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Matthew Frank

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Writer of things | Speaker of stuff. National reporter for The Globe and Mail 🗞️

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Dean Beeby @deanbeeby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New from me, for the IJF: RCMP still can't sell used patrol cars, though it's costing them millions theijf.org/article/rcmp... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #rcmp
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RCMP still can't sell used patrol cars, though it's costing them millions
Moratorium on used vehicle sales has been in place since mass shooting incident in Nova Scotia
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Matthew Frank @mattdfrank.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
My latest and last story for The Globe and Mail this summer. Experts and advocates say the RCMP’s new policy will limit police transparency, complicate the complaints process and fuel distrust in Indigenous communities.
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Matthew Frank @mattdfrank.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Not all Americans are onboard with U.S. President Donald Trump renaming Lake Ontario. Across the water in Rochester, N.Y. , its city council signed a proclamation last week defying Trump’s executive order, calling it a childish and futile “stunt.”
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In Rochester, N.Y., businesses and officials defy Trump’s Lake Ontario renaming ‘stunt’
Residents oppose the removal of a name that is interwoven with businesses and landmarks throughout the region
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Matthew Frank @mattdfrank.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Another day, another outlandish Trump threat. While Trump does not have the power to compel other countries – including Canada – to recognize renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America, experts and Indigenous leaders say such a threat imposes American nationalism and erases Indigenous identity.
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To First Nations that named Lake Ontario, Trump’s threat doesn’t hold water
‘Lake America’ proposal irks the people that called it Ontario centuries before Europeans did the same
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Mike Hager @mikehager.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Colleague @mattdfrank.bsky.social had an intense interview with the man driving the second vehicle struck by the plane:
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Ian Froese @ianfroese.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Wab Kinew been premier for almost 3 years ... he's yet to make a public visit to Manitoba's 3rd-largest city www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #mbpoli
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Wab Kinew been premier for almost 3 years ... he's yet to make a public visit to Manitoba's 3rd-largest city | CBC News
Premier Wab Kinew has yet to make a public visit to Steinbach — the province’s third-largest city — nearly three years into his term in office, despite repeatedly promoting a “One Manitoba” message an...
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Matthew Frank @mattdfrank.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
LATEST: Sexual-assault cases are taking longer to wind their way through the courts, despite the Supreme Court of Canada’s strict timelines to prevent criminal cases from being thrown out, a new federal report has found.
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Court delays in sex-assault cases increase despite Supreme Court deadlines, report finds
Delays are a sign that courts are under strain, as 10,000 criminal trial cases a year are thrown for exceeding deadlines
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Matthew Frank @mattdfrank.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
SCOOP: A third-party report on an inner-city community health facility reveals concerns about management practices and staff safety amid several doctor resignations, the Free Press has learned.
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Accusations of ‘authoritarian leadership’ at Klinic Community Health lead to audit
A third-party report on an inner-city community health facility reveals concerns about management practices and staff safety amid several doctor resignations, the Free Press has learned. TLS Enterpris...
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Half of First Nation families in Manitoba have had file opened with child welfare system, study finds. ‘Birth alert’ system, discontinued in 2020, cited as the main reason for the high rates, by @mattdfrank.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Half of First Nation families in Manitoba have had file opened with child welfare system, study finds
Co-author Kathleen Kenny pointed to Manitoba’s ‘birth alert’ system, discontinued in 2020, as the main reason for the high rates of child welfare involvement in First Nations families
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Matthew Frank @mattdfrank.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
LATEST: Every year there are headlines about Manitoba First Nation communities evacuating from natural disasters. For communities, the story continues long after the news cycle has moved on. Check out my article for Working Draft here! workingdraftmagazine.com/after-the-sm...
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Matthew Frank @mattdfrank.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
LATEST: Manitoba’s new homelessness strategy lacks the queer representation and queer-specific resources needed to help people in the community, advocates and experts say.
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Manitoba homelessness strategy falls short meeting queer community’s needs, advocates, experts say
Canadian queer people are twice as likely to experience some type of homelessness, compared to other groups: Statistics Canada
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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 03/01/2025
Manitoba doesn’t track how much time provincial inmates spend in solitary confinement, nearly 1 1/2 years after a judge called on the government to launch an independent review of its use of the widely condemned practice.
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Province plans to begin tracking solitary confinement use in jails more than a year after judge called for review of practice
Manitoba doesn’t track how much time provincial inmates spend in solitary confinement, nearly 1 1/2 years after a judge called on the government to launch an independent review of its use of the widely condemned practice.
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Matthew Frank @mattdfrank.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Latest work: Winnipeg police doesn’t track racial data for use-of-force incidents, but other Canadian police services do. Advocates and experts say the data is necessary because it validates the experiences racial communities have with police.
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Tracking race when officers use force 'bare minimum' Winnipeg police should do, expert says | CBC News
Jordan Charlie, a 24-year-old Inuk, was the fourth person police have shot and killed in Winnipeg this year — but he's the only one whose race is publicly known, and that's a problem, a criminologist says.
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