New lover has a family he kept secret

Miss Lonelyhearts 2 minute read Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: A few weeks ago, I found out a guy who was pursuing me hotly had a wife and children. I was not invested in him emotionally, as he felt too anxious to seal the deal, but I had been to bed with him when he came to the city. He lives in a small town, but wouldn’t tell me the name. The third time he slept over, I waited until he was asleep and searched his pants and wallet.

I found out the town’s name, his address, pictures of his wife and kids, his business and loyalty cards and even a pay stub. When he woke up, he couldn’t find his clothes because I had heaved them out in the front yard. He ran out in a towel to get them. I didn’t care what the neighbours saw. I’m single and innocent. When he was leaving, I told him I had already called his wife and she could hardly wait to see him! (That wasn’t actually true, but his face changed colours several times.)

I haven’t heard from him since. Should I actually call his wife?

— To Out or Not To Out, Winnipeg

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Sandra Shibata, vice-president with the Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba, on Saturday stands next to a table displaying the names of people who were expelled to Manitoba after they were forcefully removed from the west coast in 1941. In the other room, the association was hosting a watch party for the unveiling of the Japanese Canadian Monument in Victoria B.C. one of 15 taking place across the country.

Winnipeggers witness unveiling of Japanese Canadian monument in B.C.

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Winnipeggers witness unveiling of Japanese Canadian monument in B.C.

Morgan Modjeski 5 minute read Yesterday at 8:39 PM CDT

As Miki Stewart gathered with her family at the Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba on Saturday afternoon, she was thinking of her parents, Yoshimaru and Yoshi Abe.

Both Stewart, 80, and her sister Yumi Falk, 81, alongside an older brother, were born in the Tashme internment camp in British Columbia. They were among more than 2,600 Japanese Canadians who were forcefully removed and interred at the camp following the bombing of Pearl Harbour and Canada’s declaration of war on Japan in 1941.

“They didn’t talk much about how they suffered,” Stewart said of her parents. “But they did.”

She was amongst a group of more than 150 people who gathered at the association’s McPhillips headquarters on Saturday afternoon to watch the unveiling of the Japanese Canadian Monument in Victoria B.C.

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Prediction contracts let you ‘invest’ in whether Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry will get married.

Broadening prediction-market gambling a bad idea

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Broadening prediction-market gambling a bad idea

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Let’s make a prediction: sooner or later, when Canadian governments find a way to take their own cut of the action, prediction-contract gambling on everything from sports to entertainment to political decisions is going to come to Canada.

And that’s a horrible, dangerous, pernicious idea.

Unless you have particular access to information — either inside information or strategic information based on skills or education — you’re not likely to make money at it. In fact, structurally, you’re likely to lose. In prediction markets, you basically pay an amount, plus fees from the company involved, to bet on whether something will or will not happen within a certain time frame. The amount you pay for your contract depends on how other people are also betting.

As Wealthsimple describes it, “You buy whichever side you think is right. Prices move with demand, so if the market leans towards one outcome, the more that side costs. If a lot of people are backing the TSX to finish above 38,000, yes gets more expensive and no gets cheaper.”

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A volunteer-led pop-up library at the Manitoba Youth Centre has been shut down by the province, leaving experts and advocates baffled.

Volunteer pop-up library axed from Manitoba Youth Centre

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Volunteer pop-up library axed from Manitoba Youth Centre

Matthew Frank 3 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 11:25 AM CDT

Manitoba Corrections has cancelled a pop-up library program at the Manitoba Youth Centre, leaving inmates without librarian services and fewer options to borrow certain books.

The Prison Libraries Committee, part of the non-profit Manitoba Library Association, operated and funded the volunteer program since 2024 before it was shut down by the province last month. The group previously partnered with the province to offer the service because the facility has no dedicated library of its own.

“It is concerning that community members who are incarcerated, especially youth, are losing out on meaningful programming, access to information and rehabilitation efforts, which are offered at no cost to (Manitoba) Corrections. We urge Manitoba Justice to promote more library services and programming, not less,” said a Sept. 24 letter from the non-profit addressed to the justice minister.

Ashley Huot, chair of the Prison Libraries Committee, said she was puzzled when she received an email last month from Manitoba Corrections stating that the pop-up library was no longer needed.

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