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.
Feb 6, 2013 | 8:19Up To Speed Daycare Dilemma AudioUp To Speed Daycare Dilemma Feb 6, 2013 | 8:19What do you do with the kids if your job has you working after midnight? Hear about a daycare that offers some odd-hours care, but the space is limited and the workers still aren't making a competitive wage.
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.
Dec 14, 2012 | 5:36Up To Speed State of the Inner City AudioUp To Speed State of the Inner City Dec 14, 2012 | 5:36What better way to take stock of our inner city than by talking to young people who live there? The state of the inner city report was released today. Joshua and Laughlin Kennedy contributed to the report and have lots to say about their neighbourhood.
Dec 5, 2012 | 6:57Up To Speed CP Rail Cuts AudioUp To Speed CP Rail Cuts Dec 5, 2012 | 6:57Canadian Pacific Railway announced they will 4, 500 jobs by 2016...1, 700 by the end of this year.
How exactly this will effect employees here in Winnipeg is still undetermined.
Barry Prentice is a business professor at the University of Manitoba.
He spoke to Larry Updike about the cuts.
Nov 16, 2012 | 4:15Up To Speed Snowy Sidewalks AudioUp To Speed Snowy Sidewalks Nov 16, 2012 | 4:15The driving is getting easier, but how's the walking in your neighbourhood? Well imagine if you had to negotiate those slushy mounds in a wheelchair. Guest host Ismaila Alfa speaks to a local woman who has to do just that.
Nov 8, 2012 | 5:34Up To Speed The Loss of a Daughter AudioUp To Speed The Loss of a Daughter Nov 8, 2012 | 5:34It was a terrible accident that's torn a precious life from the graduating class at Kelvin High School.
Julia Romanow died last week in that terrible crash on Wellington Crescent.
Julia's school mates are finding ways to honour her.
And her mother, Jacqueline Romanow, is setting up a scholarship in memory of her daughter.
She spoke about it with Larry Updike on Up to Speed.
Nov 8, 2012 | 6:07Up To Speed Assessments Up AudioUp To Speed Assessments Up Nov 8, 2012 | 6:07Many of you have received your property tax assessment notice, and perhaps you noticed quite a jump in the value of your home. Larry talks with the city about those numbers.
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