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As It Happens | May 16, 2013
The world has stood by, unable -- or unwilling -- to stop the killing in Syria. Meanwhile, the genocidal legacy in Darfur remains unchecked in parts of Sudan -- as the world remains silent. Few people understand this better than Mukesh Kapila. In
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The 180 | May 17, 2013
Canada's first commanders of the International Space Station may have strummed, sung and tweeted his way into our hearts, but John Semley has little love for the astronaut. He's the online editor of NOW magazine in Toronto.
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The Current | May 17, 2013
With Mike Duffy’s spending and borrowing habits under scrutiny, he quit the conservative party to sit as an independent. We hear about the potential damage of “Duffy-Gate” to the govt and why the Senator is considered so valuable to the Conservatives.
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Tapestry | May 10, 2013
This week on Tapestry, we explore the music and spirituality of the jazz great, John Coltrane. To some jazz fans, he was the high priest of the avant-garde movement. And to others, tenor saxophonist John Coltrane was a saint.
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The Irrelevant Show | May 16, 2013
The Irrelevant Show Players’ production of Hamlet, in which some obvious logic problems are pointed out.
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Rewind | May 16, 2013
The Stratford Shakespeare festival, located in Stratford, Ontario, is North America's largest classical repertory theatre. It grew from humble beginnings in a leaky tent into a revered institution.
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Apr 23, 2013 | 5:16Up To Speed VIA Security AudioUp To Speed VIA Security Apr 23, 2013 | 5:16What kind of security is there on VIA Rail? That's what we want to know following yesterday's arrest two men accused of conspiring to attack a train.
Feb 1, 2013 | 5:48Up To Speed What To Do With Your Pennies? AudioUp To Speed What To Do With Your Pennies? Feb 1, 2013 | 5:48Transit doesn't want themm and as of Monday the mint won't give them out anymore. But you still have them in your piggy banks. Find out everything you need to know about the demise of the penny.
Oct 25, 2012 | 13:45Up To Speed Extended Interview with Devon Clunis AudioUp To Speed Extended Interview with Devon Clunis Oct 25, 2012 | 13:45Prayer and crime. Winnipeg's incoming police chief reacts to criticism over his recent comments. Hear an extended interview and what he said, in context.
Dec 20, 2012 | 11:45Up To Speed Raising School Taxes AudioUp To Speed Raising School Taxes Dec 20, 2012 | 11:45Are you ready for an education tax increase next year? One trustee says you'd better be.
Jun 4, 2012 | 4:37Up To Speed Transcona's Centennial Square AudioUp To Speed Transcona's Centennial Square Jun 4, 2012 | 4:37They'll pull down a parking lot to put up a park. Hear about a multi-million dollar development in downtown Transcona.
Jun 22, 2012 | 6:08Up To Speed Mentoring Young Talent AudioUp To Speed Mentoring Young Talent Jun 22, 2012 | 6:08Tommy Starr is a promising young writer and one of the winners of the Canadian Aboriginal Writing and Arts Challenge. Joseph Boyden is an award winning author. What happens when the two come together? Listen to find out.
Aug 22, 2012 | 4:28Up To Speed Taxi Fare Increase? AudioUp To Speed Taxi Fare Increase? Aug 22, 2012 | 4:28Cabbies recently went to the Taxicab Board and asked for another fare increase. At that time a temporary increase of twenty cents was added to the drop fee to help pay for safety upgrades. The Taxicab Board later approved a request to make that increase permanent. Now Winnipeggers could be looking at yet another increase coming before winter holidays. Bruce Buchley, the chair of the taxicab board of Manitoba joined Larry to discuss the increase.
Sep 27, 2012 | 8:50Up To Speed Flag of Faces AudioUp To Speed Flag of Faces Sep 27, 2012 | 8:50Tim Van Horn is taking pictures to create a Canadian mosaic made up of 36,000 portraits taken of people from all across the country. The photos will be put together in a 30 by 100 foot flag. It will be unfurled on On Canada Day in 2017 for our 150th birthday.
Jan 15, 2013 | 6:48Up To Speed Human Library Project - Second Chances AudioUp To Speed Human Library Project - Second Chances Jan 15, 2013 | 6:48CBC Manitoba is very pleased to be part of the "human library" project.
January 24 to 26, you'll be able to go to the Millenium Library and sign up to speak, one on one, with people from our community and hear their stories.
All of these stories have an underlying human rights theme.
Second chances are a part of life according to Mandela Kuet.
He's a Sudanese refugee who made headlines in 2007.
A judge ordered him to face deportation hearings for his criminal behavior inside an African street gang called the Mad Cowz.
Mandela has spent the last three years trying to turn his life around but it's not easy to convince others to believe in him.
He is a part of the Human Library, and he spoke to Larry Updike on Up to Speed.
Mar 5, 2013 | 8:58Up To Speed Musi App AudioUp To Speed Musi App Mar 5, 2013 | 8:58There seems to be an app for just about everything these days.
But three local students from Vincent Massey Collegiate and St Paul's High School have created one that is catching on in a big way.
"Musi" is a streaming music app that allows you to make playlists from YouTube and operate them through the app rather than the usual download approach.
Aaron Wojnowski, David Bell and Christian Lunney are the brains behind this creation and they spoke about it with Larry Updike.
May 18, 2012 | 9:15Up To Speed Vince Li Gets Passes AudioUp To Speed Vince Li Gets Passes May 18, 2012 | 9:15Manitoba Progressive Conservative Justice Critic Kelvin Goertzen reacts to news that Vince Li will be allowed supervised visits outside the Selkirk Mental Health Centre.
May 18, 2012 | 4:43Up To Speed Traffic Ticket Saga AudioUp To Speed Traffic Ticket Saga May 18, 2012 | 4:43One of the longest and hardest fought traffic ticket battles came to an end today, but the winning party is not happy. Todd Dube from Wise Up Winnipeg explains.
May 22, 2012 | 6:23Up To Speed Activist Attacked AudioUp To Speed Activist Attacked May 22, 2012 | 6:23Michael Champagne works to build community spirit and change stereotypes of the North End, but over the weekend he was attacked while walking down the street. He shares the story with Larry Updike.
May 23, 2012 | 9:42Up To Speed PSA Tests AudioUp To Speed PSA Tests May 23, 2012 | 9:42A U.S. government panel says healthy men shouldn't routinely have a blood test that screens for prostate cancer. But Ed Johner, a local prostate cancer survivor, says it was that test that saved his life.
May 23, 2012 | 15:30Up To Speed Bear Attack AudioUp To Speed Bear Attack May 23, 2012 | 15:30The man who survived a bear attack armed with only a wad of toilet paper tells his story of survival. Gord Shurvell tells so vividly and with such humour, you won't want to miss it! Then, his friend Dan Alexander tells us how he saved his friend.
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