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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).

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).

    Bernadette Smith: NDP's minister of Everything?

    Bernadette Smith: NDP's minister of Everything?

    Manitoba's minister of housing, addictions, homelessness and mental health talks about her campaign to bring dignity to vulnerable Manitobans.

    • 1 hr 3 min
    Hoops star to health minister: A chat with Uzoma Asagwara

    Hoops star to health minister: A chat with Uzoma Asagwara

    Manitoba Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara talks about overseeing the provincial government's largest budget and fixing a health care system that is gridlocked and short staffed.

    • 1 hr 13 min
    Adrien Sala's balancing act

    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.

    • 1 hr 15 min
    Do police have a future in crisis intervention?

    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.

    • 54 min
    For the last time, John K Samson does not hate Winnipeg

    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.

    • 1 hr
    More Portage and Main, less raw sewage

    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.

    • 55 min

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