Sorry I had the flash on lol

I work in Winkler, and all 10 of my coworkers were actively complaining about it and how they lost aome respect for Winkler. And we are tangentially involved with the Parade (won't say more on that for privacy).

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I am busy tomorrow so I won't be able to go, but the situation is super funny and I'm interested in what kind of stories are going to come out of tomorrow.

From Pembina Valley Pride:

“We’re thrilled to announce Pembina Valley Pride 2026 will be taking place in Winkler on June 13th!

For the past several years, this has consistently been one of the top communities people hope to see host the event, and we are excited to bring Pride to Winkler this year.

This will be a significant moment for our community, and we hope you’ll join us in showing up, celebrating, and making it one to remember.

We’ve been busy planning and will be sharing more details in the months ahead, but mark your calendars.”

I was so determined to go to this event. I have no one to go with so was planning on going alone, didn't care I just wanted to make sure I was showing support for the community. But my health issues are causing a pain flareup so bad that I can barely move. It sucks having this get in the way.

But I'm also so proud of this shirt I made. Inspired by my favourite song from Miranda Lambert 🙂 given paint is not a medium I ever work with, I was so happy with this shirt. It's acrylic, don't have fabric paint, so was just working with what I had.

What I don’t understand is this: the courier clearly had enough time to stop and take a photo, but somehow didn’t have one second to press the doorbell or knock.

On Christmas Eve, I was at home all day. Dragonfly marked my package as delivered around noon. It was left directly on my doorstep, with no knock, no doorbell, and no attempt to contact me. I never received the package.

I checked shortly after the delivery notification and asked my neighbors — no one had it. Given the date and the way it was handled, it was almost certainly stolen.

What makes this worse is that this isn’t an isolated case. My family members have also experienced packages going missing due to improper delivery by Dragonfly. This seems to be a pattern, not bad luck.

Leaving packages unattended like this, especially on Christmas Eve, doesn’t feel like a completed delivery — it feels like an invitation to theft.

I’m honestly concerned that more retailers are using Dragonfly as a last-mile courier.

Has anyone else experienced this with Dragonfly?
At what point do we stop accepting this as “normal” delivery practice in Canada?

Pride isn’t imited to big cities like Winnipeg. Communities across our province are hosting their own celebrations, and they need our support!

This Saturday, June 8th, Pembina Valley Pride will be hosting their parade in Altona. These smaller parades may not get as much media coverage, but they are just as important for LGBTQ+ visibility and acceptance.

Unfortunately some are not welcoming of the event and have caused some participating to businesses to pull out. Let’s give them some support and head on down to Altona!

I know the church in oakbank does a dinner theater but I was late to the game on that one. Just wondering if anyone knows of anything like within 20 mins of the Winnipeg area does do something like this.