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
Reminder to MB-based Mastodon folks: there are MB and Winnipeg-focused communities on https://lemmy.ca for a "Reddit-like" experience, and it's possible to follow and contribute to them from Mastodon! They can be found at:
manitoba@ lemmy.ca
winnipeg@ lemmy.ca
(without the space after the @)
If you tag those accounts in a toot, the toot will be posted to the community you tagged.
Hey #Winnipeg. What’s the worst #intersection in town if you’re a #pedestrian?
There’s no shortage but my current vote goes to Ness and Century. It’s two highways! It’s loud, dirty and doesn’t give a crap about you if you’re a person with mobility concerns. Especially in winter. 3 of the waiting pads are disintegrating. And the slip lanes encourage drivers to blast through on all sides. I’m surprised people aren’t constantly murdered there.
#WPGPoli #MBPoli #Manitoba #Walkability #Infrastructure #City
Pausing the irreverence for a moment for some serious times.
Living in poverty is linked to higher rates of disease, mental health distress, addictions, disability, and a shorter lifespan.
And helping people be healthy and cool, does, guess what? Right! the ability to help others and not get tied up with the legal system/other junk. In short everyone wins!
Edit to add: Deadline to sign is tomorrow morning, March 11th, 8:30 am central
If you live in #Winnipeg, please sign and share this petition to Re-fund the public art program. It will be shared at the Standing Policy Committee on Community Services meeting on March 11th and 17th.
"The City of Winnipeg's public art budget was $500,000 a year from 2004-2018. It was reduced to $250,000 in 2019 and then $125,000 in 2022.
In the 2024-2027 budget, it has been cut completely.
Because of the cut, we could lose the Public Art Program completely.
Increases in other arts funding do not replace Winnipeg's unique Public Art Program. The program has a history of creating free and accessible community-driven arts programming across Winnipeg's many diverse neighbourhoods.
The Public Art Program needs its own budget line to ensure it remains an appropriately funded priority."
#Wpgpoli #mbpoli #manitoba #treaty1
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdAPjrOK1GyrlbbwDLITYQgX_uAgEY0c8tahipwwXZ7bQVd0A/viewform
We, the undersigned, urge Mayor and Council to fully re-fund the Public Art Program in the 2024-27 budget at the original amount of $500,000 a year. The City's public art budget was $500,000 a year from 2004-2018. It was reduced to $250,000 in 2019 and then $125,000 in 2022. For the 2024-2027 budget, it has been cut completely. Because of the cut, we could lose the Public Art Program completely. The program, as managed by the Winnipeg Arts Council for the past 20 years, consists of: The WITH ART and Youth WITH ART programs, which commission 2-3 public artworks from community groups and artists working collaboratively each year. Past Youth WITH ART works include Let’s Play Wheelchair Basketball! (2021), Reconciliation Mosaic (2020), Towards Repose (2020), Welcome to Ndinawe (2019), Where to Grow from Here (2019), Healthy Relationships 101 (2018), Along the Creek (2018), SKATE 363 (2017), Social Seed (2017), Wayfinders Survival Gear Guide (2017), Imagine Home (2016), Opening Doors (2016), Life Journey (2015), Eco Art Action (2015), Peaceful Village Music (2015), Erica in Technoland (2014), Sunshine House (films, 2014), Through an Artist’s Eyes (2014), Sombo A Diba (2013), The Craftastics: Agents for Social Change (2013), The Gutter Art Space (G.A.S.) (2012), Earth Day (2012), Queer Perspectives (2012), Live/Life from 95 (2009), and Elwick Community Centre (2008). Past WITH ART works include Hey Today (2023), Resilience (2022), On Living and the End of Life (2021), Write To Move (2021), Memor-Eyes (2018), Reflects in Water (2016), Eyes of My Community (2016), The WRENCH (2014), The Challenges of Giving Shelter (2013), engaging WITH ART (2012), empty (2011), Picturing a Bright Future: The Eritrean Women’s Photography Project (2010), Winnipeg First Nation: Heart of a Home (2009), The Spence Community Compass: Finding Home (2008), and The Birthing Project (2008). Commissions of new public works. Past commissions include Fire Cycle (2022), See Hear Speak (2021-22), Four Flowers (2021), O-ween du muh waun. (We were told.) (2018), The Square Dancers (2018), Bokeh (2018), Electrical Currents (2018), THIS PLACE on Treaty 1 Territory & the Homeland of the Métis Nation (2018), Tributaries (2017), heaven between (2016), The Eagle of Protection & The Warrior of Strength (2016), Close Commons (2015), Écobuage (2014), emptyful (2012), From Here Until Now (2012), Sentinel of Truth (2012), DIY Field (2011), city.block.stop (2010), Agassiz Ice (2008), Table of Contents (2006), The Illumination (2005), and Untitled (Cliff Eyland, 2005). Collaborations / commissions of new public works with local organizations and city departments. Such works include Chinatown Neighbourhood Banners (2024), Lights on the Exchange Artist Lanterns (2023/24), Morning Star (2022), OUTCROPPINGS (2022), The Path of Our Ancestors (2022), Winnipeg Words (2020-21), Furrows on the Land (The Field) / Furrows in the Land (The Wheel) (2020), テンサイ (Tensai) (2020), Bloody Saturday (2019), Rooster Town Kettle and Fetching Water (2019), Métis Land Use (2019), Loop, Cycle, Passage & Eyes at Nuit Blanche (2019), Salt Fat Sugar & Your Water is Safe: a project for the commons (2019), ROW ROW ROW (2019), PHARE OUEST (FAR WEST) (2018), Impulse (2018), Mediating the Treaties (2018), (Un)Still Life with Spoked Wheels (2020), Watershed (2017), Waterfall #2 (2015), High Five (2014), SnowMAZEing Family Fun Day (2014), the Archambault Performance Pavilion (2012), land/mark (2009), Monument (2009), Bike Racks on Broadway (2008), Light Through (2013), YOU YOU + YOU (2010), the Exchange District Posterboard Project (2009). The Artist-in-Residence program, which has produced works including Reliquary/Reliquaire (2009), Souvenirs (2008), Marbles at Mayfair (2012/16), living living room (2011), and lost_landscape (2007). Tours, educational, and archival activities that make existing public art accessible to new audiences. The Public Art Program Coordinator, employed by Winnipeg Arts Council, who has accumulated years of experience and specialized expertise managing the programs described above. Her work is overseen by a volunteer Public Art Committee. Funding public art programming, including programming that brings art to youth and community groups, is a top priority. Please restore the City of Winnipeg's public art funding to $500,000 a year. In 2022, the city removed 18,132 graffiti tags for $179 each [page 125, 2024-27 City of Winnipeg multi-year budget]. That is a total of $3.24 million. That means in 2022 the city spent $3.12 million more on graffiti removal than on the Public Art Program. Winnipeg should be spending at least as much on the Public Art Program as it is on removing graffiti. Increases in other arts funding do not replace Winnipeg's unique Public Art Program. The program has a history of creating free and accessible community-driven arts programming across Winnipeg's many diverse neighbourhoods. It has a unique place in introducing art to audiences, communities, and youth in Winnipeg who may not otherwise be able to access it. The Public Art Program needs its own budget line to ensure it remains an appropriately funded priority. Thank you.
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Steve-Lambert
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Paul Nix