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How this inner-city Winnipeg youth shelter helps kids struggling with isolation, trauma find community

A tall man wearing jeans and a black sweatshirt stands still in a grey concrete hallway as others walk past. Burn scars cover most of his face, only partially visible because of a hoodie pulled tight.

'Create a home for them': Indigenous-led healing village in Manitoba closer to reality

Six years after the work to develop and build a place where women can heal from trauma, addiction and sexual violence started, the Clan Mothers are inching closer to putting their plans into action.

Pandemic job losses impact more Manitoba women than men

Almost one year after the pandemic began, policy analysts say unemployment rates for Manitobawomen are quickly outpacing rates for men.

Woman opens up backyard pool for neighbourhood swim lessons years after near-drowning of toddler son

A Winnipeg woman is opening up her backyard pool so neighbourhood families can use the space to help their kids learn how to swim.

'Dancing in the air': Winnipeg circus troupe ready to fly high on world stage at gymnastics event

A Winnipeg aerial and acrobatics troupe is flying high and training hard to show off their skills on the world stage next month. Momentum Aerial and Acrobatics troupe will be one of the performance groups representing CanadaattheWorld Gymnaestrada exhibition in Austria.

What chickadees can teach us about weathering frigid Manitoba winters

Chickadees can teach us humans a few tricks on how to survive and thrive in frigid winter weather. That's according to Katrina Froese, education programs co-ordinator at FortWhyte Alive in Winnipeg. She says the tiny black capped birds offer a variety of adaptive winter survival skills.

Winnipeg man holds pages from city's troubled history

Winnipeg man's collection of 100-year-old Winnipeg newspapers offers insight into city's troubled history.

'Everybody needs a June': New principal reconnects with teacher who inspired him

Thirty years after he attended Isaac Newton School as an English-language student, the school's new principal credits his first Winnipeg teacher with helping him build his new life in Canada.

How a silly old man's squash can reawaken taste for traditional Indigenous foods

When the CBC was given a large Gete-Okosomin squash as a gift from a community gardener, we asked Indigenous elder Audrey Logan to share her knowledge and help prepare it for a community feast.

More than fun and games: Toddler playgroup helps families in low-income areas access vital health services

A playgroup for toddlers helps families access services like medical appointments, nutritional advice and child-development assessments while their children play.