39 episodes
Niigaan and the Lone Ranger Winnipeg Free Press
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Two newspaper columnists talk politics, culture and media from the geographical centre of Canada and ground zero in the debate over Indigenous reconciliation. Niigaan Sinclair and Dan Lett of the Winnipeg Free Press rep the 204 (and, to a lesser extent, the 431 and 584).
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Adrien Sala's balancing act
A feature interview with Manitoba's new finance minister about the "everyone got something but nobody got everything" provincial budget tabled earlier this week.
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Do police have a future in crisis intervention?
Kate Kehler from the Police Accountability Coalition and Greg Burnett from the Downtown Community Safety Partnership discuss a better way to help people suffering mental health and addictions crises.
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For the last time, John K Samson does not hate Winnipeg
A probing interview with Weakerthans frontman John K Samson on libraries, Portage & Main and what his music reveals about the heart and soul of Winnipeg.
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More Portage and Main, less raw sewage
Mayor Scott Gillingham talks about reopening Portage and Main to pedestrians, corking a raw sewage leak and balancing the city's infrastructure needs.
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Taylor Swift and Manitoba sand: the conspiracy no one will talk about.
Dan Lett and guest host Julia-Simone Rutgers dig deep into the Sio Silica story and find that while we know a lot, much more information is needed.
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They said it couldn't be done
Season 3 of Niigaan and the Lone Ranger kicks off with a look at the NDP's first 100 days of government, the new government's first budget and a plea to support the NHL's best team.