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Julia-Simone Rutgers

@jsrutgers

manitoba environment reporter @thenarwhalca and @winnipegnews / lover of community / tips: [email protected] / opinions my own

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Just a small part of my reflections as a journalist on the anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023:

jsrutgers's tweet image. Just a small part of my reflections as a journalist on the anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023:
jsrutgers's tweet image. Just a small part of my reflections as a journalist on the anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023:
jsrutgers's tweet image. Just a small part of my reflections as a journalist on the anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023:

Julia-Simone Rutgers reposted

Two more Palestinian journalists were killed by the Israel Defence Forces today, March 24 2025. @HossamShabat & #MohammedMansour. Targeting journalists is a war crime. According to @pressfreedom more than 170 journalists/media workers have been killed in #Gaza since Oct.7 2023

.@ricochet_en An article about #Israel's attacks on journalists & the perilous state of journalism in Palestine, and a very short history of journalism in the Occupied Territories. ricochet.media/international/… #Gaza #ShireenAbuAkleh #Palestine



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He bought a pipeline but put a price on carbon. He didn't plant two billion trees but invested in Indigenous conservation. Justin Trudeau’s resignation ends a near-decade of Canada's most climate-conscious government. What was his environmental impact? thenarwhal.ca/trudeau-resign…


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How Universities Cracked Down on Pro-Palestinian Activism nytimes.com/2024/11/25/us/…


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The Free Press sought to understand the extent of money laundering at Manitoba casinos — an environment rife for exploitation — and what the Crown corporation is doing to address it. It took 10 months to get a word out of Liquor and Lotteries. winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2…


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Why we boycott Israel: ‘One day everyone will have always been against this’ by Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson breachmedia.ca/why-we-boycott…


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Manitobans have just a few days left to comment on a proposed peat mine near Lake Winnipeg. Some residents are asking for a moratorium on new approvals until the industry’s existing impacts are dealt with. via @jsrutgers thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-peat-…


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Ahmad and Zahra Abu Sakheil, two journalists, were killed in an Israeli airstrike near Fahd Al-Sabah School at midnight. This follows the killing of journalist Khaled Abu Zir, who was working for a local radio broadcaster and was killed just yesterday. Abu Zir's death brought the…


Julia-Simone Rutgers reposted

#Opinion: This essay breaks a rule of Canadian media. I hope it encourages others to do the same trib.al/IL1OCeF


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Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault announced the launch of the new Canada Water Agency yesterday, saying it comes at a time that climate change and industrial activity are impacting water quality across the country, @jsrutgers reports thenarwhal.ca/winnipeg-canad…


Had an absolute blast writing this one… the history of the giant Canada goose is full of surprises!

PIECE OF THE WEEK: Giant Canada geese, so ubiquitous today in cities across the country, were once considered extinct. What can we learn from watching them up close? buff.ly/3UdsZ5w (@thenarwhalca @jsrutgers)

GCLongform's tweet image. PIECE OF THE WEEK: Giant Canada geese, so ubiquitous today in cities across the country, were once considered extinct. What can we learn from watching them up close? buff.ly/3UdsZ5w (@thenarwhalca @jsrutgers)


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While police brass sounds alarm about officer burnout, cops rack up 50,000+ hours of moonlighting shifts over a recent 13-month stretch. Story from ⁦@MattDFrank⁩ & me: winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2…


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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that could trap hundreds of thousands of Palestinians without food or water. apnews.com/article/hamas-…


Julia-Simone Rutgers reposted

It’s the silence in the face of the annihilation and erasure of Palestinian people by the forces of Israel that’s inexcusable because it amounts to complicity and a betrayal of their humanity.


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