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Q | Feb 28, 2013
Giorgi Gogia, from Human Rights Watch, on how a novel about a friendship between two Azerbaijani men and their Armenian neighbours made the author a target in his own country. Legendary Canadian comedian Martin Short on his life, career and unique role promoting Canadian talent. Writer Peter Frase on defending rude service.
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The Current | Feb 28, 2013
Head to YouTube and you can watch dozens of scenarios to a problem with older or elderly drivers. Statistically,drivers aged 80-plus almost have the accident rate of the most dangerous driving demographic ... the under 24s. And in Sudbury they are the target of a police tip-line urging other drivers to call in to report any seemingly erratic or dangerous elderly driver. Simple public safety in action? Or age discrimination?
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Mainstreet NS | Mar 1, 2013
A team led by our oceans guy, Boris Worm, has found that about 100 million sharks die every year, and the biggest preventable culprit is fishing. He explains the significance of his finding.
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And the Winner Is | Feb 26, 2013
As a boy in pre-war Austria, Georg Tintner played the piano, sang with the Vienna Boys Choir, and composed his own music. By the time World War Two broke out, he was also a conductor. But Georg Tintner was a conductor with Jewish roots. And so, after the Anschluss in 1938, he was fired. By 1942, Mr. Tintner made his way to New Zealand, and for the better part of the next forty-five years of his life, he served as a conductor across New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. But in 1987, he moved to Halifax, where he would leave his mark as the conductor of Symphony Nova Scotia. He died in Halifax on October 2, 1999.
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Tapestry | Feb 22, 2013
We take a look at how doubt and skepticism can be essential ingredients to faith. Mary meets Rabbi Rami Shapiro - a rabbi who says he isn't religious, but rather a curious, holy rascal. She also talks to Michael Shermer, the founder of Skeptic Magazine. He's held his own against Deepak Chopra in a go round on consciousness and quantum physics.
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Jan 31, 2013 | 7:00Radio Noon - Manitoba Women's Giving Circle AudioRadio Noon - Manitoba Women's Giving Circle Jan 31, 2013 | 7:00Women helping women. That's the idea behind a new organization that has just formed in Morden.
Jan 30, 2013 | 7:14Information Radio - MB Red River Ex Wants to Take Over Assiniboia Downs AudioInformation Radio - MB Red River Ex Wants to Take Over Assiniboia Downs Jan 30, 2013 | 7:14Marcy Markusa interviews Garth Rodgerson about the Red River Ex wanting to take over Assiniboia Downs.
Jan 30, 2013 | 10:16Radio Noon - Manitoba Minister Lemieux on Amalgamation AudioRadio Noon - Manitoba Minister Lemieux on Amalgamation Jan 30, 2013 | 10:16Many small Manitoba municipalities do not want to amalgamate with their neighbours as mandated by the province. RM's and towns with fewer than 1000 people have until 2014 to do so. But we've been hearing from many of them who say they don't want this forced on them, and that the deadline is too soon. Ron Lemieux is the Minister of Local government.
Jan 29, 2013 | 5:42Information Radio - MB Stem cell donors wanted AudioInformation Radio - MB Stem cell donors wanted Jan 29, 2013 | 5:42Information Radio's Marcy Markusa speaks with Stuart Blake, whose 13-year-old daughter, Alex, is fighting leukemia and urgently needs a stem cell transplant.
Jan 29, 2013 | 6:46Information Radio - MB True Numbers for Ture North's New Gaming Centre AudioInformation Radio - MB True Numbers for Ture North's New Gaming Centre Jan 29, 2013 | 6:46CBC producer John Sadoway returns for a follow-up interview with Marcy about the true numbers that True North will rake in at their new gaming centre.
Jan 28, 2013 | 10:40Radio Noon - Manitoba Weiszmann-Wallenburg Stamp AudioRadio Noon - Manitoba Weiszmann-Wallenburg Stamp Jan 28, 2013 | 10:40Judith Weiszmann, a Second World War survivor, encountered her own face on a stamp honoring Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish man whose efforts saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from falling into the hands of Nazi Germany. Here's the interview I did with her daughter Ann.
Jan 28, 2013 | 4:49Radio Noon - Manitoba Chili Hands Warm Hearts AudioRadio Noon - Manitoba Chili Hands Warm Hearts Jan 28, 2013 | 4:49She decided to help her community by cooking up a big pot of chili for the soup kitchen. That effort has grown thanks to friends and family. Here's my interview with Heather McLellan. The Portage woman who founded Chili Hands, Warm Hearts.
Jan 25, 2013 | 10:59As It Happens Winnipeg woman featured on Wallenberg stamp AudioAs It Happens Winnipeg woman featured on Wallenberg stamp Jan 25, 2013 | 10:59Winnipeg woman was surprised to learn her picture, from the Second World War, now appears on a stamp celebrating Raoul Wallenberg, Canada's first honourary citizen.
Jan 25, 2013 | 5:58Information Radio - MB How Much will True North Make from New Gaming Centre? AudioInformation Radio - MB How Much will True North Make from New Gaming Centre? Jan 25, 2013 | 5:58Just how much money will True North be getting from the new gaming centre? The province says the company's share of the money from its new gaming centre is "about" four million dollars. We wondered exactly how much the deal will bring the owners of the hockey team. Marcy Markusa spoke with producer John Sadoway, who has been looking into the deal.
Jan 25, 2013 | 7:55Radio Noon - Manitoba What Hotel? AudioRadio Noon - Manitoba What Hotel? Jan 25, 2013 | 7:55Her words were misinterpreted. There is NO new hotel for downtown Brandon. Hear what the Mayor said yesterday, and what she has to say today.
Jan 24, 2013 | 5:16Information Radio - MB Cityplace Casino a Concern? AudioInformation Radio - MB Cityplace Casino a Concern? Jan 24, 2013 | 5:16The return of the NHL has delivered a sense of vitality to Winnipeg's downtown, but can the same be said of a new gaming centre set to open in the area? True North and Manitoba Lotteries will open a 5000 square foot gaming centre in City Place, across the street from the MTS Centre? CBC producer John Sadoway spoke with Tracie Afifi. She's an associate professor of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba, who researches problem gambling.
Jan 24, 2013 | 7:01Information Radio - MB Human Libray: The Rights of the Disabled AudioInformation Radio - MB Human Libray: The Rights of the Disabled Jan 24, 2013 | 7:01Meet one of our Human Books: She had to fight not to be institutionalized - to be able to care of herself - to be able to get married. Valerie Wolbert has fought for the rights of the disabled her entire life. She lives with an intellectual disability. She spoke with Marcy Markusa:
Jan 24, 2013 | 6:30Information Radio - MB Broken Needles in Pork Products AudioInformation Radio - MB Broken Needles in Pork Products Jan 24, 2013 | 6:30The Manitoba Pork Council wants hog producers to be more careful after needle fragments were found in meat at a local packing plant. We'll bring you that story coming up on Information Radio.
Jan 24, 2013 | 7:38Radio Noon - Manitoba Brandon Gaming Centre AudioRadio Noon - Manitoba Brandon Gaming Centre Jan 24, 2013 | 7:38Brandon Mayor Sheri Decter Hirst is going to the province to push her case for a new gaming centre after one was approved for Winnipeg.
Jan 23, 2013 | 9:16Information Radio - MB Where is Terry MacLeod? AudioInformation Radio - MB Where is Terry MacLeod? Jan 23, 2013 | 9:16It's the question a lot of people have been asking lately. Terry was last heard hosting Information Radio just before Christmas, and has been unusually absent since. Well, Terry joined Marcy by telephone to update listeners on exactly where he's been for the past month.