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This is Manitoba

CBC
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Artificial Intelligence
Wab Kinew
Health Care Wait Times
Property Assessments
MAID (medical Assistance In Dying)
Climate Change
Homelessness
Churchill, Canada
Winnipeg Transit
Kenaston Boulevard
St. Mary's Road, Winnipeg
Your Way Home Strategy
Winnipeg West End
Ground Squirrels
Four-Day Work Week
Birth Rate
Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party
Churchill

Get into some local listening - we celebrate Manitobans and lean into challenging conversations. Join homegrown host Marcy Markusa for a new episode every Friday that centres around one story from our province. Whether you hail from the oil patch in Virden or the wheat fields of the Red River Valley, if you fly home to Island Lake or you make music in Winnipeg - This is Manitoba is a podcast for y... more

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As federal funding for AI flows to organizations in Manitoba, we'll hear from Evan Solomon, the federal minister for artificial intelligence, about the national strategy and job security. We also talk with a Manitoba professor who says people who hav... more

Manitoba's chief provincial public health officer declared a public health emergency over HIV rates in May. As CBC producer Lenard Monkman tells us, Indigenous people are disproportionately affected by the spike in cases. He looked into why and solut... more

Many Manitobans are realizing they’re uninsured or underinsured after heavy rains this month caused widespread flooding. We talk to an expert who says Canada is facing a 'crisis' around affordable flood insurance.

Open drug use and dealing have become daily realities in Winnipeg's downtown and West End. Winnipeg Police Service inspectors Jen McKinnon and Josh Ewatski tell host Marcy Markusa how police are approaching drug law enforcement.

Marion Penner wants to die, but after applying for MAID, she was denied earlier this year. Now, confined to a hospital bed in Vita, Man., the 94-year-old has stopped taking crucial medications. She said a number of doctors refused to help her pursue ... more

As Winnipeg grows, there are more cars on streets designed for less traffic. The city has identified a strip of St. Mary’s Road as needing improvement and is looking for fresh ideas on how to lessen congestion there, without doing a major overhaul. W... more

Winnipeg’s social problems are spilling onto the schoolyard.

On the podcast today, politicians, advocates and educators are raising concerns about heightened public drug use near some Winnipeg schools.

Is a police crackdown the answer or will that ... more

Heckling, name calling and even hateful comments are being hurled across the aisle at the Manitoba Legislature, according to Speaker Tom Lindsey. He’s cracking down, but Premier Wab Kinew is not happy with how he’s going about it. He and a former Hou... more

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Kimia Ansari
Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems at University of Manitoba's Asper School of Business
University of Manitoba
Episode: AI cash flows to Manitoba, but will better tech mean fewer jobs?
Evan Solomon
Canada's Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation
Government of Canada
Episode: AI cash flows to Manitoba, but will better tech mean fewer jobs?
Lenard Monkman
CBC producer and Indigenous Health Fellowship recipient
CBC/Manitoba HIV documentary project
Episode: Rising HIV rates in Manitoba hitting Indigenous people hardest
Jason Thistlethwaite
Associate professor specializing in disaster risk management
University of Waterloo
Episode: Your home flooded. Now what?
Jen McKinnon
Inspector, Winnipeg Police Service, Central Division and Community Support Unit
Winnipeg Police Service
Episode: How Winnipeg police say they're handling open drug use
Josh Ewatski
Inspector, Winnipeg Police Service, drug-related investigations and enforcement
Winnipeg Police Service
Episode: How Winnipeg police say they're handling open drug use
Wab Kanu
Premier of Manitoba
Manitoba government
Episode: How Winnipeg police say they're handling open drug use
Marion Penner
Individual case study featured in the episode
Steinbach, Manitoba resident
Episode: She can't die by MAID, so she's taking matters into her own hands
Joyce Arthur
Executive Director, Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
Episode: She can't die by MAID, so she's taking matters into her own hands

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Marcy Markusa
Host of This is Manitoba. Regular presenter guiding conversations on Manitoba stories and civic issues.

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AI cash flows to Manitoba, but will better tech mean fewer jobs?
Q: What protections are in place to address privacy and deception concerns as AI becomes more pervasive?
Canada's AI for All strategy includes privacy reform such as a right to deletion for AI-generated or AI-synthesized content, a new regulator to enforce privacy protections, and safeguards for children's information, aiming to build trust while expanding opportunities.
AI cash flows to Manitoba, but will better tech mean fewer jobs?
Q: How should employers introduce AI in the workplace to reduce fear and resistance?
Experts recommend framing AI as a teammate or decision-support tool, involving staff early in rollout decisions, and allowing employees to weigh AI input against their own judgment to maintain trust and buy-in.
Why do Black and Indigenous patients wait longer in Winnipeg ERs?
Q: What actionable steps exist to address these disparities in Manitoba?
Adopt and integrate culturally affirming care practices, remove race-based adjustments in medical scoring (like kidney function tests), and utilize targeted education resources such as the Black Health Primer to train providers and reduce anti-Black racism in health care.
Why do Black and Indigenous patients wait longer in Winnipeg ERs?
Q: Why are you not surprised by the finding that Black patients wait longer in ERs?
Because, across many health settings, data consistently show Black communities experience poorer outcomes due to systemic failures in responding to their needs, including active minimization of symptoms and stereotypes in care.
Would a 4-day work week boost Canada's record-low fertility rates?
Q: What happened to the woman who sought a tubal ligation, and what does that reveal about the system?
She faced repeated dismissals and pressure suggesting she would change her mind, illustrating gendered biases and power imbalances in healthcare decision-making.

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Local-focused conversations explore how Manitoba communities navigate transportation, housing, safety, and governance. Across recent episodes, the show surfaces the practicalities of urban planning, traffic changes, policing, open drug use, homelessness, and flood protection, often through the lived experiences of business owners, school leaders, councillors, Indigenous leadership, and policy makers. Notable throughlines include the push-pull between ambitious public projects and funding or jurisdictional hurdles, the role of coordinated services in addressing complex social issues, and a willingness to weigh short-term fixes against long-term systemic solutions. The format tends to combine on-the-ground voices with expert or political pers... more

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