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Caspian paid up to $50M extra, inquiry hears A fraud investigator hired by the public inquiry into Winnipeg's police headquarters project says the main contractor was paid $45 million to $50 million in addition to the work it invoiced.

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Caspian and other defendants to a city lawsuit settled for up to $28M.

If they don’t pay, the city will take title to a number of Caspian properties.

Caspian Construction paid $45M to $50M above and beyond work it conducted, police HQ inquiry hears | CBC News The main contractor on Winnipeg's police headquarters was paid $45 million to $50 million above and beyond the actual work it conducted on the redevelopment, says a fraud investigator hired by the pro...

Caspian Construction paid $45M to $50M above and beyond work it conducted, police HQ inquiry hears www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I am out of local garlic for the winter. Should have bought more in the fall.

We Are Making A New World (Paul Nash, 1918)

This painting is 108 years old now.

ANALYSIS | Phase 1 of the Winnipeg police HQ inquiry is over. Here's what we still don't know | CBC News Audits, RCMP investigation, lawsuits and now an inquiry have yielded enough pertinent information to fill several large textbooks about the Winnipeg's police HQ. Nonetheless, there remain questions ab...

Phase 1 of the Winnipeg police HQ inquiry is over. Here's what we still don't know www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

*airspace

US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone, lawmakers say Members of Congress say the U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone.

U.S. military uses laser to shoot done U.S. border patrol drone, leading U.S. aviation authorities to close airplane (again) near El Paso.

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Winnipeg developer files defamation suit against Peguis First Nation following lawyer's comments in media | CBC News A Winnipeg developer is suing Peguis First Nation for defamation, alleging comments the First Nation’s lawyer made in media coverage about a land deal between the community and the developer were "har...

Developer Andrew Marquess sues Peguis First Nation lawyer for defamation www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The first phase of the Winnipeg police HQ inquiry - the redevelopment project - is over.

The second phase - 12 days of hearings, scheduled over three weeks, focused on the money trail - begins March 9.

Police HQ project director tells inquiry he didn't take part in conspiracy, witnessed no fraud or bribes | CBC News A Winnipeg construction expert hired by the city to protect its interests in the construction of the downtown police headquarters told the public inquiry into the project he did not take part in a con...

Winnipeg police HQ project director tells inquiry he didn't take part in conspiracy, saw no fraud or bribes

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Winnipeg public service recommends lowering default speed limit to 40 km/h from 50 km/h | CBC News The City of Winnipeg is recommending lowering the default speed limit in the city from 50 km/h to 40 km/h.

Winnipeg wants to reduce speed limits on residential streets to 40 kph www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Please check your direct messages.

Formally, it’s part of the River-Osborne Neighbourhood.

“Osborne Village” is an informal geographic area that includes parts of three neighbourhoods:

• Roslyn
• McMillan
• River-Osborne

Inspector who served as 2nd police liaison to HQ project tells inquiry he was left in dark about cost overruns | CBC News A retired Winnipeg police inspector who served as the second police liaison to the city's police headquarters project told the public inquiry into the construction of the megaproject that he was left ...

Inspector who served as 2nd police liaison to HQ project tells inquiry he was left in dark about cost overruns www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Spinach, water spinach, Chinese celery and yu choy, among others.

Yup. Asian grocers. Not always, but often.

Bought a bunch on Saturday at Sun Wah.

Notes from Central Taiwan: Taiwan: green paradise - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

I wrote on this once. Taiwan has better greens than anywhere.
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Nice. What village?

Or rather, what is it near, seeing as I spent all of two weeks in Taiwan two years ago and would be hard-pressed to name a single village.

Or Gul Dukat or whatever I said.

Links to stories about the police HQ, which I’ve spent two decades covering? A couple of clicks.

Typo-ridden ramblings about easy-to-cook veggies? The closest thing to actual engagement on BlueSky.

I guess food is a salve in a crappy time. We are all more hobbit than we are elf.

DISCARD

I hate myself but I’m not redoing this thread.

Yup. Asian grocers have it often.

I last bought a bunch at Sun Wah.

I would also spell food correctly there.

I enjoy a good self-pwn.

The same dish is $15 in a good Chinese resto. I don’t know why. It just is.

Anyway, Taiwanese spinach might be the best spinach. I say “might” because I am certain I have not eaten all the spinach.

Thanks for letting me talk about spinach.

All you do is wash it and dry it. Cut the roots off and ducaed. Cut the stems into pieces and tear the leaves.

Flash fry the stems in a little oil. Add the leaves and some minced garlic. Finish with a sprinkle of kosher salt and a pinch of white pepper.

That’s it; 90 seconds and you’re done.

It doesn’t look like much. It vaguely resembles dandelions.

But the stems are crunchy, salty and sweet - and the leaves stand up to a quick stir fry better than regular spinach.

In the old days when Twitter was fun and people there were generally nice, I would talk about good sometimes.

I don’t do that much here.

But I do want to talk about Taiwanese spinach.

Project manager had concerns about police HQ contractor, inquiry told The original manager of the Winnipeg police headquarters project raised concerns about Caspian Construction before and after the company won the bid for initial construction work on the job, the publi...

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Initial project manager on police HQ raised concerns about contractor Caspian, inquiry told | CBC News The original manager of the Winnipeg police headquarters project raised concerns about contractor Caspian Construction before and after the company won the bid for initial construction work on the job...

Initial project manager on police HQ raised concerns about contractor Caspian, inquiry told www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...