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Gord Steeves
Candidate in the 2014 City of Winnipeg Mayoral race.
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'Drunken native' comment by candidate's wife rankles Winnipeg aboriginals
Sunday, 10 August 2014
WINNIPEG - Winnipeg aboriginal people say offensive comments made online by the wife of mayoral candidate Gord Steeves four years ago simply speak to a greater overall problem. Lorrie Steeves wrote a Facebook post calling out "drunken native guys," ...
Gord Steeves to break silence on wife's 'drunken native guys'
Sunday, 10 August 2014
She has since apologized for the remarks in a brief email. Winnipeg's Bannock Lady, Althea Guiboche, is challenging the couple to show they regret the remarks by helping her hand out food to the homeless Sunday at 3 p.m.. Gord Steeves has not responded ...
Gord Steeves to break silence on wife's 'drunken native guys' comment
Sunday, 10 August 2014
Winnipeg Mayoral candidate Gord Steeves says he will address the media on Tuesday. Steeves has made no comment since the revelation of Facebook posts his wife, Lorrie Steeves, made in 2010. Bannock lady challenges Gord Steeves, wife to help ...
Gord Steeves plans to address the media on Tuesday
Sunday, 10 August 2014
Mayoral candidate Gord Steeves plans to speak to media Tuesday. His campaign staff did not say what he wants to say or when or where he will say it. The campaign issued the notice Sunday. His campaign caught some heat late last week over an old ...
From Rob Ford references to embarrassing typos: Winnipeg's mayoral race is on
Sunday, 10 August 2014
The biggest and most serious controversy exploded Friday, when an anonymous Twitter user circulated a four-year-old Facebook post by Lorrie Steeves, wife of former city councillor and current mayoral contender Gord Steeves. In her 2010 post, she ...
From Rob Ford references to embarrassing typos: Winnipeg's mayoral race is on
Sunday, 10 August 2014
The biggest and most serious controversy exploded Friday, when an anonymous Twitter user circulated a four-year-old Facebook post by Lorrie Steeves, wife of former city councillor and current mayoral contender Gord Steeves. In her 2010 post, she ...
Update: Gord Steeves' wife apologizes for "drunken native guys" remark
Sunday, 10 August 2014
The wife of a Winnipeg mayoral candidate apologized Friday for referring four years ago to aboriginal panhandlers as “drunken native guys” who collect welfare and harass people. Lorrie Steeves, whose husband, Gord Steeves, is considered among the ...
Beg pardon? Aboriginal Winnipeggers take issue with Lorrie Steeves's racist rant
Saturday, 09 August 2014
Winnipeg aboriginal people say comments made online by Lorrie Steeves four years ago simply speak to a greater overall problem. Steeves', the wife of mayoral candidate Gord Steeves, wrote a Facebook post calling out "drunken native guys" and brought ...
Steeves' silence won't work
Saturday, 09 August 2014
Society's collective short-term memory may aid Gord Steeves in getting off the hook from a recent online controversy, but hoping voters simply forget the issue won't do him any good, a social media expert argues. A day after Steeves' wife Lorrie drew ...
'Got Bannock?' founder challenges Steeves over wife's Facebook post
Saturday, 09 August 2014
An inner-city activist issued a challenge to mayoral candidate Gord Steeves after a four-year-old Facebook comment by his wife about downtown panhandlers recently re-surfaced. Althea Guiboche, founder of the “Got Bannock?” program, has invited Gord ...
Spouse's comments spark big reaction
Saturday, 09 August 2014
Manitoba Treaty Commissioner Jamie Wilson was stunned Friday by the comments posted on Facebook by Lorrie Steeves, wife of mayoral candidate Gord Steeves. So were a lot of other people. "I would never paint an entire ethnic group on the actions of ...
Spouse's comments spark big reaction
Saturday, 09 August 2014
Manitoba Treaty Commissioner Jamie Wilson was stunned Friday by the comments posted on Facebook by Lorrie Steeves, wife of mayoral candidate Gord Steeves. So were a lot of other people. "I would never paint an entire ethnic group on the actions of ...
Bannock lady wants Gord Steeves and wife to join her in feeding the homeless
Saturday, 09 August 2014
After racially-charged Facebook comments made by Lorrie Steeves, mayoral candidate Gord Steeve's wife, resurfaced yesterday, Althea Guiboche was fed up. Lorrie Steeves wrote that she "is really tired of getting harrassed (sic) by the drunken native ...
Bannock lady challenges Gord Steeves, wife to help homeless
Saturday, 09 August 2014
Warning: Coarse language. Winnipeg's Bannock Lady is issuing a challenge to mayoral candidate Gord Steeves and his wife Lorrie. Althea Guiboche is inviting the couple to help her feed the homeless after Lorrie Steeves' Facebook post about "drunken ...
Winnipeg mayoral contender's wife's online aboriginal rant revealed
Saturday, 09 August 2014
WINNIPEG ─ A contender in Winnipeg's mayoral race has come under fire after a social media post from his wife denigrating aboriginals circulated late Friday afternoon. Lorrie Steeves, the wife of candidate Gord Steeves, wrote in February 2010 that she ...
'Drunken native' comment by Steeves' wife draws fire
Saturday, 09 August 2014
Downtown safety has often been an area of concern for people visiting the city. On Friday, mayoral candidate Gord Steeves unveiled his plan to shed that image. But after a tweet from a mysterious Twitter account an hour after his announcement, Steeve ...
Steeves' wife apologizes for 'drunken native guys' Facebook post
Saturday, 09 August 2014
A pledge by mayoral candidate Gord Steeves to reduce public intoxication in downtown Winnipeg has been derailed by a four-year-old comment by his spouse, who complained on Facebook of harassment by "drunken native guys" while her husband was a ...
Steeves' wife apologizes for 'drunken native guys' Facebook post
Saturday, 09 August 2014
A pledge by mayoral candidate Gord Steeves to reduce public intoxication in downtown Winnipeg has been derailed by a four-year-old comment by his spouse, who complained on Facebook of harassment by "drunken native guys" while her husband was a ...
Steeves' wife apologizes for 'drunken native guys' Facebook post
Saturday, 09 August 2014
A pledge by mayoral candidate Gord Steeves to reduce public intoxication in downtown Winnipeg has been derailed by a four-year-old comment by his spouse, who complained on Facebook of harassment by "drunken native guys" while her husband was a ...
Steeves Announces Downtown Safety Strategy
Saturday, 09 August 2014
In the mind of Gord Steeves, feeling unsafe while walking in the downtown core will be a thing of the past if he's elected Mayor on October 22nd. Today, the former city councilor laid out his plan to rid the streets around Portage and Main of some of ...
Gord Steeves' wife under fire for 'drunken native' Facebook post
Friday, 08 August 2014
Warning: Coarse language. The wife of mayoral candidate Gord Steeves, Lorrie Steeves, was the focus of social media today for what she posted on her Facebook page in 2010. Her post on February 11, 2010 reads: "Lorrie Steeves is really tired of getting ...
Time for a plan, mayor hopefuls
Friday, 08 August 2014
Gord Steeves has come a bit closer to telling voters how he would fix Winnipeg roads if he were to become mayor. He would sell off some city assets like golf courses and use the one-time proceeds — as well as ongoing tax revenues from new housing ...
Web chatter: Aug. 9, 2014
Friday, 08 August 2014
It's very easy to be critical of Gord Steeves, but at least he is throwing things out there. The city has got to contain its spending. Get rid of a few hundred policemen and put the rest that remain onto the streets. Put a toll on the roads leading ...
Steeves' Wife Apologizes For Racist Facebook Post
Friday, 08 August 2014
Gord Steeves' wife is apologizing for a racist Facebook post that is threatening to derail her husband's campaign for mayor. Lorrie Steeves made the post in February 2010. It is filled with racist comments and profanities about the harassment she faces ...
Facebook post from 2010 comes back to haunt Steeves campaign
Friday, 08 August 2014
Downtown safety has often been an area of concern for people visiting the city. On Friday, mayoral candidate Gord Steeves unveiled his plan to shed that image. But after a tweet from a mysterious Twitter account an hour after his announcement, Steeve ...
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