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Malak Abas

@malakabas.bsky.social
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Daily newsperson at the Winnipeg Free Press. Pronounced Mah-lack. Get in touch at malak.abas@freepress.mb.ca.

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Malak Abas @malakabas.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
A draft bylaw that would have prohibited "nuisance" protests at sites across the city was walked back Monday, and thoroughly squashed Tuesday after hundreds showed up at city hall in a protest that would have been banned under the proposed bylaw. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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Winnipeg's 'Nuisance' protest bylaw stalled after hundreds object
A bylaw that proposed a ban on “nuisance” protests within 100 metres of certain locations has been shelved indefinitely after intense public pushback and and a protest that drew hundreds to city hall ...
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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 17/02/2026
At one of the Oakwood Cafe’s last lunch rushes, one might guess the restaurant packed full of diners was influenced by the announcement a day earlier the decades-old South Osborne neighbourhood institution would be closing its doors for good.
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‘Neighbourhood staple’ Oakwood Cafe to shutter
Post-pandemic financial struggles lead to ‘really, really terrible’ decision to close March 8: owner
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Marsha McLeod @marshamcleod.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
New deep dive from @malakabas.bsky.social and me on Synergy Inmate Phone Solutions, a San Antonio-based company that's come to dominate the Canadian prison telecom market – now contracting with 12 out of 13 provincial and territorial corrections systems. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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Texas-based firm commands 80 per cent market share of telecom services for Manitoba inmates after securing non-competitive, highly lucrative contracts
Six years ago, at a spring meeting of Manitoba’s jail superintendents, plans were getting underway to start providing electronic tablets to inmates in a few correctional institutions — with the compan...
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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 01/10/2025
As a sea of thousands clad in orange waited, Helen George braids her son’s long, straight hair.
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‘Nobody can break us down as Indigenous people’
As a sea of thousands clad in orange waited, Helen George braids her son’s long, straight hair.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 06/09/2025
In Winnipeg, the goal was more frequent and on-time buses. New maps and analysis reveal a different picture — one with stark impacts for lower-income neighbourhoods, @jsrutgers.bsky.social and @malakabas.bsky.social report: thenarwhal.ca/winnipeg-tra...
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The Winnipeg transit overhaul, mapped | The Narwhal
The goal was more frequent and on-time buses that run into the night. An analysis of the Winnipeg transit overhaul paints a different picture
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Marsha McLeod @marshamcleod.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
An excellent, data-driven read, chock full of visuals, on the fallout of Winnipeg's new transit system by the talented @jsrutgers.bsky.social and @malakabas.bsky.social ⬇️ www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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Winnipeg Transit overhaul created significant gaps in service, hitting low-income areas and bus-dependent populations hardest: Free Press/Narwhal analysis
When transit flows, a neighbourhood thrives. When buses are frequent, arrive on time and run into the night, it means more kids make it to after-school activities, more students can get to class on ti...
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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 05/09/2025
Winnipeg's transit overhaul was intended to deliver faster and more reliable service to better serve all corners of a growing city. But a Free Press/Narwhal analysis of the system before and after the June 29 transition date reveals a different story. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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Niigaan Sinclair @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
With ❤️ to relations in Hollow Water FN. Friday @winnipegfreepress.com column: Searching for answers in wake of horror www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
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Opinion: Searching for answers in wake of horror
In the mid-1980s, during a confidential survey of 60 random citizens in Hollow Water First Nation, researchers were shocked to discover that 40 of them had been sexually abused as children, often in r...
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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 05/09/2025
The family of an international university student who was shot and killed by a police officer — after he approached them while carrying two knives — say they’re “disappointed” and considering further legal action after an external review cleared the officer.
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Family of student killed in encounter with police threatens civil lawsuit
The family of an international university student who was shot and killed by a police officer — after he approached them while carrying two knives — say they’re “disappointed” and considering further legal action after an external review cleared the officer.
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