SHIFTHEADS: Thirty Snakes a Day: Manitoba’s Seasonal Houseguests

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Oct 3, 2026 · 8m

Inside Copy starts with a Manitoba resident removing 30 snakes a day. That makes the usual Canadian complaints about weather and mosquitoes sound like a different conversation. What’s the right name for this many snakes, especially when they intertwine to keep warm?

Last year’s Fat Bear Week champion looked like the favourite. A new winner changes that picture, but the result arrives with a number that doesn’t survive its first reading. The correction carries into a virtual salmon-feeding game, where another enormous total gets checked.

Sometimes the distance to a bathroom…