Winnipeg on the shores of Cross Lake, but high winds and dry conditions worsened the situation this week
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"Those in Pimicikamak are among 17,000 expected to be evacuated as fires intensify in both northern and eastern Manitoba.
"Premier Wab Kinew on Wednesday evening declared a provincewide state of emergency.
"Evacuation orders have also been issued for #FlinFlon, #LynnLake, #Pukatawagan #Cree Nation (also known as Mathias Colomb First Nation), #MarcelColomb First Nation and #Sherridon.
"In addition to #NorwayHouse Cree Nation, #Chemawawin Cree Nation (Easterville) is under an evacuation notice, with people ordered to be ready to leave.
"The majority of the evacuees will head to Winnipeg and will be housed at large facilities such as community centres, soccer fields and arenas, Monias said."
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #CanadaWx #Wildfires #ClimateDiary #FirstNations
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Just seen on TV news.
An evacuation notice has been issued near Kenora, Ontario :flagon: due to spreading Manitoba :flagmb: wildfire.
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Vu aux nouvelles à la télé.Un avis d’évacuation a été émis près de Kenora, Ontario :flagon: à cause de la propagation du feu de forêt au Manitoba :flagmb:
#Kenora #Manitoba #Ontario #MBfires #FeuxMB #ONfires #FeuxON #Wildfire #FeuDeForêt
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GLOBAL INDIGENOUS 2023: The Year in Review
Highlights of news from around the world on #Indigenous Issues in 2023
by Deusdedit Ruhangariyo
Dec 27, 2023Highs and lows: The year brought a wave of highs and lows for #IndigenousPeople around the globe on issues of land, #HumanRights, climate and the #environment, education, #CriminalJustice and health.
Recent victories
In #Brazil, a majority of the country's Supreme Court delivered an historic decision in September, rejecting an attempt to curtail the rights of Native peoples concerning protected reservations on their ancestral lands, Voice of America reported. The 9-2 ruling marks a significant triumph for Indigenous activists and advocates for #ClimateAction, VOA reported.
In #Ecuador, after more than 80 years of displacement because of war, the #Siekopai nation, an Indigenous community in the Ecuadorian #Amazon, secured legal victory in a court battle to reclaim ownership of their ancestral homelands. An Ecuadorian appeals court, in a ruling shared with CNN by the nonprofit organization Amazon Frontline, upheld the Siekopai nation's claim to #Pë’këya, a #biodiverse region situated in northeast Ecuador near the Peruvian border. The Siekopai people were originally displaced during the 1940s #PeruEcuadorWar.
In #Malaysia, #IndigenousActivists achieved two significant wins against timber giant #Samling in their longstanding efforts to protect #forests and territories in #Sarawak.
And in Canada, language revitalization got a boost with a decision by the University of Northern #BritishColumbia, which is now offering a groundbreaking bachelor’s degree in #Nisgaa language fluency. The program starts in September 2024.
Ongoing struggles
It has not all been cozy this year with the world’s Indigenous peoples, however. Native people continue to struggle with a host of issues that surface in communities around the globe.
Land rights and displacement
In #Ethiopia, the designation of #BaleMountains National Park as a UNESCO World Heritage Site could lead to the eviction of more than 20,000 people from farming communities on what were once homelands for the #Oromo people.
In Canada, federal prosecutors filed charges against numerous Indigenous fishers, setting up a court fight over constitutional and treaty rights for #FirstNations people that could end up in Canada’s highest court. The move comes just three years after the initiation of a self-regulated lobster fishery by a First Nation in #NovaScotia.
Health issues
A surge in #HIV infections among Indigenous people in #Manitoba, Canada, is being blamed on “systemic anti-Indigenous racism” in the health care system. In #Saskatchewan, another Canadian province, however, disparities prompted the #Ahtahkakoop #Cree Nation to work on building its own 24-hour urgent care center to offer options to residents.
In #Australia, meanwhile, the life expectancy of Indigenous people has increased by about nine years in the last 20 years but still falls short of the wider population. According to the Australian government department of health, Aboriginal communities experience higher rates of chronic diseases and lower life expectancies due to limited access to healthcare services and disparities in health outcomes.
Education
In #Canada, many Indigenous children living in remote reserves lack access to quality education facilities, resulting in lower graduation rates and limited prospects for higher education.
In #China, authorities banned a book on the early #MongolianPeople, invoking "historical nihilism" to suppress divergent historical perspectives.
But there were gains in Australia, where the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the nonprofit Yalari organization launched a three-year partnership to help support educational opportunities for Indigenous children from regional and remote communities.
Climate change and the environment
A coalition of countries agreed to a five-year plan to disburse $1.7 billion to support the land rights of Indigenous and local communities, but those funds are largely bypassing the very communities they are designed to help. The funding expenditures were detailed in a report released at the United Nations’ recent climate conference, known as COP28, held in Dubai.
#Protests emerged throughout the world over various mining projects, which largely targeted Indigenous lands with work that threatened vast environmental damage. In #Panama, for example, mass protests erupted against a government deal with Central America's largest #CopperMine over concerns about sovereignty, environmental damage, and the impact on the #PanamaCanal. And in #Brazil, more than four years after the rupture of a tailings dam in #BrumadinhoValley, #Brazil, the Indigenous #Pataxó and Pataxó Hã-hã-hãe people still suffer from the lack of secure land, water, and food.
And in the #Arctic region, The Christian Science Monior reported how tough it is for Indigenous guardians to preserve their culture in a warming world, highlighting the fact that the harsh realities of #ClimateChange are affecting most Indigenous people around the world.
Human rights
#HumanRights violations continue to be problems throughout the world.
In Japan, more than 150 activists, lawmakers and advocates urged leaders to investigate the Chinese government’s human rights abuses against the #Uyghurs in #Xinjiang.
The #Kenyan government has begun widespread destruction of homes and property of Indigenous #Ogiek people living in #MauForest, despite a 2017 legal victor acknowledging ancestral land rights.
Western Australia’s parliament, however, issued an historic apology and agreed to reimburse #Aboriginal and #TorresStraitIslander workers who were exploited between 1936 and 1972 under a system that some leaders compared to “slavery.”
Language, culture preservation
Australia, which once boasted more than 300 Indigenous languages, is now facing one of the planet’s most severe rates of language decline. Fewer than 30 Indigenous languages remain as primary tongues today.
In New Zealand, efforts to revitalize the Māori language and culture is an ongoing struggle, as colonization led to a decline in the use of the Māori language and traditional practices.
Access to justice
The arrest of five environmental activists battling #WaterPollution and #mining in #ElSalvador are believed to have been politically motivated, sparking global condemnation amid controversial court proceedings.
The same issues emerged in Norway, where activists protesting against a [GIANT] #WindFarm that they say obstructs the rights of the #Sami people to raise #reindeer in central and Arctic #Norway were removed from the entrances to two government offices by Norwegian police.
In #NewZealand, a study found that incarcerated Māori people are nearly twice as likely to face housing instability when released from prison as non-#Māori prisoners. The study calls for officials to provide stable housing for individuals re-entering society.
Source:
https://ictnews.org/news/global-indigenous-2023-the-year-in-review
#IndigenousRights #IndigenousActivists #ClimateJustice #IndianCountryToday #ProtectTheForests #LandBack #CriminalizingDissent #WaterIsLife -
#Chinese owner of #Tanco #mine in #Manitoba revived talk of draining a lake to extract more #cesium from one of the world's few deposits of the mineral.
#SinomineResourceGroup is musing about long-term redevelopment of its mine; purchased in 2019 along shores of #BernicLake - a small #CanadianShield body of #water located between Whiteshell & Nopiming provincial #parkshttps://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6897808
#Sagkeeng #FirstNation #Treaty3 #Anishinaabe #Ecocide #Canada #NativeLands #CanPoli #environmental
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Band-aid solutions
Small business owners’ perspectives on a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in ManitobaNatalie Riediger
Fareeha Quayyum
Andrea Bombak
Emma Robinson
Kelsey Mann
Krista Beck
Jeff LaPlante
Michael Champagne
Myra Tait
Riel Dubois#Sugar #SugarSweetenedBeverages #Tax #Taxation #SmallBusiness #SmallBusinesses #Manitoba #HealthPolicy
Study #Food ? Enjoy #OpenAccess #FoodScholarship on every article in CFS!
https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/554
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YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1847:
"Mr. Rowand's boat and the Governor's pushed on ahead in order to reach Norway House tonight, but we remained behind with the Brigade, and encamped on an Island at the commencement of Playgreen Lake #MB
"Sunday. Fine warm day. Arrived at #NorwayHouse at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Sir George Simpson, Mr. Rowand &c arrived here about 10 o'clock last night. Found Mr. Chief Factor Nicol Finlayson here.... #CanadaHistory #Manitoba #AmWritingHistory #NonFiction -
The #Indigenous #StudentCentre and #CommunityEngagedLearning have come together with #TwoSpirit #Elders to create a #SafeSpace for the Indigenous two-spirit community on campus.
#CommunityBuilding #DropIns will also be offered throughout the spring and summer terms.https://themanitoban.com/2023/03/isc-to-offer-drop-ins-for-two-spirit-students/44993
#Manitoba #decolonization #Canada #NativeCulture #reconnecting #FirstNations
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YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
#NorwayHouse #Manitoba: "During the night we had a heavy fall of rain & Thunder storm, against which our Tents proved but a very indifferent shelter, many coming down & exposing their inmates to a complete wetting. The scanty supply of Provisions has reduced our Crews to the alternative of Eating Dogs, which however is considered a choice article of food by some of the old Voyageurs. The Gentlemen participate in the general Scarcity, and... #Books #History
