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This is Manitoba

This is Manitoba

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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 you.

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Episodes
  • She can't die by MAID, so she's taking matters into her own hands

    She can't die by MAID, so she's taking matters into her own hands
    Jun 3 2026

    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 MAID as a matter of conscience, which they have the legal right to do in the province. A surprising group has taken up the cause of fighting that law.


    For more on the story:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/maid-law-94-year-old-pro-choice-group-9.7217602
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    15 mins
  • There's something about St. Mary's Road

    There's something about St. Mary's Road
    May 27 2026

    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. We explore what businesses and two local city councillors want to see done.
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    16 mins
  • When Winnipeg’s social problems spill onto the schoolyard

    When Winnipeg’s social problems spill onto the schoolyard
    May 20 2026

    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 just target vulnerable populations?

    We bring you multiple points of view on this complicated problem in The Peg.
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    18 mins
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