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.
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.
Anna Moar and Kadin McCron speak with host Marcy Markusa about their move into drug-free transitional housing in St. Boniface after living on a Winnipeg riverbank. They share how they connected with St. Boniface Street Links, their struggles with addiction and homelessness, and their hopes for a new start.
Also on the podcast today: Avrom Charach, spokesperson for the Manitoba Professional Property Managers Association, talks about how landlords could help ease Winnipeg’s homelessness crisis. He talks about why wraparound supports are essential, what landlords need before opening up units, and how Housing First programs can succeed — with the right help.