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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
  • Teens, guns and retail crime: Inside Winnipeg's Walmart robbery
    Sep 5 2025

    Winnipeg police Insp. Max Waddell spoke with Faith Fundal about retail crime, after an incident that involved youth with a firearm at a local business.


    Also on the podcast: Michael Weinrath, criminology professor at the University of Winnipeg, speaks with host Marcy Markusa about the armed robbery of the Unicity Walmart by four teens. He talks about what it reveals about youth crime in Winnipeg and how society can prevent similar incidents.

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    25 mins
  • Winnipeg police shootings and officer behaviour: what needs to change?
    Aug 29 2025

    Kash Heed, former West Vancouver police chief, speaks with host Marcy Markusa about the ruling on the 2023 fatal shooting of Afolabi Stephen Opaso, police behaviour and use-of-force changes.


    Also on the podcast today: Marcy speaks with Rune Glomseth, an associate professor emeritus at the Norwegian Police University College who specializes in police leadership.

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    23 mins
  • Back to school comes with extra challenges for a diabetic student, and Gen Z talks ChatGPT
    Aug 22 2025

    First on the podcast today: Ashley McKague, a mom to a Type 1 diabetic child, speaks with host Marcy Markusa about the challenges of monitoring insulin pumps in a school setting.


    Also on the podcast: Why ask Google when you can just ask ChatGPT? It seems more and more young Manitobans are turning to artificial intelligence to solve their problems. But is that a good thing or bad thing? A group of Gen Zers are in the studio and they'll weigh in.

    Marcy chats with Rylee Gerrad, Bridget Clemente and Kyler Zaenali.

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    22 mins
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