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.


Episode Date
She can't die by MAID, so she's taking matters into her own hands
Jun 03, 2026
There's something about St. Mary's Road
May 27, 2026
When Winnipeg’s social problems spill onto the schoolyard
May 20, 2026
MLAs can't call each other 'racist.' Manitoba's premier says that's wrong
May 13, 2026
Tenants say they're seeing problems after encampment resident move in
May 06, 2026
Will Manitoba's social media ban for youth work?
Apr 29, 2026
A flood of unkept promises for Peguis First Nation
Apr 22, 2026
PM secures majority: Ex-MPs weigh in on Liberal victories
Apr 15, 2026
Could a 4-day work week help fix Canada’s falling birth rate?
Apr 08, 2026
Should Manitoba officially adopt French and English?
Apr 01, 2026
Are pesticides the best way to control Winnipeg’s ground squirrels?
Mar 25, 2026
Concerns grow after Manitoba deaths following paid plasma donations
Mar 18, 2026
Manitoba’s role in Canada’s economic agenda, according to Mélanie Joly
Mar 11, 2026
Inside Thompson's new nickel mining partnership — and what it means for Manitoba
Mar 04, 2026
What weapons detectors at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre found
Feb 25, 2026
Winnipeg's housing market is hot. Is it out of reach for first-time buyers?
Feb 18, 2026
Cheaper milk and a potential partner in Churchill: Wab Kinew’s 2026 so far
Feb 13, 2026
Overblown or on the money? Winnipeg reacts to proposed property assessments
Feb 04, 2026
Manitoba PC voters say their party is at a crossroads
Jan 30, 2026
What Winnipeg can learn from Calgary’s massive water main break
Jan 23, 2026
1-minute school drop-off plan divides Winnipeggers
Jan 16, 2026
'No man's land': living on the Manitoba-Saskatchewan divide
Jan 09, 2026
Can Manitoba fix health-care waits in 2026?
Jan 01, 2026
Why this sand mining project is making waves in Manitoba
Dec 26, 2025
More Manitobans, including those with jobs, turning to food banks for help
Dec 19, 2025
Why Winnipeg's parking-snitch plan failed
Dec 12, 2025
Violence on Winnipeg Transit is way up. What's the city doing about it?
Dec 05, 2025
Wab Kinew has big plans for Manitoba. Can he deliver?
Nov 28, 2025
How Manitoba’s arts scene got its groove back
Nov 21, 2025
Winnipeg wants encampments to move. Will it work?
Nov 14, 2025
Can new energy projects turn Manitoba into a 'have' province?
Nov 07, 2025
Manitoba students are falling through the cracks. Can universal screening for learning disabilities help?
Oct 31, 2025
Why are American doctors moving to Manitoba?
Oct 24, 2025
Winnipeg's $757M plan to widen Kenaston Boulevard
Oct 17, 2025
Is Winnipeg boring after dark?
Oct 10, 2025
Manitoba premier condemns political violence but doesn't regret 'goofballs' comment
Oct 02, 2025
How the field is changing for women in sport
Sep 26, 2025
Manitobans react to killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk
Sep 19, 2025
Can a chatbot be your therapist?
Sep 12, 2025
Teens, guns and retail crime: Inside Winnipeg's Walmart robbery
Sep 05, 2025
Winnipeg police shootings and officer behaviour: what needs to change?
Aug 29, 2025
Back to school comes with extra challenges for a diabetic student, and Gen Z talks ChatGPT
Aug 22, 2025
How AI and a surge in international students are changing Manitoba schools
Aug 15, 2025
Hey Gen Z Manitobans: Where did your climate activism go?
Aug 08, 2025
From the riverbank to a roof: How did a Winnipeg couple find housing in a week?
Aug 01, 2025
Why can't we stop Manitoba's drug crisis? | Deadly opioids, online sales and one mother's fight
Jul 25, 2025
Would a 4-day work week boost Canada's record-low fertility rates?
Jul 18, 2025
Why do Black and Indigenous patients wait longer in Winnipeg ERs?
Jul 11, 2025
Where will you go in Manitoba this summer? Travel tips and trip ideas
Jul 04, 2025
Portage and Main reopens to pedestrians after decades
Jun 27, 2025
What does it take to be part of the next generation of Indigenous leaders in Manitoba?
Jun 20, 2025
Ghosts, handprints and Netflix thrills
Jun 13, 2025
Manitobans tell their stories about escaping the wildfires
Jun 06, 2025
What's it like to face a wall of fire? Last-minute helicopter rescue saves Lac du Bonnet residents
May 28, 2025
Canada Post strike looms: Workers speak out as talks break down
May 23, 2025
How should you be notified if your home is threatened by a wildfire?
May 16, 2025
Measles warnings hit home in Winkler
May 09, 2025
Winnipeg Coun. Jason Schreyer dies at 57
May 02, 2025
Final days, first votes: What the polls say and what young voters think
Apr 25, 2025
High chocolate prices leave bitter taste for Winnipeg chocolatiers this Easter
Apr 16, 2025
Manitoba teens face high rate of dating violence
Apr 11, 2025
Manitoba snowbirds flying home from Arizona
Apr 04, 2025
Manitoba's political landscape in the countdown to election day
Mar 28, 2025
Teen shares his love for Winnipeg Transit's Route 55
Mar 21, 2025
Premier Wab Kinew talks tariffs, tough choices and building unity
Mar 13, 2025
Made in Canada? Product of Canada? What those food labels mean
Mar 11, 2025
Teacher talks about students' take on Trump and tariffs
Mar 10, 2025
U.S. tariffs impact Manitoba trucking businesses
Mar 06, 2025
Duty-free dilemma: How people are adapting to tariffs on Canadian goods
Mar 05, 2025
Surviving Trump's tariffs: A Manitoba business braces for impact
Mar 04, 2025
Partial days, full struggles: Are schools pushing out kids with disabilities?
Feb 28, 2025
Premier, advocate discuss discovery of possible human remains at Manitoba landfill
Feb 27, 2025
How housing can unlock sewage plant funding in Winnipeg
Feb 26, 2025
Winnipeg's North End battles arson
Feb 25, 2025
3 years after Russia's invasion, a Ukrainian mother shares her journey to Winnipeg
Feb 24, 2025
Winnipeg’s $150M sewage upgrade: The controversial catch
Feb 21, 2025
Tariffs, trade, and Manitoba’s manufacturing future
Feb 21, 2025
Tackling truancy: How one Winnipeg school boosted attendance
Feb 19, 2025
What do Americans really think of Canada?
Feb 18, 2025
Former governor general Michaëlle Jean joins call for Canadian unity
Feb 14, 2025
Manitoba’s personal care homes are struggling. Here's why
Feb 13, 2025
Would more social workers improve care in the emergency room?
Feb 12, 2025
U.S. steel tariffs hit hard in Selkirk, Man.
Feb 11, 2025
What's it like to work at Manitoba's busiest hospital? 'Just chaos,' longtime HSC nurse says
Feb 10, 2025
PC leadership candidate jokes about letting polar bears loose to combat homelessness
Feb 09, 2025
Life-saving HIV/AIDS research at risk as U.S. cuts impact Canadian scientists
Feb 06, 2025
Manitoban reacts to Trump proposal to take over Gaza
Feb 05, 2025
Tariffs on hold, but will Manitobans still buy local?
Feb 04, 2025
How Manitobans are reacting to Trump's tariff threats
Feb 03, 2025
Trade war brewing? How U.S. tariffs could raise your coffee prices
Jan 31, 2025
A new route for Winnipeg Transit: What's changing this summer?
Jan 30, 2025
Toxic drugs spark overdose crisis in downtown Winnipeg with 45 minutes of chaos
Jan 29, 2025
Family fights to clear Russell Woodhouse's name in 1973 Winnipeg homicide
Jan 28, 2025
CBC Manitoba talks to strangers about talking to strangers
Jan 27, 2025
Snow problem: Winnipeg power chair user calls for action on sidewalks
Jan 24, 2025
Manitoba 2nd-last in dollars devoted to mining, energy & forestry projects, federal inventory says
Jan 23, 2025
Friendly Manitoba no more? Treatment of newcomers has shifted, says Muslim Winnipegger
Jan 22, 2025
Manitoban reacts to Trump's declaration there are 'only 2 genders' in U.S. executive order
Jan 21, 2025
Manitobans face economic impacts from 2 big changes: sharp immigration cuts and President Trump taking office
Jan 20, 2025
The TikTok Countdown: What a U.S. Ban Could Mean for Users
Jan 17, 2025
Ceasefire in Gaza: Personal perspectives
Jan 16, 2025
Tackling Homelessness: Manitoba's "Your Way Home" Strategy
Jan 15, 2025
ER Wait Times in Winnipeg: Exploring Alternatives for Faster Care
Jan 14, 2025
Waiting for answers: A family's struggle after a loved one's death at HSC
Jan 13, 2025
AFN national chief calls Trump’s comments on Canada joining U.S. offensive
Jan 10, 2025
A preventable tragedy: Premier Wab Kinew talks about the state of Manitoba's health-care system
Jan 09, 2025
Patient dies in ER of Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre
Jan 08, 2025
Manitobans react to Trudeau's decision to step down as prime minister
Jan 07, 2025
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to step down
Jan 06, 2025
Why we love sad Christmas songs
Dec 20, 2024
Big Changes at City Hall: Property Tax Hikes, Service Cuts, and Snow Clearing in Winnipeg
Dec 19, 2024
No Kidding: The Decline of Canada's Fertility Rate
Dec 18, 2024
Tales of Survival: Will Prime Minister Justin Trudeau survive as Liberal leader?
Dec 17, 2024
More men getting vasectomies
Dec 16, 2024
Winnipeg bills jumping 50%
Dec 13, 2024
How a routine knee replacement could lead to a woman losing her leg
Dec 12, 2024
The elusive Manitoba cougar
Dec 11, 2024
Hidden cameras in examination rooms: Winnipeg Chiropractor Under Investigation
Dec 10, 2024
Food bank numbers reflect crisis in Manitoba
Dec 06, 2024
Store ditches cash due to safety concerns
Dec 05, 2024
Former Chief Health Officer weighs in on woman jailed for tuberculosis
Dec 04, 2024
Domestic abuse survivor says she feels stronger every time she tells her story
Dec 03, 2024
Woman accused of no crime shackled, strip searched and jailed for more than a month
Dec 02, 2024
The tipping point on tipping
Nov 29, 2024
Why young people are choosing trades
Nov 28, 2024
Trump threatens tariffs on Canadian goods, raising fears of a trade war
Nov 27, 2024
Calls for Winnipeg police to wear cameras
Nov 26, 2024
U.S. DA says leaving kids to freeze to death on Manitoba border is an act of: "immoral depravity."
Nov 25, 2024
GST Holiday: Generous tax break or Political game
Nov 22, 2024
Remembering Winnipeg Sea Bears captain Chad Posthumus
Nov 21, 2024
Should Canada ban social media for kids?
Nov 20, 2024
Trial begins for Florida men accused of human smuggling across Manitoba's border
Nov 19, 2024
Robots save health care
Nov 18, 2024
Photo radar expansion: Mayor Gillingham on where he stands when it comes to more photo radar in Winnipeg
Nov 15, 2024
Taylor-Made Trip: Winnipeg Swifties Converge on Toronto
Nov 14, 2024
Why do pedestrians and cyclists continue to die on Winnipeg streets?
Nov 13, 2024
Striking a chord: How 2 local musicians are making a difference in their community
Nov 12, 2024
Manitoba's Billion dollar road
Nov 11, 2024
THIS IS MANITOBA
Nov 05, 2024