New podcast as the civic election approaches, Ballot Babes hosted by Patty Wiens (Winnipeg's Bicycle Mayor) and Sam Beiko
https://www.pattybikes.com/ballot-babes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbPNQ_xT-QM

so it's pretty recent that i realized they livestream the local city council meetings thanks to Ballot Babes. They are meeting right now.

Ballot Babes ep 5 | What did Scott Gillingham say about Seniors?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN8Pf3bYFEM

New episode of Ballot Babes, this time about the new Winnipeg Transit system
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIJpRS2MfT0
#winnipeg #wpgpoli

Episode 3 of Ballot Babes debriefing the public works meeting last week (and one councilor accuses one of the hosts of lying in her podcast)

Episode 2 of Ballot Babes is up
"We’re dropping a somewhat urgent episode in light of the Standing Policy Committee on Public Works meeting, taking place March 4, 9:30am at City Hall. We’re going to tell you all about what this committee does, who is on the committee, and why you should care about this upcoming meeting! If you can go in person, we highly recommend it; if you can write in comments or delegate at this meeting, we walk you through why engaging with these processes matter when it comes to influencing the fabric of our local democracy.
We’ll be particularly focusing on the scrapping of the temporary bike lane infrastructure hard fought for since 2024, and the motion for city-wide speed limit reduction."

New podcast as the civic election approaches, Ballot Babes hosted by Patty Wiens (Winnipeg's Bicycle Mayor) and Sam Beiko
https://www.pattybikes.com/ballot-babes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbPNQ_xT-QM
> Funding for later transit service will be worked on during 2026 budget discussions
This is a good start. While we're at it, let's keep going and fund the whole transit system properly.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-transit-night-bus-1.7643311
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