Please continue any discussion on random news items here.

1 hour ago, JCon said:

 

We need a new flag. There are a handful of bisons left.

Just now, FrostyWinnipeg said:

We need a new flag. There are a handful of bisons left.

More than a handful... but I agree, we need a new, more inclusive flag that celebrates the many cultures and traditions that make up Manitoba. 

Just now, JCon said:

More than a handful... but I agree, we need a new, more inclusive flag that celebrates the many cultures and traditions that make up Manitoba. 

They'd probably put a pic of Riel on it 🙄

1 minute ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

They'd probably put a pic of Riel on it 🙄

Who's "they"? 

And, maybe the founder of Manitoba should be on the flag? But, I would prefer not. 

20 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

 

I’d laugh at this, but you know that we are going to get a bunch of paranoid idiots shooting sparrows out of the sky now. 

                                                           

So for those of you in Winnipeg that have seen those mysterious NOW posters, it looks like we have an answer but I just googled and apparently there's nothing on this new station, why can't there be a  rebrand to a lite music station like 102.3 once was

 

 

On 2021-10-13 at 11:05 AM, iHeart said:

So for those of you in Winnipeg that have seen those mysterious NOW posters, it looks like we have an answer but I just googled and apparently there's nothing on this new station, why can't there be a  rebrand to a lite music station like 102.3 once was

 

 

and we finally have some confirmation HOW MANY ADULT CONTEMPORARY MUSIC STATIONS DO WE NEED HERE? WE HAVE PEGGY FOR GOD SAKES

https://www.chrisd.ca/2021/10/14/943-now-radio-winnipeg-format-flip/?fbclid=IwAR0CBHk1kK_vf0RJ9VgjesMDguloh3ILDKeJJ5-56KO_pgFjVeMg2T80cfI

 

judging from what you see in the Recently played column it looks like it could be a mixed bag

https://www.1023nowradio.com/player/?playerID=442

Edited October 14, 20214 yr by iHeart

A federal grand jury has indicted a former chief technical pilot at Boeing, alleging that he deliberately deceived safety regulators at the Federal Aviation Administration as the agency evaluated and certified the troubled 737 Max airplane.

The indictment charged Mark Forkner, 49, with six counts of fraud, accusing him of providing the FAA with "false, inaccurate and incomplete information" about a new automated flight control system on the 737 Max.

 

Robert Clifford, the lead attorney for many of the families of the people who were killed in the 737 Max crashes, calls the indictment of Forkner "a corporate whitewash." Clifford says the "corporate greed goes far beyond the chief pilot" at Boeing and he is urging the justice department to go further in its criminal investigation.

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/14/1046198912/boeing-test-pilot-indicted-737-max-mark-forkner

Edited October 15, 20214 yr by Mark F

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/top-court-snow-removal-liability-1.6219354

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The Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously ruled that municipal snow removal activities are not immune from negligence and liability claims, a decision that could affect cities across the country.

The case at the centre of the decision is a lawsuit brought against the City of Nelson, B.C. by Taryn Joy Marchi, who injured her leg while climbing over a snowbank in 2015.

Marchi lost her initial suit but the B.C. Court of Appeal overturned the ruling and the city appealed to the Supreme Court.  

The key question the seven Supreme Court justices were tasked with deciding was the legal distinction between "core policy decisions" made by governments — which are immune from liability and negligence claims — and "operational decisions" that are taken while implementing policy, which are subject to liability claims.

https://deadline.com/2021/10/alec-baldwin-movie-fatal-shooting-director-crew-member-dead-rust-1234860500/

you'd think Hollywood would have learned after the Brandon Lee and the Jon-erik Hexum incident

12 hours ago, iHeart said:

you'd think Hollywood would have learned after the Brandon Lee and the Jon-erik Hexum incident

Sets are supposed to have "safety officers" who are responsible for ensuring that no one gets hurt. 

To be honest I don't blame him, this is going to haunt him real bad

 

9 minutes ago, iHeart said:

To be honest I don't blame him, this is going to haunt him real bad

 

He’ll be charged for something, 

Search warrant reveals grim details of ‘Rust’ shooting and Halyna Hutchins’ final minutes

The three men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest against police brutality can be labeled rioters, looters or arsonists — but they shouldn't be called victims, the Wisconsin judge in Rittenhouse's murder trial ruled this week. https://nbcnews.to/3BdJfH7

File this under The 'murica Thread - All things madness south of the border

8 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

The three men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest against police brutality can be labeled rioters, looters or arsonists — but they shouldn't be called victims, the Wisconsin judge in Rittenhouse's murder trial ruled this week. https://nbcnews.to/3BdJfH7

File this under The 'murica Thread - All things madness south of the border

Every time you think America couldn't get any more insane.....

wasn't sure if it belonged here or the Canadian Politics thread

 

Public Health now questioning 'validity' of New Brunswick's mystery brain disease

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/thai-police-say-woman-cut-rope-holding-painters-26-floors-n1282591

U.S. judge sentences Manitoban ex-reservist Patrik Mathews to 9 years in prison for role in neo-Nazi plot

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-manitoba-reports-first-chronic-wasting-disease-case-bans-hunting-where/

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/pictures-jet-pack-man-in-sky-near-lax/2742742/