Feb 22, 2013 | 5:48Information Radio - MB Training for Wild Animals AudioInformation Radio - MB Training for Wild Animals Feb 22, 2013 | 5:48There's a viral video making the rounds that pushes all the cute animal buttons you might have.
It also raises the ethical question of how much training is appropriate for wild animals ... even though they live out their lives in captivity.
The particular video in circulation shows Eddie the sea otter at the Oregon zoo shooting baskets ... and we've posted a link to it on our facebook page.
Marcy spoke about it with Tim Sinclair-Smith ... the director of zoological operations at Assiniboine Park Zoo.
Feb 20, 2013 | 6:31Information Radio - MB St John's Ravenscourt Transforms after Bullying Incident AudioInformation Radio - MB St John's Ravenscourt Transforms after Bullying Incident Feb 20, 2013 | 6:31A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 months probation after pleading guilty to six counts of assault with a weapon. Almost three years ago he and three other boarding school students were expelled from St. John's Ravenscourt when fifteen younger boys were bullied and abused. In some cases they were threatened with being sodomized with a wooden stick. Stephen Johnson is the head of the SJR. He spoke with Marcy Markusa.
Feb 14, 2013 | 8:40Information Radio - MB Jets Kane Claims Racism AudioInformation Radio - MB Jets Kane Claims Racism Feb 14, 2013 | 8:40Winnipeg Jets forward Evander Kane is once again the centre of attention. A lot of buzz was created after Kane told a reporter he felt that a good part of the criticism he receives in Winnipeg is racially motivated. Ken Campbell of The Hockey News is the writer who interviewed Kane. Campbell spoke to Marcy Markusa.
Feb 6, 2013 | 14:40Radio Noon - Manitoba The Bambi Debate AudioRadio Noon - Manitoba The Bambi Debate Feb 6, 2013 | 14:40People on a Hutterite colony were shocked when conservation officers shot an orphaned deer they had rescued. We'll speak with the man who found the fawn, and ask Manitoba Conservation why it was shot in front of people on the colony.
Feb 4, 2013 | 6:45Radio Noon - Manitoba Karen Davis returns Jubilee Medal AudioRadio Noon - Manitoba Karen Davis returns Jubilee Medal Feb 4, 2013 | 6:45Karen Davis has worked very hard to make sure every child on every Manitoba first nation has access to books. She started the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program in 2009 and now they are in 25 Manitoba communities, including 14 on First nations.
Karen was recognized for that hard work with a Diamond Jubilee medal this past year but she gave it back. Karen was born on Ebb and Flow first nation, but now lives in Dauphin.