Counterterrorism operations in Yemen at the invitation of the government of Yemen and its International allies they’ve promised to investigate any new allegations when I first met the former mercenary Isaac he feared he might be prosecuted but the US laws covering mercenaries are unclear 3 years on
Nothing has happened to him you know did you feel like the operation you took part of was legal yes is that because there was some sort of Nod from Washington no it’s because we were in line with the US’s mission in the region and we were
Participating with an ally of the US did you know that after you left the emirati forces that you trained then trained yemenis to conduct assassinations you train people you give people a tool and how they choose to use it is not really not your responsibility so my personal feelings
Is unfortunate and war is always messy but anytime there’s conflict there’s going to be people that are hurt or killed that you wish weren’t so the UAE is working with arming and funding key members of al-Qaeda that are us yes now some of the people who actually conducted some of
These assassinations were former AQ members it’s not really surprising the realities of the world is people change sides become useful tools sometimes somebody’s power and gravitas is worth ignoring the sins of their past because that’s what you need to do for a larger objective one thing we discussed last
Time is the kill list one of the names that was on the list that I’ve seen is Huda sarari who’s a female a human rights lawyer um not on my list so the list you have is something different I would absolutely remember if that name
Was was on the list many of the names if not most of the names are people who have no terrorist connections whatsoever and again the list that you received is something very different from the target list that I was looking at So based on what Intel what was the Intel that you
Were provided with about anaf Mayo that made you think he was connected to terrorist organizations I cannot go into the details of the Intel but he isn’t a terrorist is he Isaac I mean I’ve met him since he is living in Saudi Arabia he’s taken part in the UN peace process
Which is fantastic for Yen the very nature of intelligence gathering is that it’s never 100% absolute but for some like anaf who survived the attempt to kill him those responsible for the assassinations need to be held to account I hold them responsible because they were the ones who oversaw the
Training of these cells and made them skillful in assassinations there is a big responsibility on their shoulders most of those targeted are social civil and political activists I challenge them to find a single terrorist among those who were assassinated people in Adan want to know the truth justice must be
Served to date Spar have not been prosecuted for their role in the uae’s assassination program and the families of victims of the assassinations in southern Yemen have yet to receive Justice I still hope that the judicial system will get back to work and reopen my son’s
Case and that the person who shot him will be caught and brought to Justice from Exile HUD is still investigating the assassinations in Yemen which continue to this day I have to stay strong for the sake of my children and to carry on my work I have to pick myself up and start
Again this episode of assignment was presented by me Noel mfei the producer was Alex L that was assignment from the BBC I’m Jeff goods and this is CBC Radio 1 today on commotion The Smiths are a band that celebrates Outsiders and Rebels and wallf flowers people who
Often feel like they’re on the margins of things now the band’s been embraced by Donald Trump and the Maga movement you’ll hear what happened when a Smith song played at one of Trump’s Rallies commotion with El ABD mahm this morning at 11: 11:30 in New Finland and on the CBC listen app good morning man so by Marcy marusa and this is information radio we are live in downtown Winnipeg as always at 3 minutes to 6:00 a.m. watching the city
Wake up thanks for joining us this morning and making us part of your day you’re on 893 FM 990 a.m. or maybe on the app or on YouTube wow it was mild and uh we’re going to talk more about whether or not we broke records yesterday in Winnipeg for temperature
But uh it sure was warm uh today in the city won’t be quite as warm but we’re still going to crack zero our high today is 1° and we’ll have increasing cloud with us for this morning let’s say hello to the team Corey Funk is here good
Morning Corey Corey directs the show and we’ll be covering the commute good morning Abby ad YY Abby is our technical producer on the show and we’ll be covering weather on the program Travis Peterson is up early behind our YouTube controls and Heather wells in our news Department with headlines good morning
Well Winnipeg’s birthing center is struggling to hit its Target number of 500 births a year it has yet to even hit 50% capacity topping out at just 237 babies born in its best year we are going to hear from the executive director about what needs to happen so
That the birthing center does reach its targets that’s coming up as well a shortage of snow and cold weather this winter has resulted in a shortage of gasoline in some Northern Communities In shimwa First Nation it is being called a critical situation we’ll hear more in
Our next local news coming up at 6:30 Heather you ready for my line okay okay you’re going to hear a lot this morning hey hey ho oh no there you go or maybe hey ho oh no no snow uh festive aloy aure I know that we’re going to talk to them this morning
As well about what this means to them yeah I’ve been wondering that myself like for days what do they do it’s it’s a winter festival winter you can’t make a snow sculpture if there’s no snow so uh we’re going to find out more about it actually later in the morning uh in
Addition this morning on the program Heather of course will be back with us throughout the show uh we are going to be uh talking about a unique exhibit at the Canadian museum for human rights it explores music as a form of resistance and change so stay tuned to hear that on
Our mental health column today there’s a new advisory from the New York Commissioner of health and mental hygiene it warns about the impact of social media on the mental health of young people uh New York will be the first large American city to uh look at
This and frame uh youth mental health in this health uh way uh for them down south so we’ll hear more about the impact of that here stay tuned on Q with Tom power the British show top boy has had an interesting life the show about London drug dealers ran
For two highly acclaimed seasons and then it got cancelled the creator of the show Ronan bannett will be here to tell you the story of how Drake saved his show and got it back on TV my kids knew who Dr was but I have to confess it’s
Not my scene that’s coming up on Q followed by commotion with elamine Abdel mmud on CBC Radio 1 the CBC listen app and everywhere you get your podcasts this is World Report good morning I’m Marcia young people who live through the mass stabbing on want action to prevent
Violent crimes a jury in Saskatchewan agrees it has released 29 recommendations following a 2 and a half week inquiry they include specific actions for police and the correctional service of Canada the CBC Sam Samson brings us a closer look at the recommendations and some reaction my sister here uh excuse a beautiful woman
Daryl Burns clutches a photo of his sister Lydia Gloria Burns she spent her last moments trying to save someone with stab wounds before she was killed Burns hopes her death and this inquest will keep others from suffering a loss like his so if my sister’s death means that
Something positive is going to come out of this then her Legacy is going to live on on Wednesday a provincial inquest jury delivered 29 recommendations to prevent future tragedies most were for the RCMP and Correctional Service Canada there’s a push for RCMP to open Communications with First Nations leaders whether it’s
About wanted persons or how to address drugs and gangs the jury wants more cultural resources like Elders in prisons and continuous support for indigenous offenders once they get out many of these recommendations stem from testimony about the attacker’s abusive childhood his abuse against his common
Law spous and his time in prison I think this uh inquest took us through a roller coaster family members like Chelsea ston standand whose aunt and cousin died say intergenerational trauma played a part in these attacks and that’s something all Canadians can address talk to your friends your relatives and make them
Aware of these issues that impact all of us so it doesn’t just happen to an indigenous Community it could happen to any Community families hope each organization takes these recommendations seriously because the hope they feel now won’t last long without change Sam Samson CBC News melord Saskatchewan the European Union’s 27 countries have
Reached a deal on the 50 billion Euro Aid package to Ukraine European Council president sha Michelle says that support will lock in long-term predictable funding for Ukraine and sends a clear message to Russia Hungary had been resisting the deal the Prime Minister has closed ties to Russia and he
Threatened to veto the package this morning but ultimately Victor Orban caved to pressure from his EU counterparts outside headquarters in Brussels upset Farmers from across the continent are protesting as their leaders meet dozens of tractors are blocking the streets thick black smoke is rising from bonfires the farmers are
Trying to get their complaints onto the agenda of the EU leader Summit among them cheaper agricultural imports from Ukraine we are expecting to hear from the head of CIS David Vigo today here at home as well as other senior your Canadian intelligence figures they are due to testify at the foreign
Interference inquiry in Ottawa China Russia India and other countries are all accused of meddling in Canada’s elections and Janice McGregor is in our parliamentary Bureau with more on what to expect jennice spies are usually pretty tight lied any chance we’ll get new information today not sure Marcia there are a lot of
Questions of course the parties at this inquiry want to ask the security officials like the head of CIS about what signs of foreign interference they were or were not seeing during the 2019 and 2021 elections but the evidence on that isn’t going to be discussed until
Later this spring the task today is to Grapple with a more fundamental question how much government decision makers and the public have a right to know about classified intelligence a former director of cus dick faden told the inquiry yesterday that Canada’s allies are much more open about their briefings
While much of the information that you will be interested in deserves protection the culture the workload and the tradition in agencies I think is to tend towards overprotection things tend to be classified more than they need to be the key question for this commission this week is whether things can be even
Should be different now and if spy agencies do share more how to do that without compromising secret sources or their relationships with International allies one of the groups involved in sounding the alarm about foreign interference has already lost faith in this process tell us about that in a statement late yesterday the weager
Rights advocacy project said it was pulling out over the decision of commissioner Marie Jose ug to allow a couple of politicians accused of having close ties to the Chinese Communist party in Beijing to have full standing at this inquiry that allows them to see more materials than will be released to
The public and it would allow them to cross examine the testimony of witnesses from diaspora communities had tried to provide reassurances on Monday about protecting these groups but she also said that those whose reputations have been attacked do have the right to explain themselves thank you Janice you’re welcome the cbc’s Janice McGregor
Reporting from Ottawa a man accused of helping people around the world die by Suicide is due back in court in Ontario today Kenneth la faces 14 counts of first-degree murder and 14 counts of counseling or aiding suicide in the province now one woman’s experience is Raising questions about a mysterious
Person online who may be connected to the case Thomas DEA has more and a warning this story contains talk of self harm it was just a click and that was it it got past customs more than a year ago Emma Morrison from Dundee Scotland says she attempted suicide using a toxic
Substance ordered from Kenneth laws website she very nearly died and is now speaking out about the shadowy figure identified online as Greenberg who she says coached her to kill herself he basically guided me through how I should take it how much I should take to make sure it essentially it works CBC News
Has seen multiple posts online showing Greenberg directing vulnerable people to the Ontario man’s websites police allege law sold products intended for self harm and they’re suspected of being linked to 124 deaths worldwide Morrison says she believes law was in touch with his buyers using that Alias the connection
Between canl and Greenberg is I think they’re the same person CBC has not been able to verify that claim we asked an investigator last month if law was in direct contact with his alleged victims but York Regional Police Inspector Simon James declined to say I don’t think it’s
Appropriate for me to comment just to keep uh the investigation Safeguard law is set to appear in court by video link from jail today his lawyer says at trial law will be pleading not guilty Thomas dag CBC News Toronto a liberal MP says Atlantic Canadians are being overcharged for
Gasoline and Diesel a new report shows companies are collecting a lot more than they need to cover the cost of complying with new environmental rules and the MP says energy Regulators should cut the price of fuel Peter Cowen has more in Atlantic Canada every leader that drivers put into their tank pumps an
Extra 5 cents into Oil Company coffers the additional charge is supposed to cover the costs of cutting emissions it’s a mandate from the federal government these rules are in place across Canada but because gas prices are regulated in the Atlantic provinces companies here have to apply to recoup
Their costs a report commissioned by environment and climate change Canada found the actual cost of complying is less than 1 cent a liter not the five companies are collecting these prices are actually being inflated Jennica atwin is a liberal MP from New Brunswick Atlantic Canadians are being overcharged
Um and it’s unacceptable again at a time when you know cost of of living is so high the energy companies say they’re investing billions to produce cleaner gas and Diesel the Canadian fuels Association says the current fees are fair Carol montoy is a regional vice president with the association he warns
If prices are cut companies could decide to pull out of Atlantic Canada if these utility boards where prices are controlled don’t fight the find the right number to fairly compensate how expensive this regulation is there’s a real risk that we’ll end up with a security of Supply issue this week the
Energy regulator in New Brunswick is weighing the evidence and other provinces will be watching to see what it finds is fair Peter Cowen CBC News St John’s later this morning in Toronto’s rollinson Community School it will sound a little like this The elementary and middle school is going to raise the panafrican flag to Mark the start of black history month if you have not seen it the flag is three horizontal stripes red at the top to represent the blood that unites all people of black African ancestry then
Black for the people and green to represent the Abundant natural wealth of Africa as you can hear the students are excited about this moment here they are practicing the black national anthem Lift Every Voice Victory is and that is the latest National and international news from World Report I’m Marcia Young good morning Manitoba I’m Marcy maruso welcome to February this is 893 FM 990 a.m. on the app or on YouTube you’re on CBC thanks for making us part of your morning uh warm mild again today in Winnipeg well speaking of Black History Month a lot of the criticism is that we
Don’t need a month anymore we should be talking about these things year round we’re going to dig into that uh this morning in this hour of the show we’re also going to remind ourselves of the contributions of black people in Canada as we hear from the leader of a black
History organization about how to move beyond what people already know and expect and make the most of this uh time to talk so stay tuned for that in addition this hour on the show how’d you do yesterday enjoying the warm weather yep there were shorts there were short
Sleeves there was a distinct lack of toes in the air we’ll uh talk more about uh what records we are hoping we broke as we await the official news from Environment Canada right now at 611 uh let’s go to Heather Wells who’s in our news Department good
Morning and I think we’re just Wai there hi were you on the line with environment in Canada I was excellent sorry he giving me numbers and I’m going I got to run here’s another number it was great I was just speaking with uh Chris damers at Environment Canada who tells us the
Last day of January broke 24 records across Manitoba the warmest in McCreary which for the second day in a row was the Manitoba hotspot mccre got up to 12.1 de in Winnipeg we did not break a record because our official temperature comes from the airport which got to 4.7
Yesterday we were warm throughout the rest of the city at 7.3 at the forks but the old record was 5.0 in 1952 and because the airport is the official temperature we did not officially break a record but we felt the warmth so we’ll bring you more about that coming up in
Our next local news at 6:30 all right thank you heather you’re welcome thank you for running in too uh no problem appreciate it Heather’s next cast of course it’s 6:30 and we’re going to hear more about how people enjoyed yesterday in a moment Jam Maga pedo was out and
About all right let’s get into the forecast for today it won’t be quite as warm Abby good morning to you good morning Mary as you start your day this morning be prepared for mainly Cloudy Skies notice some fog parches on my way in this morning from the south this way
It was a bit just here and there but then as I approached the the downtown area it felt like a scene from an Irish pirate movie it did I know and then I was like waiting to see a ghost ship just sail because the lights were just
Like so far in the fog and it felt different this morning driving in so I kind of drive through the Polar Park area here in this part of the city and so extending even to that part of uh of of the city as well it’s pretty thick
Blanket of fog yeah now however the fog patches should be dissipating later and then it’s going to be creating clearer visibility for people that will be commuting currently the temperature sits at minus 2° throughout the day we can expect clouds to come and go it’s going
To be more like a hide and seek you know the cloud would come in give some shade and then go off the wind however is going to stay relatively calm it’s just going to be Breezy as you step out the door this morning the high is expected
To be mild at just one degree but right now Winnipeg is at minus two driving was a pleasure yesterday it was to be honest except the slushy pots yeah it wasn’t that bad on my drive though it just I had to remind myself that it wasn’t the
Middle of like not even March it felt like April it was so warm out there yeah I I was also looking at my roof I usually worry about ice daing oh hi everybody I was also look my roof usually this time of year I’m like freaking out about ice daming your house
It was just clear on your car oh yes so sorry yes I was I just thinking all these like weird little side benefits of of this weather and it’s usually me freaking out like oh no staming is not one of those benefits yeah yeah exactly
So that that was nice to see a bare roof there’s like a weird homeowner thing where you’re like ooh yeah anything this morning uh issues out there no really uh not too bad out there right now I can tell you if you are on the sidewalks I
Run in today there’s two modes either slippery or slushy uh and I imagine it’s going to start getting slushier as the day goes on and that temperature warms up uh so do look up for that if you’re hitting the sidewalks but if you see anything else going on out there on the
Roads highways uh keep an ey for that fog don’t put on those high beams uh because it only makes things worse give me a call on the CBC commuter line 204 788 3093 well the time right now is uh 6:15 and if you’re just getting up and thinking about what you’re going to wear today as Abby said 1 degre is our daytime High yesterday people were peeling off the layers as Heather just confirmed we did not officially break
The record from 1952 which was 5 degrees in Winnipeg at the airport that’s where they measure our temperature 4.7 but at the forks we did get up to 7.3 it was unheard of it was uh the forecast daytime high at 6 degrees was 17 Dees above normal for the last day of
January in Winnipeg and so we couldn’t resist cbc’s Jim agapito headed out to talk to folks Melissa Anderson Britney Penner Lissa te and I see you’re doing a great activity with your children so so tell me how are you enjoying this unusually warm weather um yeah no it’s
Great we were out in a boat and uh they’re hardly bundled up so yeah it’s really nice and like we don’t have to like stay in the house all day we can get out and like pass some of the time outside which is really nice no we got a
Coffee enjoying the forks and wishing we could skate yeah but you know shopping for kids stuff instead yeah and the fact that it’s January 31st unusually warm I’m wondering what is this doing for I guess your mood and what you would not normally be doing totally as a mom I
Feel like our mental health is just so much higher because like they said before we can actually get outside and get out and about and enjoy the weather as opposed to being cooped up and worried about naps and things so no it’s awesome yeah definitely helpful to get
Out and not be yeah stuck inside all day and be able to get some sunshine yeah we’re really enjoying the nice warm weather and so are these guys so yeah know it can be really depressing when you’re stuck in in your house and it’s
Too cold to go outside so this is just a really nice break yeah I don’t know how long it’ll last but like fingers crossed for a while yeah totally taking it while we can and enjoying it while it’s here same okay what have you changed with
Your routine then um it went from oh no but you’re not bundled up I hope no not too bad he’s loving the weather I swear well as long as moms are so if the temperature does change you know how will that affect you I think we’ll be bummed we’re expecting it so we’re
Holding this kind of hands open and soaking and all we can but is what it is it’s Manitoba for peace sake Yeah well yeah exactly expecting it to get cold again but I mean if it stays like this amazing it’s like a little vacation without going anywhere
So my name is Curtis Lair it’s January 31st how are you enjoying this unusually warm day oh it’s unreal like right now I’m like I took my sweater off it’s too warm for me and it’s it’s just great to be outside and just enjoy the good
Weather you know this is unusual so I’m wondering how has your plans changed for the day oh it’s it’s definitely changed like since like this good weather like this whole week it just made us want to be more outside and actually like get out of the house and make like cherish
It while it lasts what are you doing that you wouldn’t normally do in January right now like I’ve just been outside like more like more walking things like that like normally I’m all bundled up in the house cuz it’s freezing but like actually just physically like getting outside walking around taking the dog
For a walk stuff like that more so like than I was before just because I want to spend like every minute like outside I guess it’s uplifting for sure feel like people in Winter kind of brings their mood down but just being like able to enjoy it definitely a good plus uh
Alysia H Torres my name is Eileen Fernandez okay so you’re here from Mexico this is the most unusual day for January oh it’s very cool really oh yeah I was telling her I was like this is usually warm for for now it’s pretty warm and she was like how is
This warm she was like this is way too cold but yeah compared to to the Past weather we’ve been having this is this is like summer basically it’s really not nor not really were you here to experience the really cold weather like last week yeah little compared to it now this is a
Strange for me you know in Mexico is very very hot so how do you feel about that the weather right now I like it a lot like you know compared to the minus 30 we were having at the beginning of the month it’s insane but we wanted to
Skate and the river’s closed and then the skating rink is closed so that’s the bad part but I mean I’m enjoying the weather yeah definitely how will you spend the rest of the day if you’re not going to skate what will the two of you
Do I don’t know just we don’t know we might go walk around the exchange maybe it’s a nice day to walk to walk around so I am looking now to see how long we have forecasted daytime highs that are above zero or zero or above and right now it’s looking that we’re right
Through Monday if this holds in Winnipeg it was incredible uh yesterday certainly cbc’s Jim agapo out asking Winnipeg is what they thought of the warm January weather and the record-breaking day across parts of the province didn’t quite crack it in Winnipeg but mcre yesterday getting up to 12.1 as Heather
Mentioned that’s amazing right now in the city of winipeg it is Misty and it’s minus two nothing can stop an Iron Man from stepping onto the Frozen River to curl except the weather this warm spell means the Iron Man outdoor curling Bond Spiel is being rescheduled to February
16th to 18th join us then for the family fun Spiel we’ve all been waiting for the Iron Man outdoor curling Bond Spiel now February 16th to 18th proudly sponsored by CBC time right now is 6:20 on 893 FM 990 a.m. are on the app I’m Marcy marcusa
Thanks for making us part of your morning uh it is a time of year where things start to sort of get a little bit maybe more rhythmic and routined which isn’t a bad thing we made it through January here we are in February uh school day number one if you’re up
Getting the kids ready this morning well next on the program let’s talk about Black History Month February the parliament of Canada first recognized the occasion in 2008 the goal to honor the contributions of black communities to the country and to celebrate diverse histories but figuring out how to do
That can be tricky especially if the intention is to move beyond what people already know and expect we’re joined Now by Michael farcus to talk about it president of the Black History Month Round Table a nonprofit organization based out of Quebec that’s focused on the experiences of black communities year round good
Morning good morning Marcy thank you for having me here thank you for being with us what are some of the concerns uh that that you rais about how black history month is uh is marked in Canada uh it it could be that um black history doesn’t start per se with uh 400
Years of uh of our coming through through slaveries May we need to look at uh you know like at U at the whole of U our contributions throughout the world so often we need to look maybe at a Africa and and the different countries where we’ve where we came from initially so that
Would be interesting too and I don’t think that’s uh uh there’s not enough people obviously we need to join with Africans to understand also how that went and how that goes but I do agree that uh we need to go beyond uh but there’s still the impact of Rosa Park I
Mean you we know the story of Rosa Park but she still has an impact do it has it changed anything so we still can gauge even some of those moments uh here in America Martin Luther King so on but uh yeah I think we need to look at uh since
Uh since um back in the days of what black people have done on this Earth the different Empires and everything the conquest with the mercenaries in Europe and so on so there’s many there’s many aspects about black culture and history that still needs to be told to to the
Generations how are we doing with sharing those stories year round in your view versus uh still having you know this month um which in some ways can be um well it’s a positive thing to have it identified officially marked that we would talk about this in February obviously the intention is that this
Would be something that we just carry year around and talk about with u carry with us and understand our stories of our history how are we doing on that front is that getting better in your view or not well here in Quebec they’re still not in the school curriculum so
There there’re still um you know place for that so we’re not doing so good so black history month is a WI of opportunity to at least uh say uh to to to dig with dignity show who we are and everything so there’s still much work to
Be done um Even in our black communities but around you know around just Canadians uh plainly uh they don’t know of our history sometimes uh and you know that we are part of History because it’s not a separate thing uh when there’s any major event that happens in in the life
Of Canadians or in the life of the people here it impacts everyone so in that respect but we we might um be be at the lower end often of uh of of um of the situations that occur and because we’ve been um we’ve been sidelined for
So long so we’re trying to restore that and we are I think we’re moving on positively um what are some of the tropes or cliches or pitfalls that uh that you hope will be avoided well I mean we don’t U black people are very diversity they represent
Diversity so we have do have different opinions or different ways of uh of handling things or you know different philosophies and so on so we have to respect that just like everybody else in the world right now that’s uh trying to find a place under the Sun so in that
Way um controversies or you know different uh issues will happen um and um you know as long as it’s respectfully uh discussed or at least agreed that we don’t agree uh um but facts is facts history is history and that that we can check uh
You know when when when we when we go in the records when the archives and so on that’s what we need to study education is the key that’s the main thing and that’s what we need to recognize that uh because even even black people have to
Know that the mother land is Africa per se does everyone recognize that as as black folks that we all came once upon the time from from Africa um and so on so um educ is the key uh you mentioned Montreal doesn’t yet have you know black history as part of the curriculum a
Mandatory curriculum in schools is there a province that’s leading the way on that front when you look across Canada that uh that is something to be proud of or maybe to follow um I spoke to this morning to Halifax and it looks like it is in the school curriculum in Halifax no Scotia
So probably recommend them at this point Y um what what do you hope people think about uh during this month uh to to to propel those conversations forward or uh for those of us that aren’t black to be an to be an ally so to speak to to to to
Deepening our understanding of our community yeah once you understand that blacks have contributed throughout the wars have contributed throughout the the tragedies of uh of of us of our of us as a people through times um and that we’ve always been sidelined not documented well um you know you you say maybe we
Need to do better and and um today we’re we’re understanding that we’re you know people are diverse in many ways and that their their features the color of their skin and so on uh has to be sidelined so that we can all achieve our goals so I
Think there is that uh momentum is there still a ways to go definitely uh to to change the negativity around the different perceptions and to fight back racism so in that respect um you know we’re just asking for our own yous as Canadians and we want to help
Everyone you know in Canada just like everybody helps us too um in general yeah just as a last question for you uh after this month is over um what are your goals moving forward I understand you have some some workshops and conferences you you hope to to build
Upon yeah correct I mean uh as often there is uh the line of uh of of thinking that you know black history is short and so on and February is a cold month and so on but it shows our resilience too we also know there’s there’s Frederick duglas or Bob Marley
Actually are born in the month Abraham Lincoln the father of of emancipation and so on uh uh so in that respect that we don’t stop at February we keep on going there’s still uh all kinds of things to do whether it’s a women’s day coming up in March whether it’s the
Racism uh The Fight Against Racism week as we know the 20s 21st of March and so on so doesn’t stop there but I mean um you know like we we want to be just involved just like you know our kids mainly like basketball and so on so they
Be looking at all kinds of things they don’t just look at that so that’s where we want to go we want to look at at the stars you know and that’s what we want to achieve just like everybody else in Canada basically thank you very much
Michael for being uh up early and with us this morning thank you yeah appreciate it Michael farcus is president of the black history mon round table it’s a nonprofit organization it’s based in Quebec it’s focused on the experiences of black communities year round and he joined us this morning from
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Lines story lines new this season on CBC Radio 1 and Always On Demand on the CBC listen app well a last conversation prompted us to start looking up how black history is taught in our schools here and uh the province uh on their website outlined some of the things that
They’re working on uh Manitoba education and early childhood learning uh looks at the need for inclusive curriculum to challenge discrimination in racism and advaned Equity so they are looking at a web page pardon me they’ve created a web page elements integrated into the curriculum it was designed to ensure the
Diversity is addressed in the curriculum now has that been the experience in the classrooms you tell us 788 3205 right now your CBC Winnipeg news this is CBC News good morning I’m Heather wells in Winnipeg at 6:30 it is minus two after our record-breaking day yesterday February begins still very much uh much
Much warmer than normal for this time of year increasing clouds in Winnipeg and a high today of one people in BO ofan are shocked to learn the biggest narcotics bust on the Prairies happened near their Town border officers seized more than 400 kilos of what’s believed to be math
From a semi on January 14th those drugs were inside large suitcases in a semi trying to enter Canada through the border south of boan Haven KU lives in the town of 1500 it’s crazy to me I would never expect anything like that to happen this close to boy B the semi
Driver a 29-year-old man from Winnipeg was arrested and turned over to RCMP he will be in court today investigators say they don’t yet know where that semi was coming from only that it was heading from the US to Winnipeg officials also have yet to determine where the drugs originated Winnipeg’s birthing center is
Falling short on its birth targets because of a continued lack of midwives the center now known as Odin opened in 2011 with an expected capacity of 500 births a year it’s not even hitting 50% of that number a Winnipeg regional health authority Midwife is required for
A woman to give birth at the center but according to the Health Region they can only fill roughly 75% of the requests that come in the center’s executive director chemlin nard says they need more mid wives and more funding but she says other services have expanded there’s a lot more that happens here
Than when we first opened 12 years ago but we haven’t had an increase in the funding to support the the Staffing and all the other resources we need to support that work odoman is home to the breast milk Bank an infant hearing screening program and offers help for
Mothers who have lost their babies total clinic visits to to the center have more than doubled since it opened well Alberta officials will be revealing more today about that province’s new Trans and classroom pronoun policy Premier Danielle Smith announced the changes in a video posted on social media for
Children age 15 and under puberty blockers and hormone therapies for the purpose of gender reassignment or affirmation will also not be permitted with the exception of those who’ve already commenced their treatment at this time minors age 16 and 17 will be permitted to commence hormone therapies for gender reassignment and affirmation
Purposes so long as they are deem mature enough to make these decisions and have parental physician and psychologist approval lgbtq advocacy groups uh eal Canada and skipping stone foundation warn they will bring legal action if Alberta moves ahead with those changes the European Union’s 27 countries have
Just reached a new deal to deliver Aid to Ukraine the package is worth 50 billion euros European Council president Charles Michelle says that support will lock in long-term predictable funding for Ukraine and sends a clear message to Russia you can hear the latest National and international news coming up on
World report at 7 well warm weather records were melting right across Manitoba yesterday 24 records were broken the warmest was mccre at 12.1 degrees breaking a record set back in 1993 of 9.4 then came morn and Winkler at 11.3 each Altona at 10.4 Carmen at 10.1 and while the sunshine warmed Winnipeg up
Yesterday to 7.3 at the forks the airport is where the official temperature is marked and it only reached 4.7 so not breaking the record of five said in 1952 more warm days are expected right through this next week well the warm winter is causing trouble for some Northern Manitoba communities
One of those is shimwa First Nation it has run out of gasoline because the Winter Road hasn’t opened Walter wesud is Grand Chief of the Kuwait and Tribal Council he says some problems in the north could be solved with allseason roads in the face of climate change
There’s a a lot of uh services in the communities that are impacted I say one of them is Health that’s a big one then uh education another another issue could be uh the hunting that our people do harvesting from the land can’t go anywhere no fuel wud also says gas was
Expected to be flown into the community yesterday but there’s been a struggle to get a plane that can transport fuel well dusting off the golf clubs at the end of January that last day of January is the first day of golf season for some winnipeggers business was brisk at the
Driving range at Shooters Golf Center manager een sarzani says they were originally planning to hold off opening until the weekend until they took a closer look at the calendar we realized if we opened January 31st and on the weekend and we opened last year in early
March and we were open in December we been open for 12 months pretty hard to do in Winnipeg and Sarah s does hope he can keep his driving range open right through the weekend you can find more news updated throughout the day as well as the weather just head to
Cbc.ca Manitoba did you do anything special in the weather yesterday Heather I didn’t really and then I actually was at the forks and there were so so many people there and walking around outside at the forks you could feel the sun on your skin it was really beautiful yeah
It was uh it was just something I did enjoy driving though I I hate to say it but it was kind of nice uh I wasn’t on slide streets I was on Main thorough fares did you have your window down uh I didn’t have my window down I should have thought of
That I I missed all the good stuff today’s going to be nice but not quite as nice as it was aby’s here now with our regional forecast good morning it’s not as nice as yesterday but it a another mild Day first day in February still very mild it is currently minus 2°
In Winnipeg a little bit of Breeze and then fog reported in some parts of the city Brandon is currently seen freezing fog at minus two it will be a bit of mix of sun and Cloud today and then this fog pches that we’re seeing in the southern parts will be dissipating later you’re
Heading to a high of Min a high of 2° Thompson is currently at- 16 with light snow it will would be mainly cloudy up there with that uh light chance of snow later today and then the Cloudy Sky would clear as you move into the afternoon period Churchill is partly
Cloudy at the moment you are currently at minus 17 it’s cloudy up there 30% of uh 30% chance of light snow and you’ll be seeing a higher minus 4 degre gim is currently at minus 2 heading to a high of 2° dolin is currently at -4° heading
To a high of 1 Dee uh Steinberg is currently at -4 heading to a high of two and Morris is currently at Min -2 heading to a high of two degrees it’s like it’s always like the plus and then the minuses that’s what’s happening today but Winnipeg is currently at uh
Two degre all right stick around Abby because I’m going to ask you to answer our Facebook question in a second please I’m expecting that uh right now though let’s turn to Cory for a moment for the commute yeah just heard from Dan on the on a bike uh on the commuter line he
Said Rapid Transit is looking great but careful if there’s any sort of slight downhill cuz there is still some of slick spots out there if you’re walking or biking might just throw you off and you might not notice it right away so careful uh look out for that otherwise
Uh the fog might get in your way in some spots uh across the city and other places in the province but if you see something else going on out there uh on the roads on the sidewalks on the on the highways bike Lanes give me a call curious about any new potholes there’s
Got to be a few that showed up especially after today come on give me a call 24788 3093 all right thanks Cory thank you so we just had a conversation about Black History Month and uh where the gaps are in learning in this country and how uh those who uh work on this
Yearround are hoping to spread uh the history and enhanced curriculum in schools across Canada as well around black history so we popped up on Facebook this question trying to localize this and bring it back to where we live uh what do you appreciate most about the black community in Manitoba
And Abby and I have been chatting about this off air so we figured we might talk about it on air yes I I’ve been thinking about that because uh you know one thing let’s say some 10 15 years ago a lot of people moving from their own country to
This part of the world always have one cultural shock which has to do with the food so I’m coming from the angle of the food with history because a lot of people would only like a Daydream of traveling back home to go have a feel of
The food but fast forward to today now we have stores we have restaurants that Ser those meal and one thing that caught my attention I walk into like a typical either Nigerian store an Ethiopian store a Jamaican store or even the restaurant I find non- black people in there and they’re like
They know what they ordering and it just blows my mind because back then I’m not sure you’d have that much traffic moving in there so it tells about the community that you you’d first think oh the nearest black store is going to be like miles and miles away all the nearest
Black restaurant is going to be but they’re like in almost every Community now You’ find one there and it means if they’re not doing well if the community is not appreciating them they won’t be there they must have folded up but these stores and restaurants are being
Supported are being supported and I feel guy now because we’re talking about this we’re talking about this and I I’m calling myself out before you call myself out oh I know where you’re going how he feels guilty cuz he’s an aome cooking he has a signature dish and I
Still haven’t had it okay I’m going to also like call myself up because I actually made for Wendy also and she appreciated it before you so yeah I’m already calling myself out you’ve made joloff rice for others and I haven’t had it yet no you’re my sister you need to
Wait it’s the weight that matters okay that was a good save I don’t know if I buy it you just have to wait to appreciate it and I’ve actually been selling the recipe out I think uh Phil listening now also knows that he’s been practicing to like cook some Niger meals
And so it’s just one thing I love about uh you know thinking about Black History Month I think about the culture of the food how it’s come from that part of the world and it’s spread in all across the continent well you know what I have to
Say though Abby like just so the listeners don’t feel too bad here and think that it’s one-sided I haven’t yet made you pries I I know the reason why but I’ll take that I owe I owe you that yep uh I’m going to answer the question as well and then we’ll hopefully get
Some folks answering as well so Abby was answering the question uh about what he appreciates most about the black community uh in Manitoba and uh my answer to this question actually has to do with uh W with the people that I’ve met along the way in our community uh
What I appreciate most is attitude uh the joyful giving resilient give back attitude and honestly uh just thinking about Jackson no who you know just remembering the roots and giving back our early morning interview was talking about the connection between black Canadians who are here now and and then
Obviously not forgetting uh Africa and there’s so many manitobans that uh that that live in both worlds and do not forget and give back so Jackson Ohio uh came as a Child Soldier came here he’s now back in Burundi he’s running a clinic there uh he’s a nurse he was he
Comes back home here to Manitoba he calls both places home also uh the humankind International dinner that happens each and every year with three refugees and and uh they came here they refugees back in the day but of course now they’re giving back to uh the refugee camp the do refugee camp and
They’re building a school there so these are all manitobans that aren’t forgetting their roots and I think that’s something that I appreciate the most and I I uh really appreciate that and I see it a lot in just the manitobans that uh you know that that I
Know personally here that are part of our black community so why don’t you answer the question what do you appreciate most about the black community in Manitoba 788 3205 or on Facebook uh it is time you Abby was talking about Phil deont I believe and it’s time to connect with
Phil deont hi Phil hi Marcy so let’s uh start with a business news here uh the US uh fed has held interest rates steady this week and Canada’s economy grew uh in November what does that mean about the uh about the two economies when you look at them in contrast well I think
Right now they’re Stronger Than People initially thought you take the US the Federal Reserve less interest rates Al low and you’re right in its decision on Wednesday analysts were hoping for maybe some early interest rate cuts there have been an indication that the bank was going to cut rates but they threw cold
Water on the notion of early numbers uh they want to see more data that inflation is headed down towards the 2% level to me the interpretation here is that the American economy is growing faster fast enough that inflation remains a concern because if it wasn’t a concern anymore then they’d be looking
At rates they’d be saying you know the data is enough that kind of stuff instead you got the bank of mreal forecasting American GDP to grow more than 2% this year uh and that’s a fairly decent number other players not as optimistic Wells Fargo sees the American
Economy growing at less than 1% Canada approaching 2024 from a different economic angle a lot of analysts were saying our economy had basically slowed to a stop in the fourth quarter and maybe into the beginning of this year but Canada’s GDP posted a surprise gain in November up 0.2% and we might have
Even grown even faster in December so the implication is that the economy grew 1.2% for the last three months of the year not a ton you know not a stunning number but considering beos the bank of Montreal’s for forecast for the same period this uh the next like last three
Months and this three months zero they expected no growth at all put the put two bits of data together two economies might be showing unexpected growth for the first half of the Year analysts consistently underestimated the strength of the American economy last year they might be overly pessimistic about
Canada’s uh fortunes as well let’s go to another story why are High Freight Freight rates in Russia a good sign for the global economy it means companies are trying to find ways different ways to move Goods Freight Handlers are reporting Rising interest by shippers and sending goods from China to Europe
By rail through Russia not a high volume route historically but with the Red Sea less of an option these days companies seeking alternative roots to send and receive Goods sending stuff through the Su Canal from China to Europe Le it takes about 3 weeks roding the same Goods around the South African Coast
That part of Africa adds another two weeks by rail takes as little as two weeks and the land route is pretty safe recently more countries uh and companies trying to find better ways to ship their products India exploring whether it can supply Russia by transiting through Iran China spent billions rehabilitating the
African Port of Djibouti on the Gulf of Aiden to access that continent even in the present conflict goods are being dropped off at ports in Bahrain in the UAE on the Gulf of Dubai and then shipped by train to Israel during the pandemic and those dis ruptions we all
Talked about at the time after that countries like China especially being aggressive at finding different ways to make sure those breakdowns don’t happen again going across Russia as a new trade route just the latest effort in that case uh to another story here before markets what other streaming services
Are now cracking down on password sharing this relates to an earlier story yeah Disney uh basically uh said The Institute the policy that Netflix brought in last year uh forcing people not to be able to share passwords starting in March you’ll no longer be able to share your Disney Plus Hulu ESPN
Plus accounts with friends and family uh they said last year Disney they’d bring the hammer down in 2024 could actually help the streamer because Netflix enjoyed large numbers of paid users uh after it introduced its ban on password sharing last spring before the move Netflix estimated as many as 100 million
Households worldwide shared an account uh but in the most recent quarter the fourth quarter the company added 13 million new subscribers in the last three months that was a record number and it’s been attributed to the password clack down what’s going on in markets right now mixed a data inflation data in
Europe has Germany France down a bit UK up a bit same story in Asia with Hong Kong up Shanghai and the n and Japan down oil up 72 cents uh $76 57 A Barrel in the Canadian dollar down a third of a cent trading at 74.3 3 cents us all
Right thank you very much Phil thanks Marcy that’s Phil deont filling in for Chris Le Ram can with business News I keep loving you half feeling you I’m I fight for you I couldn’t imagine I’d wake up alone and this room went to church with you set up in The all right I give it I give it you take it you take forgive your mistakes and still I can’t relate found broken parts but that wasn’t the case so how we going make it if So how we going make it it way I cook for you had your babies too sacrifice for You I couldn’t imagine I’d wake up alone I give it I give it your you your still broken but wasn’t The all I wake up alone feel the high of empty Oh I got went to Church the Bible with you baby yeah I I was Ling you I can’t fight baby baby I for You it’s never a bad morning to play some Julie black it’s a good tune if you’re getting into your day start of a new month that tune’s called half empty it is uh 9 minutes to 7:00 on 893 FM 990 a.m. are on the app next on the program
It seems sometimes like there are coaches for everything these days dating dealing with your finances or just life in general the latest thing though featured recently in an article in the Wall Street Journal is empty nest coaches the idea is to support highly involved Hands-On parents who may be at
Loose ends after their kid moves away to talk about it Louise gleon is with us registered psychotherapist and writer good morning good morning so what are your thoughts on this coaches and uh how they they can be used or to help people through this empty nest period I actually had two reactions when
I read that article myself um first I was able to remember myself when I was going through that for the first time and I absolutely felt compassion and empathy it’s such a huge shift in a parent life but the other thought I had was a little bit of worry that it’s
Sending the message that this is something that needs to be fixed or avoided and it absolutely doesn’t have to be um we can go through it we can feel it fixed or avoided in terms of what that people would think uh you know it’s not natural to feel um a range of
Feelings and that they should seek to keep their kids at home or that they should avoid you know going through the huge transition um that it’s something they want to kind of go around you know what can I do to not feel this way and maybe the answer is you just have to
Feel that way uh what are some of the uh what can you describe some of what we’re talking about when we say feel that way what are some of the emotions and the range of things that people might go through um yeah I think there’s a few
Things that happen during this time that are kind of um experienced by most parents that fit this description and that’s um a big loss of purpose um going from doing everything with and for our kids to not having that in our day-to-day lives anymore um there’s also
A huge shift in how we spend our time because our kids lives often drive a lot of this for us and then finally um and maybe this is the last thought of one we lose a lot of our built-in social groups when our kids leave because you know
Their busy lives bring us into proximity with all these different social groups and and that kind of goes by the Wayside so I would say that if I was to describe it in one word that what we go through is is brief um not just because we miss
Our kids of course but because there’s a huge shift in our identity and and we really do have to say goodbye to those versions of ourselves do you think parents today deal with this any differently from past generations and are we missing talking about a cultural component where often kids uh you know
In different cultures might stay at home even longer so I’m wondering whether you know how how broadly this affects uh all of us in can you know people in Canada and also whether or not there’s a generational change okay I’ll answer the first one about the generation change first and
Then I’ll get to your next one um like many folks um I had this you know thought that my parents barely flinched when I left the home you know one generation ago um I have this movie that plays in my head of my parents pulling up at my University and kind of pushing
Me out of the car and squealing out of the parking lot um but it wasn’t until I became a mother myself and kind of was retelling that story with my mom um that she finally confessed to me that she actually found it really difficult to
Get out of bed after I’d left for a little while so I think the the shift that’s happened is that parenting distress or things like that that parents went through in those earlier Generations was very much behind closed doors I think today’s generation of parents are much more willing to be open
And to talk about their feelings and that’s a great great thing um culturally uh the differences in in different cultures across Canada absolutely that’s such a great point um I have uh I’m third child about to launch now and and certainly she’s gives me such good insight into this there’s
Many many cultures for which empty nesting right at 18 or when school comes along and it’s time for college or university that moving out of the home is not even not even um a possibility it’s just not what that culture does it’s not a norm y it’s out of the norm
And that’s fine that’s fine it changes the conversations though right it’s so interesting um how can parents prepare for the transition for those that are you know know that it’s coming up well I’ve talked about some of the things that can happen regarding what we’ll notice changing and we can
Anticipate it we can expect that this is going to happen and we can begin to think of how we’re going to fill that so what’s your new purpose going to be how are you going to fill your time and what social groups might you explore that
Have nothing to do with your kids um the big piece of advice I would give around how to get ready for this is to really um understand how to talk to it how to talk about it with your kids so of course you’re going to share your
Sadness of course you’re going to tell them that you’re you’re missing them or that you’re going to miss them but it’s important not to make them feel responsible for you why we don’t want our children at this exciting time in their life to feel like they need to be worried about whether you’re
Okay um when do uh people stop feeling like an empty nest or what would you say to that how long does that feeling um that you’re talking about I think your your word was grief last for people you know I’m going to say something that most people won’t expect
Me to here but if you’re lucky it doesn’t ever go away if your heart feels an ache because you don’t have your children with you and in your daily life it’s a beautiful thing it’s because there was love there beautiful memories lovely feelings um it’s something to be
Grateful for and to treasure I will say it does get softer it does dull over time but we don’t have to give up that tender feeling I want to ask you the last question here because we do have just to touch more time um people talk a lot about so-called Boomerang Kids who
Actually do leave but then they move back home it comes with a certain stigma though I’m wondering if you have any thoughts on that I think we have to be so careful about making blanket statements or having ideas about this because there’s so many layers to each
Family story as you and I had touched on earlier and I think we really have to go back to our parenting instincts you know your child you know what they need there are factors that come come into play for each unique family and that family has
Its own needs I think we have to stay focused inwardly on what the family and child needs and not get too distracted about what others are doing uh Louise thank you very much for weighing in thoughtfully on this today really appreciate it thank you Louise gleon is a registered psychotherapist and writer
Uh it’s quite a topic if it’s got you thinking out there whether or not you’re sitting in your empty nest because the kids have gone uh we we off I often think about this in in September right all those moments where you had your kids with it was like the house changes
So much it’s all based around what they’re doing often so uh what does it feel like to be an empty nester if you want to weigh in uh 788 3205 Heather WS is here right now though with headlines good morning Winnipeg’s birthing center is struggling to hit its Target number
Of 500 births a year in fact it has yet to even hit 50% capacity topping out at just 237 babies born in its best year the center now known as Odin caters to women with low whisk pregnancies inside the Winnipeg regional health authorities the executive director there says they
Simply don’t have the ability to do more without more resources and record-breaking day yesterday but that’s not all positive in Northern Manitoba the shortage of snow and cold weather has some communities in a crisis in shimwa First Nation they are struggling with a shortage of fuel because it can’t
Get in on winter roads because the winter roads haven’t been built we’ll hear more in our next local news at 7:30 thank you very much Heather it is a misy minus 2 in Winnipeg we’ve had patchy fog actually was pretty heavy about an hour ago a high of one degree if you’re
Seeing any issues on the commute maybe the fog’s part of that or maybe it’s the conditions overall let us know 78830 93 if there’s any incidents to report today’s high in the city is going to be 1 degree as mentioned so not as warm as yesterday but still mild in the next
Hour of information radio Mark henck and our Medical Health mental health call rather is coming up today there’s a new advisory from the New York Commissioner of health and mental hygiene and it warns about the impact of social media on the mental health of young people so
It’s the first time a large American city has looked through this uh through that lens so we’ll hear more about that in addition there’s an exhibition in Winnipeg that goes beyond the beat of music to explore activism and change cbc’s Jim agapo is going to take us
There stay tuned and there’s been a bit of a development in the inquest into the killing of a South Sudanese man killed by police in 2019 in Winnipeg we’re going to talk to a lawyer about it hi Deb this is World Report good morning I’m Marcia young Alberta’s Premier is waiting into
Controversial matters in her Province it involves Educators and how often they should contact parents to advise them on their child’s gender expression Premier Daniel Smith says she is ready to set classroom policy and as Julia Wong tells us she announced the broad Strokes on social media I wish to address a very
Sensitive issue involving our children and gender identity in a 7-minute video posted online Alberta Premier Danielle Smith outlines new policies for young transgender albertans she is Banning top and bottom gender affirming surgeries for kids 17 and under and puberty blockers and hormone therapies will not be allowed for those 15 and under
Prematurely encouraging or enabling children to alter their very biology or natural growth poses a risk to that child’s future that I as Premier am not comfortable with permitting in our Province Smith also announced a classroom pronoun policy parents need to give consent if their child 15 and under
Wants to change their name or pronoun if the kids are older parents must be notified but consent is not required John Hilton O’Brien is the executive director for parents for choice in education she’s trying to strike a balance she’s saying below this age you need parental consent above that age you
Need only inform the parents so these policies that are being introduced are Draconian Dr James makus is from the satellite creation he is to Spirit a term used in indigenous communities to describe a person’s gender sexual and spiritual identity it’s putting Alberta in the place of being this wild wild
West province that nobody will want to live in who has any understanding and sense of social progression in the modern world more details are expected from Smith at a press conference in Calgary this afternoon Julia Wong CBC News Edmonton the European Union’s 27 countries have reached a new deal to
Deliver Aid to Ukraine the package is worth 50 billion euros European Council president Shak Michelle says that support will lock in long-term predictable funding for Ukraine and sends a clear message to Russia Ukraine is now though trying to draw attention to a problem it says has been ongoing since Russia’s full-scale Invasion began
In 2022 Ukrainian children are being taken across the border to live in Russia now International partners are gathering for a conference in ltia to plan their rescue Abby kodas reports Ukraine’s first lady oena zalena took the stage speaking through a translator this morning in Ria we will
Fight for each of our stolen children no matter how many resources are required to do that keev is accusing the Kremlin of forcibly removing children throughout the war it says about 19,500 children are now in Russia only 388 have reportedly been brought back to Ukraine at this rate it will take 50
Years to bring all the children back Elia was one of them he was taken from Mar opal he says he was shocked and didn’t understand what was happening Russia says it actually has 700,000 Ukrainian children but they were taken for their own safety a child psychologist for some of the rescued
Kids Alena scco told CBC News the kremlin’s reasons are much more nefarious uh they said to them that nobody needs you your parents don’t need you they tried to raise any identity not just Ukrainian Nation but also to family the evidence and enough that last March the international criminal court issued
Arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights the forc transfer and deportation of children is a war crime Abby Kwon CBC News [Applause] London protesting in the streets of Bangkok Thailand this morning Exiles from Myanmar are marking the third anniversary of the military takeover and
The outing of elected leader anangu aeve My World Report co-host John northcot has been paying close attention to this story and John this is a country torn apart by Civil War where do they stand now Marcia the figures from Myanmar formerly known as Burma are Stark with an estimated 50,000 dead 2.6 million
People displaced from their homes a coalition of opposition Rebel and ethnic groups are by all accounts winning the fight against the military government life for the average person is described as very difficult with some 188 million people in need this as the military air strikes and shelling destroy homes
Schools Health Care Facilities temples and mosques we’ve seen many forced over the borders into neighboring countries all this creating tensions with myanmar’s neighbors both India and China who worry about the security of their territory and about overall Regional stability so on this third anniversary what is the world saying Marti as we all
Know the world has a lot on its mind these days with the crisis in the Middle East and the ongoing war in Ukraine late yesterday a joint statement from Canada the EU Australia and UK United States among others condemning quote the military regime’s ongoing atrocities and human rights violations sexual and
Gender-based violence and calling on the jenta to cease violence against civilians and to include all stakeholders in what they describe as inclusive dialogue but for now there’s no sign the violence in Myanmar will end anytime soon thank you John thanks Marci my co-host John nor cot in studio at the
Vatican new measures to protect whistleblowers go into effect today it’s part of the Pope’s plan to make the church more transparent Megan Williams has the details from Rome over the past weeks Pope Francis has spoken out against War pornography and surrogacy but today marks his latest move in his Crusade against corruption
At home inside the Vatican the new rules stipulate that any Vatican employee contractor or consultant be provided with clear procedures and a dedicated email address where they can report suspicious spending or accounting statements the rules require whistleblowers to give their name in Return the vatican’s auditor general has
To safeguard their identity and the information and get back to them within 3 months to let them know what they’ve done with the complaint the Vatican stressed whistleblowing should be for serious offenses only not for petty gripes against the boss or coworker the new Norm forms were laid out in a
Seven-page legal document published last month and are part of the Pope’s effort to clean up Vatican Financial practices they come a month after a Vatican Court convicted nine people including a cardinal a fraud and embezzlement Megan Williams CBC News Rome the World Health Organization is calling it a global burden it’s talking
About cancer a new report from the wh’s international Agency for research on cancer finds a majority of countries don’t adequately fund cancer screening and POA of care services that includes for breast cancer and it’s one of the most prevalent forms of the disease Dr Freddy Bray is the head of the ic’s
Cancer surveillance Branch he says that lack of services can lead to other health problems changes in in in breast cancer screening can actually inflate the the incidents increases in obesity uh increases in sedentary lifestyle and and so forth the report also predicts a 77% increase in new cancer CA cases globally by the
Year 2050 finding a home to rent is harder and more expensive than ever in Canada and that is something you may already know but new figures from the Canada mortgage and housing Corporation confirm that as Aaron Collins tells us albertans are having the toughest time it’s a crisis and it’s terrifying and and
Heartbreaking Karen Whitman is on the front lines of Canada’s rental crunch her organization Unison helps seniors in Alberta find housing people come in and say I don’t know where I’m going to live no I sold my house I’m renting now or I want to move into an apartment and they
Just can’t get in or they just can’t afford it Alberta saw the biggest drop in rental vacancy rates in the past year Calgary saw the highest rent increases in the country ballooning more than 14% a perfect storm for people with lower incomes like seniors and students mat salasi is with the University of
Calgary’s Student Union we’ve got students living in their cars if they can’t find an alternative some are uh renting airbnbs because they have nothing else Megan Reed is with the poverty reduction group vibrant Calgary she says a lack of rental units is forcing some calgarians onto the streets they have leveraged absolutely every
Asset they have they’re probably in an overcrowding or couch surfing situation and they’re barely holding on this rental crisis is being being driven in part by inflation and high interest rates pressures that are expected to ease somewhat this year but a lack of housing is the biggest problem and that
Will take more time to solve Aaron Collins CBC News Calgary and that is the latest National and international news from world report news anytime cbcnews.ca I’m Marcia Young everyone welcome to a brand new month it is February and it’s going to remain mild in Manitoba not quite like
Yesterday where we broke records all over the place Abby with the forecast in a moment and we’ll talk a bit about the the records we broke right now on the city minus 2 we have had some early morning fog so take care if you’re out there
Driving this hour on the show at 10: to 8 last week on the program we heard an exclusive from the family of a South Sudanese man killed by police in 2019 in Winnipeg they say that they’ve been waiting for almost 5 years for an inquest into his death this morning this
Hour we’re going to talk to the family’s lawyer about the inquest the delays and what she would like to see happen there’s been a bit of a development in a meeting that was held yesterday so we’ll have that for you before 8 in addition the cbc’s Jim agapito is going to take
Us to an exhibition in the city that goes beyond the beat of music to explore activism and change it’s at the Canadian museum for human rights so we’ll hear all about that as well you’re with information radio on CBC 893 990 amm on the app or on YouTube and let’s go to
Heather Wells to find out what’s making headlines good morning well surprise and shock for people in BO ofan after the largest seizure of Narcotics on the Prairies happened near their Town border officers seizing more than 400 kilos of what’s believed to be meth from a semi-trailer on January 4 14 that semi
Was trying to enter Canada through the border south of boane roxan wasney lives in boane and is glad the drugs didn’t make it to their streets and didn’t make it to their kids well how warm was yesterday where you were 24 warm weather records were smashed in southern Manitoba yesterday environment candada
Says mccre reached 12.1 morn and Winkler were both 11.3 Winnipeg however did not break a record because Environment Canada says the official temperatures taken at the airport not at the warmer Forks so Abby will have more on that for you and we’ll have more on how this warm
Weather is affecting life in Manitoba coming up in our next local news at 7:30 Heather first though uh you were talking about the big bus yesterday I mean the largest in the Prairies yeah uh Deb bch wrote into us this morning on Facebook I actually spoke with her for at 7 o’clock
She said that this happened two miles from her home oh wow uh so she was just writing and specifically um she said please share this on the air she she wrote thanks the Border agents and RCMP for doing a great job so wanted to pass that along uh from a resident in the
Area yesterday do you know what this morning as I do every morning I was talking to police and the duty officer also said they did a great job like this really makes an impact on our city I know that when we were uh out in Brandon
In 2018 doing Urban myths which is what our Series where we really just go and explore um and let people tell us what the myths are about the place where they live and then we try to debunk them you know and hear the stories right one of
The things that came up then uh heavily was people worried about crime and drugs on the streets of their rural communities and specifically in Brandon at that time there were some groups really getting involved and off the ground uh of families uh that are trying to fight back against uh what they see
As a growing problem so just interesting geographically to see that this happened uh from a truck that originated out out west let’s uh turn to Abby I should also mention uh despite what Heather and I talk about you can Al get more on the stories all the time at cbc.ca Manitoba
So check it out if you haven’t read about that big bust but Abby is here with the temperatures the forecast hello to you uh I’m good looking at the temperatures I’m just going to take off from where Heather stopped about the records uh like Alona reaching
10.4 at the end of January was really really impressive as against 1952 that they were just at 5° so that is really really nice another high number I saw on that record would be the modern area that actually recorded 11.3 de as against what was recorded in 1941 which
Was at 7.2 degrees so that was like pretty pretty uh global warming is really with us yeah I know there’s always the note of concern in our voices and then the smiling because you know as a human being it’s nice to have a warm day true and talking about the mild day
It’s a mild start to February though we have a little bit of uh freezing fog out there and it might be a little bit Breezy as you step out of the house to start your day Winnipeg is currently sitting at minus 2° the fog patch is experienced earlier this morning I can
Look out the window and tell you it’s gradually dissipating and we’re in to see some cloud cover as the day progresses with a high of plus one degree it’s shipping to be a day of a mixed condition and if we move into the night period I’m going to tell you that
You should expect mainly Cloudy Skies so for Sky Watchers out there you might not really have a good view of the moon and the development of the fog would definitely be something you should put into consideration if you are driving because um I always say look over the deer yeah and cats
Also I’m smiling but you’re actually serious do you see a lot of cats on your drive yeah I see a lot of I don’t know what they’re doing outside it’s cold yeah I’m like that’s a cat they’re resilient at some point I think it’s a
Scuro but it’s a cat yeah watch out for everything so winter currently we at minus 2 degrees 78830 93 is where you can call Cory we’ve trumped your whole time traffic report yeah yeah see you later just call the number no yeah I mean really it is it’s it was a foggy
Morning I could feel those ice crystals on my face yesterday was today this morning as I was I was going out uh maybe it’s cleared a little bit since then but uh just be careful when you are hitting the the roads or or the the bike Lanes or the sidewalks little slippery
On the sidewalks as well uh or a little slushy kind of depending on what part of the sidewalk you’re on uh but if you do see anything going on it’s been very quiet out there heard that it’s pretty decent uh on the rapid transit uh bike
Lanes from down on a bike but but a little slippery in some spots so do look out for that if you see anything else going on out there give me a call that number 20478 A393 well as I mentioned off the top of the clock last week New York City Commissioner of health and mental hygiene issued an unconventional advisory about young people and the use of social media he urged adults to pay special attention and be protective of Youth mental health now that means
Encouraging healthy habits around social media use but also modeling the same New York city mayor Eric Adams spoke to the issue as well for his part mayor Adams described social media as quote a public health hazard end quote so given that this is somewhat new as we mentioned and
Unconventional uh in terms of a health advisory Mark henck is here to weigh in he is our mental health columnist hi good morning so tell us about this advisory what does it actually say sure so last week the New York Commissioner of health and mental hygiene as you mentioned issued an
Advisory on the dangers of social media to our mental health especially among children and teens now the advisory lays out a number of background reasons why they took this action one that youth mental health appears to be declining there have been significant increases in hopelessness and suicidal ideation over
The last decade two that social media has become so ubiquitous that more than 3ars of high schoolers spend three or more hours a day on the platforms and then three the US Surgeon General just last spring issued his own advisory stating quote that there are ample indicators that social media can also
Have a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of Children and adolescents now in his state of City address last Wednesday here’s how New York city mayor Eric Adams talked about their initiative we are the first major city in America to take this step and
Call out the danger of social Med media like this just as the Surgeon General did with tobacco and guns with treating social media like other public health hazards and it must stop we must ensure that tech companies take responsibility for their product so you know here we have the
Biggest city in the United States using some strong words about big Tech uh and the negative impacts that it has uh that their social media platforms have on the mental health of kids and teens so I think that’s pretty significant now as he said they’re also the first uh to do
This the first major American city um why should this matter or how should this resonate do you think in Canada well you know I think really this is just the latest and a developing story uh about both our growing understanding of how social media impacts mental health but also about how
Social media as we know it today is changing it’s evolved over time and I think becoming arguably more predatory you know I mentioned the US Surgeon General Dr Vivic mury in his advisory last spring he referenced evidence which showed the 12 to 15 yearolds who spend three or more
Hours a day on social media they have double the risk of depression and anxiety and remember the data shows us that that’s exactly what’s happening with some kids actually spending considerably longer here in Canada uh we have recent Canadian research which has actually shown that some parents report
Their kids are on social media for over 12 hours a day now statscan released an analysis just last year uh of a from a sample of over 13,000 Canadian teens and they found a close association between the frequency of social media use and lower mental health especially Eating Disorders suicidal ideation and suicide
Attempts now these were partly explained by how social media disrupts our sleep but they were also uh partly explained uh by the fact that cyber victimization and bullying becomes much more likely the more time you spend on these platforms what about the correlation going on you know in from another
Perspective here might depression for instance Drive social media use yeah you know I mean I think that’s an entirely reasonable hypothesis uh some people will use social media as an escape when they’re already feeling depressed and anxious you know sometimes I think even when we don’t realize maybe
Especially when we don’t realize our behaviors are influenced by our attempts to soothe ourselves to distract ourselves uh sometimes we we’re trying to connect with or or signal others with respect to how we’re feeling uh and maybe even we might even do it to avoid situations that are causing stress so we
Almost hide out paradoxically in social media I think that probably does play into this but the balance of evidence really seems to suggest that depression in particular is a side effect of social media use and a number of studies now have provided fairly clear uh directional evidence for this impact now
Every generation seems to worry about the dangers of technological innovations that that emerge uh in our lifetimes uh video games were were during my generation for example all the worry might that also be happening here or not you know I don’t think so I don’t think this is just another case of pearl
Clutching uh we’ve been watching the unfolding of social media from the beginning uh and really while it used to be novel and exciting and fun and it’s been around for a while now and it’s been changing I think much of it seems to have become at least from my personal
Perspective to be a bloated clunky corporate grab to commodify your attention you know maybe I’m just getting older but I can’t help but feel like it’s all just a net waste of time now you know the content has almost become secondary to The Click so the purpose of of modern social media anyway
Really seems to be just to draw you in and sell you stuff and I’m I’m really starting to question the value of that exchange you know your attention is the single most valuable resource in the world and it’s non-renewable you’re going to die someday and the attention
Factory that you carry around in your head with you it’s going to go too so even just sometimes when you pick up your phone and you find yourself mindlessly scrolling try to ask yourself does this really deserve my attention more than other things that I actually
Care about then I think you can put down your phone and go do something you actually care about I think that’s how we can have a healthier relationship with social media you can use it as needed without letting it use you mark thank you for this thank you that
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Prize packs from here at CBC up next the program it is time uh for morning Sports and yesterday before we turn our attention to uh Scott regar with the developments in the bombers let’s just hear a little bit about fan reaction to uh what was made official yesterday
Chris strer is returning and he is a fan favorite we actually pulled some sound this morning of him coming back after the 2019 Winnipeg gr cup and this is him returning to our Winnipeg Airport Godamn media hello Scott Reger hello so just a little bit of a clip for him of course there are people calling him stvy and uh he is a fan favorite what are your thoughts on this what’s the analysis here well it was a chance for me to play
Peaches and Herb I wonder if strer is a fan I suspect uh maybe not but in any case he’s got plenty of fans as we just heard uh in the province and they’re going to get a chance to cheer him on in blue and gold for at least one more year
Uh so he spent the past Four Seasons Marcy in the NFL uh strer has agreed to play next season back in Winnipeg where he will be reunited with Zack keros who combined who he combined with to win the bombers the 2019 great cup of course but popularity contest aside Marcy I love
This signing for the bombers since strer will be a a true onea option to keros at quarterback and someone that can save keros who’s had a share of injuries uh concussions included uh uh needless wear and tear if you have a short down situation a short yardage situation uh
Strer is going to come in and use his legs as he’s done so many times in the past to get the first down and claros won’t need to uh we’re going to see that they really uh respect each other they get along great claros and strer uh with
The passing accuracy of Zach with the running ability and strong arm of Chris strer I this is it’s great news on a number of fronts and I think including Zach karis’s longevity uh now he’s only on the books for one season for 120 Grand in incentives which is pretty good
Uh but let’s hope at least I hope from where I sit that that this is going to be turn into a longer term deal and maybe there’s a succession that might take place there we’ll see yeah I think it’s really good news actually and for
The vibe of the club as well so uh they had really good vibes in 2019 as we know I covered that great cup and we did interviews sort of with them as groups which was unusual so all the quarterback came together and they talked about their relationships so you’re right to
Point out Karis and strer and what that Dynamic was like MH paid off on the field for sure uh let’s go over to some major developments in Gulf yeah at the PGA Tour Marcy has struck a massive investment deal with a group of us-based sports team owners the Strategic Sports
Group or SSG is backed by among o others the owners of the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets as well as the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and will invest over three billion dollars into the PGA and that’s just to start with the idea here is to
Give men’s prlf a way forward that is not dependent on the saudi-backed live tour many players of course have issues with the Saudi government’s history of human rights violations that said the framework of this SSG deal does leave the door open for possible negotiations with the Saudis as well going forward
Former world number one Jordan SP was asked whether he thinks that’s now likely the short answer is we don’t have to we have members that feel strongly on both sides and so until that would be able to be solved and that would be number 10 on the list of 10 things it
Would be a a situation that we should try to have but I’m not sure you know if or how or or when it would get done spe says players should try to have a relationship with the Saudis as well but not all players feel that way last June
Many Marcy were shocked when the tour in the Saudis announced plans to partner up leading Congress and the US justice department Regulators to investigate that deal so the live tour continues its normal operations led by one of its biggest coups former number one John ROM uh the season starts tomorrow in Mexico
That tournament going head-to-head with one of the pga’s Signature Events the Pebble Beach proam and so the Rivalry between touris Marcy continues on and away from the fairways and uh we can talk more about this next hour but in hockey big trade last night the cans top
In the league bringing in Alias lindome from the Calgary Flames how are the Jets going to respond I think we have an arms race ahead of us here ahead of the trade deadline all right thanks Scott take care you too uh your CBC Winnipeg news is next this is CBC
News good morning I’m Heather wells in Winnipeg at 7:30 it is the 1st of February the warm weather just continues a high in Winnipeg today of one well surprise and shock among people in boan after the largest seizure of Narcotics on the Prairies happened near their Town border officials announcing yesterday
They had seized more than 400 kilos of what’s believed to be meth from a semi trailer on January 14th that semi was trying to enter Canada through the border crossing south of boan officials say the suspected drugs amount to about 4 million individual doses of meth with
An estimated street value of more than $50 million roxan wasney lives in boane as long as we see sees it and they get the the stuff then you know that’s good because you don’t want it on their streets for our kids the 29-year-old truck driver from Winnipeg has been
Charged and is due in court today Winnipeg’s birthing center is struggling to hit its Target number of 500 births a year it has yet to even hit 50% capacity topping out at just 237 babies born in its best year the center now known as Odin caters to women with low risk
Pregnancies who live within the Winnipeg regional health authority executive director chemlin nard says without more resources they don’t have the ability to do more I would love to be doing 500 birs a year but to safely do that we need more funding we would need a lot
More supports to be able to do that and so um you know in a lot of ways we need more W midwives trained in the province more funding for midwives um and more supports for the birth center assistance midwife shortages have plagued the center and Manitoba for years according
To the wrha roughly a quarter of women who want a midwife aren’t able to get one the World Health Organization calls it a global burden it’s talking about cancer a new report out this morning from the who’s International Agency for research on cancer finds a majority of countries do not adequately fund cancer
Screening and paliative care services that includes for breast cancer one of the most prevalent forms of the disease Dr Freddy Bray is the head of the IC cancer surveillance Branch he says the lack of services can lead to other health problems changes in in in breast cancer screening can actually in inflate
The the incidents increases in obesity uh increases in sedentary lifestyle and and so forth the report also predicts a 77% increase in new cancer cases globally by the year 2050 you can hear more on this story as well as well as other National and international news
Coming up on world report at 8 well warm weather records were melting right across Manitoba yesterday 24 records were broken Environment Canada meteorologist Chris stammers says the warmest spot in Manitoba was McCreery at 12.1 degrees that broke a record set back in 1993 of 9.4 next in line morn
And Winkler both at 11.3 Altona was 10.4 and Carmen Rose to 10.1 now while the sunshine wared Winnipeg up yesterday it was 7.3 at the forks we did not break the record of 5.0 set in 1952 that’s because the official temperature comes from the airport which only reached
4.7 a shortage of snow and cold weather has resulted in a shortage of gasoline in some Northern Communities In Shima First Nation it’s being called a critical situation Trina miles is a medical driver in shimawa as a medical driver it’s very it’s very critical it’s an it’s it’s urgent to have gasoline
Because how are we supposed to get our patients to and from especially in emergency situations or like you know life-threatening situations miles says the school had to be temporarily closed because buses can’t run without fuel she says gas was expected to be flown in soon adding the local RCMP is also
Helping well you won’t be seeing festival de voyour signature snow sculptures up at the site around or around the city this year fesal executive director Brienne lavali e Hecker says they have been watching the weather since October and there just isn’t enough snow to create massive snow
Sculptures and ice isn’t an option Laval Hecker says they have been forced to Pivot now artists will use other mediums like hay or branches instead with the lack of snow that we we have to be um creative with it and um again it’s not something we can control so just you
Know uh taking that with as much humility as we can and just uh doing the what we can do Laval Hecker says sculptors from around the world are still coming to Festival she says the zad of Eve will still be there it’ll just look a little different you can
Hear more on warm changes coming to Festival uh right here on information radio with Marcy marcusa after 8:00 and it is an unusual sound for the last day of January but then again it was an unusual [Applause] January golf balls were flying at the teas at Shooters Golf Center in Winnipeg
Yesterday the driving range opened in January for the very first time manager een sarzani sold about 25 buckets of balls and hopes to keep the range open even through the weekend just awesome to be outside in January and golfing enjoy the weather and it kind of breaks up the
Winter so everybody just had a big smile on their faces and everybody was happy Sarah zandi says this week’s warm spell means the driving range will have been open at least one day in each of the 12 months you can find more news updated throughout the today at
Cbc.ca Manitoba I was tempted to take out my clubs and go do that just to say I did it but I was thinking when he said everyone smiling you would have been smiling out there I do enjoy golf I got to say it’s true I’ve had many a
Conversation with friends who are like it’s hours and hours it’s boring you know those folks it’s a nice way to you know burn some uh calories your stress and and break up the winter I love it a lot of people say it ruins a you know good walk through the park but to
Me why good shot it’s so addicting you hit one good shot and it’s like and you heard that sound there I love it I love that sound too all right thank you heather you’re welcome well Heather talked about some of the records in our news already Abby’s in to talk more
About the forecast today yeah let’s start with Winnipeg is mid out there we’ve got fog early in the day but uh looking ahead into the day expect mainly Cloudy Skies with lingering fog parches dissipating and later as the rush our Period start the current temperature is
At minus 2 degrees and we have that gentle breeze that might make you feel like it’s a bit brisky so you might just uh anticipate for that we’re looking at a high of 1 Dee today making it a mild day and if we look away from the city
And other part other regions in the province Brandon is Misty at minus 7 it’s going to be mostly cloudy with a mix of sun and cloud and then fog patches dissipating we’ll see a high of 2° it we have light snowing in Thompson minus mainly cloudy today light snow coming
Your way and then it’s going to clear in the afternoon you’re heading to a high of- 6° Churchill is at -6 cloudy out there you see a chance of light snow later and then you’ll be headed to a high of -4° gim seen fog Patches at minus 2°
Later it’s going to be mainly cloudy and uh that fog patches will be dissipating and You’ head to a high of 2° dolphin is Misty atus 4 heading to a high of 1 degree Steinbach and Morris at at minus 3 currently and they both will be seeing
A high of uh 2° all right thank you Abby you’re welcome uh once again in Winnipeg minus two Corey Funk what’s up on the commute anything no I nothing actually so far this morning I’m so used to this time of year being like holy smokes look
Out ah but it’s actually uh been pretty quiet out there uh but if you do see something going on uh the one thing about this kind of weather there may be some new potholes showing up curious to see what you’re seeing give me a call on the CBC Community line that number 20478
3093 all right thanks Cory thank you well up next on the show what do Public Enemies fight the power and Alton John’s dazzling stage outfits have in common well some say they inspired activism and change their stories are some of many on display right now at a special special
Exhibition called beyond the beat music of resistance and change it is an interaction active exhibit it’s aimed at showing visitors some of the groundbreaking moments in history like when music broke down barriers for women or songs that played an instrumental role in Social transformation and political change uh the exhibit opens in
Winnipeg at the Canadian museum for human rights on Friday cbc’s Jim agapito got a sneak peek of the display before the opening tomorrow I’m Julia Paris tracus I was the lead curator on beyond thebeat music of resistance and change take me through the exhibit I’m so
Excited to show it to you so we start with this Sonic experience you know a big wow moment we want people to get excited and think about the scale of music and human rights and so this is your ticket here to get um interaction with the exhibition you’re going to tap
It on this circle here first off what is this this is an RFID it’s like the tap to pay technology we’re calling it tap to playay and so you’re going to tap it we’re going to get performance Clips interview Clips featuring some of your favorite artists and this is throughout
The entire exhibit yes this is going to be your added music and sound and contacts for some of the great artifacts box we’re going to see just go to it and tap I was representing black music in Canada understand so we look behind us we’ve got Maestro Fresh West talking
About breaking barriers in Canadian music and Hip Hop okay you can tap again we’ve got Nina Simone amazing so the way that I guess this is laid out while we walk through here can tell me about this punk rock protest so you give a little bit of History here we give
Some context and then really a lot of the stories are told through the artifacts so we’ve got concert posters here we’ve got stage outfits we’ve got instruments and so on buttons even that really start talking about some of those intersections between music different human rights different movements punk
Rock is such a great example of artists that were so Progressive they’re really you know taking it uh you know sticking it to the man you know you know ignoring capitalist interests really do it yourself and and kind of screaming about their rights the world changes by why
Did the Human Rights Museum want to bring this here so of course we know there’s so many connections between music and human rights the way artists and audiences work together to uh use music as a tool to uh Advance conversations about human rights take me somewhere else sure yes we’re looking at
We shall overcome Anthems for racial justice but this uh section really pulls a thread through the American Civil Rights Movement all the way to Black lives matter today looking at the different ways artists and audiences and activists have come together to uh challenge uh inequities um and violence
How hard was it to find all of this footage yeah I mean that’s a big part of our work right like building relationships going into archives going into different yeah figuring out the photos that are going to speak to it okay let me know what we have over here
Sure so this section is looking at a different artists responded to racism through music during the Civil Rights Movement we’ve got Sam Cooks ukulele of course and this beautiful suit from Oscar Peterson a renowned uh Canadian jazz pianist that’s on loan from the the Canadian Museum of History one of my
Favorite sections is this Canadian hipop section we have here it’s fun to be able to kind of bring up some of that you know Nostalgia for People Like Us in these important moments we have this novelty siiz boom box that looks at the Battle for a blackowned radio station in
Toronto that would play kind of black music genres and kind of be a place to share black experiences and Black Culture it took them 12 years to finally be successful it’s narrated by Shad 1990 the Canadian radio television and telecommunication and of course going with the hipop theme
We’ve got Chuck D’s bomber jacket here we’re looking at hip hop in the US yeah F theary piece yeah that one we’re pretty excited about too I see a little bit of a space here so this is our dance floor it’s one of the most fun aspects
Of this exhibition um we’re looking at dance floors and spaces you know gate clubs but also disco clubs the spaces of relationship build building political organizing and the idea is that the more you move your body the more of the performance video you can see here if
You want to give it a try so if you move the disco ball disappears with your shape you got the moves and then we’ve got some Great Canadian artists we’re looking at how um women kind of broke down barriers Within the Music Industry right it’s Sarah mlin this is her outfit
She wor a little fair and she said you know you’re going to tell me that you can’t put two women on a ticket together I’m going to put a whole festival of women so this is our last thematic section that looks like how music has been censored and suppressed as you tap
What’s link Ray doing here it’s reveal yeah and I mean we talk about lyrics and music this is a song that had no lyrics it was banned because the song itself that tune they thought could start violence could start riots ready to rumble ready to rumble and then we have
Of course D Snider Twisted Sister speaking out against censorship um more broadly from government looking to put those offensive content stickers on albums and artists spoke so passionately against you know Washington interfering with their music and censoring them hi my name is Felix Barry I’m a co-curator of this exhibition um with
Specifically the Resurgence component ha from musk First Nation and the aor okay take me through a little bit of your exhibit here okay I can build excitement so it starts off with well Willy dun we got some Willy dun artifacts Here lyrics from 1971 notable on one of these lyrics
He colonized the mind uh we’ve got red bone single gold record come and get your love Guardians of the Galaxy I was thrown into the deep end with this project uh it’s the only section of this exhibition that was curated with the help of a committee the indigenous music advisory committee with
Fwn wood Oliver bullette Kenny star Dave McLoud got Rex small boy best rap hip-hop album uh for war party of the rain n no Res Kids they were nominated for their fourth Polaris this year uh they won the prison Pride this year they signed a deal with Sony this year this
Is the indigenous women’s sex and over here we got the storytellers and Visionaries well public engagement is a huge part of what we do and working with indigenous communities is nothing about us without us we’re working with the community rather than just kind of saying this is what it is from an expert
Really wanted it to just be a celebration of indigenous excellence in the world of music I wanted people to see themselves represented in here and to be Inspired cbc’s Jim agapo getting a sneak peek for us at something that opens tomorrow in Winnipeg beyond the beat it’s the exhibit at the Canadian Museum for human rights it opens uh and runs until the end of September so tomorrow’s day one the cmhr is bringing an activist
Tom Mel of Rage Against the Machine tomorrow to celebrate the opening uh their first tour van is on display as part of this exhibit it’s pretty cool hey so that’s part of uh what you can find there and man that brought back a lot of memories just thinking about all
Those first in the 80s and ’90s I know me and my girlfriends traveled proudly to see Lilith Fair uh in Edmonton at the time when Sarah mlin was doing her touring and when that was uh Innovative and and uh you know so forward thinking for female artists the women artists
Across the country so if you’ve got uh something to add uh you can always tune in pardon me you can always weighin by uh reaching us here uh when you’re thinking about your own musical history and those moments that you participated in but I think a lot of people are going
To be heading out to this beyond the beat at CMR opens tomorrow nothing can stop an Iron Man from stepping on to the Frozen River to curl except the weather this warm spell means the Iron Man outdoor curling Bond Spiel is being rescheduled to February
16th to 18th join us then for the family fund Spiel we’ve all been waiting for the Iron Man outdoor curling Bond Spiel now February 16th to 18th proudly sponsored by CBC 7:47 a.m. is the time right now and next a little bit of music on CBC to
Pick up February 1st and your Wednesday morning oh look at me on your Thursday morning I’m already taking a day away from us here uh Thursday morning already in Winnipeg clicking through this week uh the tune this morning uh coming to you on 893 FM 990 a.m on the app thanks
For listening wherever you are and thanks for everybody uh weighing in on YouTube as well so we’re just loading the music uh forecast today looking pretty mild minus two in Winnipeg still missing and the high today is going to be uh 1° so not quite as warm as we got yesterday
Uh but still a really warm day we didn’t quite break that record if you’re just getting up and tuning into all this but at the airport it got to 4.7 that’s where they look at the records and we needed to get uh over five so we were
Close uh but man it felt nice the forks temperature in Winnipeg went up to 7.3% 7.3 degrees so if we would have looked at that temperature we certainly would have beat that record and the music I was mentioning here now for us this is Cali Cardinal with light of the Moon it was things that I am missing when the Sun goes down there’s still the light of the Moon and I will remember you well I remember you when the bright lights singing songs into the late night but we all start to fade turn to dust time catches up with the best of
Us when the Sun goes down there’s still the light of the Moon and I will remember you if you lived a thousand years you still be gone too soon and I will remember You There’s a silence where there was none rest easy now your work is done the ones that will follow they bring you with them we can hear your and we’re listening to Kaye Cardinal this morning featuring their brothers lth with light of the Moon that is off kayle’s new album boundless
Possibilities it will be fully released on June 21st well on this February 1st we have traffic issues developing on your commute Cory yeah Northtown Pema just right around Chevy I just got a call from Dean there’s police vehicles there responding to some kind of incident there we don’t know exactly the
Nature of it or anything like that it seems to be kind of changing pretty quickly so not sure exactly which lanes are blocked so just uh be careful be patient if you are uh heading Northbound Pema towards chevret seems like there uh may be some issues there uh we’ll be
Keeping an eye on that throughout the rest of the morning if you see anything else going on out there 20478 3093 all right thank you for the update thank you well as you heard in the news Festival deoy aure is having to uh switch gears because of the lack of snow the festival
Starts on February 16th and uh while it’s still a few weeks away organizers have been spending months preparing for this in case it’s a green Festival uh earlier this morning at 7 o’clock I spoke with the new Festival executive director Brienne Lev eart good morning how are you I’m well I’m wondering how
You are doing with this unusually warm week and not a lot of snow out there first how are you feeling about it yeah well you know we’ve been watching the weather at festiv dard since October and have been preparing for a worst case scenario we’ve seen throughout the year
That there hasn’t been the levels of snowfall and you know over the the holiday break that’s the time where we usually can get a lot of that done CU there’s snow but as we all know over the winter holidays there wasn’t a lot on the ground and we’re still not seeing
That and I think the temperatures are supposed to be around 5 degrees over the weekend as well so um yeah we’re we’re learning to Pivot I’m learning to Pivot it’s my first year as executive director and yeah really leaning on the team and their expertise and how you know they
Pivoted during covid and we’re we’re doing that now too so yeah so what are the big changes this year because of the weather let’s start there yeah so the biggest thing is obviously the lack of snow um I’m sure you know just when you’re going outside you can see that
There’s a difference and that difference will definitely be felt in the park um currently at pxy voard as we’re setting it up there’s grass that that’s visible so you know we are um you know really rolling with the punches with this and and just um yeah being as you know open
As we can to it it’s not something we can control obviously so just trying to you know be as Innovative and creative as we can so um for the snow sculptures there will be some snow sculptures in the park but um Festival goers can be excited to see different sculptures with
Different mediums as well this year we were trying to be creative and Innovative and so just yeah explored different options for sculptures so yeah there’s going to be some new new ways of of experiencing Art in the Park this year because of the lack of snow so what
Kinds of things if snow uh isn’t going to be plentiful uh and ice will melt what other substances are you thinking about yeah so we have some artists uh the sculptors that we’ve been um working with for years um who are you know experimenting with different mediums things like hay uh trees different
Different pieces of you know sustainability Arc practices that are um going to be implemented so we were really excited to be able to yeah to start you know having that conversation sustainable art is something that I think um you know we all need to be
Conscious of and I think the F art is really embracing that energy this year just with the lack of snow that we we have to be um creative with it and um again it’s not something we can control so just you know uh taking that with as
Much humility as we can and just uh doing what we can do so you said maybe a handful of snow sculptures otherwise other mediums and I understand how many made of ice do you have any um we will have ice sculpting uh I don’t know if there will be any if if
The weather will cooperate for got it us to have a um any ice statues in the park at all um I we also you know sort of waiting to see what the weather will be like you know it’s it’s two weeks away but also it’s winipeg so in two weeks we
Could have you know a huge snowfall and and there might you know our issue might be that there’s too much s so I know you’re new in your position as you mentioned but I mean in all the discussions you’ve been having to prep for this unusual year um have you do you
Have an understanding of how unusual it is that that we may be talking about a festival with you know without snow and ice sculptures a plenty yeah I mean I think that um it’s unusual for sure but you know with for festive ad but within the context of um
You know wider conversations in society right like we have to be talking about impacts of climate change and taking those seriously and I know it’s an ELO year but you know the intensified effects of that definitely come from um you know the that real reality of
Climate change around us and so um yeah like I think that just for me coming into this role it’s like okay like these are these are real issues in our world and fard is an organization that represents our community is such a huge iconic um part of what it needs to be
Winnipeg and part of that is the snow and so it’s not just FY that but it’s Winnipeg as a place um and I when I think about myself as an indigenous person here and I think about Winnipeg as a place where Winter comes with specific teachings and stories and fyad
Is is part of that story now and so for me it’s really it’s it’s the loss of winter and I think fyad is such an important organization and and Festival because it it builds that relationship with us with the winter which we otherwise most of us don’t want to go
Outside in the winter especially when it’s minus 40 minus 50 but yeah so for me I think it’s really just like um being able to uh guide this organization in the best way that I can and um yeah we’re we’re really um through all the different obstacles that that are we’re
Experiencing in society today right can can I ask you what positives there might be I mean I’m thinking about freezing under a tent listening to music when it gets a bit too cold and you can have some great party nights if it stays mild that’s my perspective from yours though
What what positives might there be yeah exactly that right like if it’s um you know if we have a minus5 minus 10 day it’s so much nicer to come to py for ARD and to you you don’t have to have everybody in the big snowsuits and so there are definitely advantages to to
The milder weather for getting people into the park and everything like that um so we’re looking at that’s that is something that we’re we’re excited about because I know that the cold can be a barrier for for a lot of folks yeah there’s a flip side right so can I ask
You about um uh the snow machine I know that in the past you have used that uh to sort of help out on site um is is that something that you’re going to bring out again this year um so we uh used the snow machine
For the first time this year um that we had acquired I think in the last last year uh so before I got there uh and yeah we we did try using it uh it’s hasn’t um it’s still something that we’re learning how to use um in an eco-responsible way as well you know
Obviously the snow machine pulls water and um you know Finding sources of water that are appropriate to use in those circumstances and you know there’s a whole host of questions that come with the snow machine allowing that so yeah we we’re really um it was an investment that we made and it’s
Something that we need to continue to to work with and and um figure out how we can use it best Brienne thank you so much for your time thank you so much really appreciate it that’s Brienne lovely eard festival de Voyager executive director and uh we spoke with
Her at 7 o’ this morning uh to talk about what’s going to change for festival it runs from February 16th to 25th and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist as they say to see that we don’t have snow not a lot of it not enough of it anyway so they Switching
Gears let’s get to Heather Wells now for other updates and news good morning well surprise and shock for people in BO ofan after the largest seizure of Narcotics on the Prairies happened near their Town border officers seizing more than 400 kilos of what’s believed to be meth
Roxan wasney lives and boys of an and is glad those drugs didn’t make it to their streets and W winter golf in Winnipeg uh has uh Shooters opening up their driving range for a Brisk business the driving range will stay open this weekend I’ll be back with more Manitoba news at 8:30
All right thank you heather you’re welcome it is now 1 minute to 8:00 it’s minus 2 it’s been Misty foggy kind of a mixed bag out there now it’s mostly cloudy downtown our high today in the city is 1° and if you see any Challenge
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They want action to prevent violent crimes a jury in Saskatchewan agrees it has released 29 recommendations following a 2 and a half week inquiry they include specific actions for police and the correctional service of Canada the CBC Sam Samson brings us a closer look at the recommendations and some
Reaction my sister here she’s a beautiful woman darl Burns clutches a photo of his sister Lydia Gloria Burns she spent her last moments trying to save someone with stab wounds before she was killed Burns hopes her death and this inquest will keep others from suffering a loss like his so if my
Sister’s death means that something positive is going to come out of this then her Legacy is going to live on on Wednesday a provincial inquest jury delivered 29 recommendations to prevent future tragedies most most were for the RCMP and Correctional Service Canada there’s a push for RCMP to open Communications with First Nations
Leaders whether it’s about wanted persons or how to address drugs and gangs the jury wants more cultural resources like Elders in prisons and continuous support for indigenous offenders once they get out many of these recommendations stem from testimony about the attacker’s abusive childhood his abuse against his common
Law spous and his time in prison I think this uh inquest took us through a roller coaster family members like Chelsea ston standand whose aunt and cousin died say intergenerational trauma played a part in these attacks and that’s something all Canadians can address talk to your friends your relatives and make them
Aware of these issues that impact all of us so it doesn’t just happen to an indigenous Community it could happen to any Community the families hope each organization takes these recommendations seriously because the hope they feel now won’t last long without change Sam Samson CBC News melord Saskatchewan
We’re expecting to hear more from the head of cus David Vino today as well as other senior Canadian intelligence figures they’re due to testify at the foreign interference inquiry in Ottawa China Russia India and other countries are all accused of meddling in Canada’s elections Janice McGregor is in our
Parliamentary Bureau with more on what to expect and Janice spies are usually pretty tight lipped any chance we’ll get new information today not sure Marcia the task today is to Grapple with a more fundamental question how much government decision makers and the public have a right arguably even need to know about
Classified intelligence a former director of cus dick faden told the inquiry yesterday that Canada’s allies are much more open about their briefings and he described how Canada’s intelligence Community could be more transparent while much of the information that you will be interested in deserves protection the culture the
Workload and the tradition in agencies I think is to tend towards overprotection things tend to be classified more than they need to be the key question for this commission this week is whether things can be even should be different now and if spy agencies do share more how to do that without compromising
Secret sources or their relationships with International allies one of the groups involved in sounding the alarm about foreign interference has already lost faith in this process tell us tell us about that in a statement late yesterday the weager rights advocacy project said it was pulling out over the
Decision of commissioner Marie Jose ug to allow a couple of politicians accused in media and intelligence reports of having close ties to the Chinese Communist party in Beijing to have full standing at this inquiry that allows them to see more materials than will be released to the public and it would
Allow them to cross-examine the testimony of witnesses from the diaspora communities who come forward to talk about how foreign interference affects their sense of safety had tried to provide reassurances on Monday about protecting these groups but she also said that those whose reputations have been attacked do have the right to
Explain themselves thank you Janice you’re welcome the cbc’s Janice McGregor reporting from Ottawa the houthi Army in Yemen says it has hit a US container ship in the Red Sea it says the vessel was the koi it is a Liberian flight EG ship an oil tanker owned by the same
Company was damaged by missile on Saturday US forces also say they put houthi targets back in their crosshairs this morning the US says it targeted 10 attack drones and a command station in Yemen the houthis say they are targeting Red Sea ships with ties to Israel in
Support of Palestinians and Gaza us and UK forces say they are trying to protect trade routes the leaders of the European Union’s 27 member nations have agreed on an aid package for Ukraine it is worth 50 billion Euro or about 72 billion Canadian dollars Hungary pushed back for
Months but the support is coming at a crucial time for the country as the second anniversary of Russia’s Invasion approaches freelance reporter ishan gar is in Brussels with more on the story just hours into the meeting on Thursday morning a deal was struck there had been fears that Hungarian prime minister
Victor Oban would veto the deal and it’s not yet known how those concerns were overcome but Ukraine has now secured funding for the next four years part of the money will be used for running Services while other funds will go towards the country’s reconstruction Ukraine’s President Vladimir zelinski
Says continued EU financial support will strengthen ke’s long-term economic and financial stability outside the meeting hundreds of farmers blocked roads in protest tractors rolled into Brussels in a demonstration against Rising costs and EU laws Farmers across the continent say those rules have hit their profits they say the blocks trade deals could flood
The market with cheap Imports leaders in Brussels say they are listening to those concerns but that has failed to satisfy the farmers so far asan G for CBC News Brussels a man accused of helping people around the world die by Suicide is due back in an Ontario Court today Kenneth
Law faces 14 counts of first-degree murder and 14 counts of counseling or aiding suicide in the province police alleg law sold products intended for self harm they are suspected of being linked to 124 deaths worldwide his lawyers say he will plead not guilty starting today those who are 72
Years old and up can apply for coverage under Canada’s new National dental plan they are the latest group to be included but there is still some confusion about how the program will work and as Marina Von stackelberg reports some dentists say they’re still in the dark we’re
Ready uh imminently to be able to share information with all providers with all dentists Health Minister Mark Holland says negotiations with dental care associations are in their final stages dentists can’t sign up yet to be a part of the program and still don’t know how much they’ll be paid even though they’ll
Be expected to start providing care for patients in May at the core we want to make sure that dentists are treated fairly uh that they have uh they’re fairly renumerated for their services uh that they have Clarity in terms of how that process works when the program starts people 65 and older without
Private health insurance that make less than $90,000 a year will have access to this new publicly funded dental insurance by 2025 all age groups will be covered provided they meet certain criteria Ottawa has been gradually mailing invitations to enroll starting with the oldest Canadians so far more
Than 400,000 have signed up Dr Heather Carr president of the Canadian Dental Association says many dentists are Keen to take part but at this time it’s very difficult for them to make a decision because there’s still so many details that haven’t been finalized car says there should be enough dentists in most
Parts of the country to meet overall demand but there may be shortages in some regions Marina Von stackelberg CBC News Ottawa later this morning in in Toronto’s Rison Community School it will sound a little like This the Elementary in middle school is going to raise the panafrican flag to Mark the start of black history month if you’ve not seen it the flag is three horizontal stripes right at the top to represent the blood that unites all people of black African ancestry then
Black for the people and green to represent the Abundant natural wealth of Africa Laura Lee eckl is the school principal I keep thinking wouldn’t it be amazing that through the month of February not only in schools but throughout our city throughout our Province and country that we would begin
To see public displays of Black Liberation through the raising of the panafrican flag let As you can hear the students are excited about this moment here they are practicing the black national anthem Lift Every Voice that is World Report I’m Maria Young marusa thanks for joining us this Thursday as we uh Turn the page on a new month welcome to February 1st in Winnipeg mild again today currently in the City downtown we’re at minus 2 yesterday yep we broke records in all kinds of different places
Uh so we’ll hear more about that mccy I just want to shout you out you got to 12.1 de yesterday just incredible well I’ll tell you what on one side this is is uh nice to be experiencing this mild winter in Manitoba on the other side of
Things of course it comes with a concern about the climate but also concerned for some of the things that we’re used to celebrating in the winter time in Manitoba one of those is festival de Voyager so what does it mean for the identity of the festival that there’s no
Snow we talked to the organizer in the last hour about one of the big changes the snow sculpture Symposium shifting gear changing mediums sculpting with other types of materials because we don’t have snow uh Gary Tessier is going to join us this half hour he’s been sculpting for
Some 40 years he was one of the original people behind creating that snow Symposium at Festival so he’s going to talk to us all about this uh this and how it’s uh unusual to say the least right now let’s go to Heather WS who’s here with headlines aeg’s birthing center is
Struggling to hit its Target number of 500 births a year it has yet to even hit 50% capacity topping out at just 237 babies born in its best year uh the center now known as odoman caters to women with low-risk pregnancies in the Winnipeg regional health authority we’re
Going to hear from the executive director who says uh without more resources they don’t have ability to do more a shortage of snow and cold weather as we’ve been hearing has resulted in a shortage of gasoline in some Northern Communities fuel normally is trucked in on winter roads which are slow to open
Because of the warm temperatures in shimawa First Nation it’s being called a critical situation we’ll take you there in our next local news at 8:30 Heather Wells I have some messages for you what well on YouTube this morning people are writing in so people are like why don’t
We see Heather we’re getting the camera we’re getting the camera but this is my favorite message uh Keith wrote in and he said Heather Wells is mysterious ooh CBC has hired a hyper intelligent Celestial being Beyond Comprehension to the human mind mind she’s like the Northern Lights a gossamer curtain of dazzling
Color right it is kind of cool working with an orb just kind that kind of floats around the news I go with orb yeah I think that’s the best review ever I love that Keith who is that poetic in the morning like honestly something you really don’t need to see stop stop right
Now uh Keith big thumbs up to you thanks for that fun comment I love that uh we heard Cory Funk we’re going to go to Cory a moment for the commute let’s actually turn our attention though to Abby Adam who’s here with our forecast yes uh still mild start of of February
Uh last night Mercy I was on the Weather Channel and I was just checking out what was happening on na wild and this piece came up about the El Nino and it caught my attention because it was talking about the weather patterns and as a number came up and said it usually
Happens between 2 to 7 years but it’s not predictable when it hit hits right and then the the person talking about it said you know this goes on and it affects uh warmer climate and it get unnecessarily cold and yeah which speaks to our interview yesterday about El
Ninos and and uh and how uh you know that’s why it’s so difficult to know at the beginning of the winter they tell us what they think it’ll be like but they really can change things drastically and something important came up in that interview which is uh related to our
Next interview because this also affected the Olympics in uh 201 in Vancouver you know they were expecting it to be the Winter Olympic was supposed to be cold but it was warm I forgot affected that that’s also that’s the one where Manitoba’s John Montgomery won the metal remember and he walked through the
Village exactly yeah and skeleton what a year that was and let’s now come back to Winnipeg as we head into the rush uh the current temperature stands at minus 2 de we have CL Cloud covers uh all across uh the city and of course some fog patches
Here and there with a high of minus one de we expecting a mix of sun and Cloud tonight win peg get ready for a mainly cloudy sky and then the development of fog patches would creep in later if we just have a snake peek into Friday we
Should expect a mix of sun and cloud and uh the fog patches will definitely dissipate as the morning start the wind will pick from the south and when tomorrow we’re going to be seeing a high of 2 degrees where right now Winnipeg is currently at minus two all right thanks
Very much Abby you’re welcome uh let’s get into the condition out there whether you’re walking or driving or biking yeah earlier I was getting calls about uh police responding to uh an issue on northbound Pema near chevier there’s a bit of an update uh there uh so they’re actually blocking both Northbound and
Southbound Pema between manahan and adamar which is near chevier uh the emergency crews are blocking that southbound median and Northbound curb Lanes uh so keep left if you’re going northbound southbound keep a right to get around uh that as police kind of respond to to an incident
There but if you do see anything else going out there that seems to be the only kind of major issue to keep an eye out for uh but if you see something uh let me know that number to call 204 78839 3 well my next guest is behind some of the most iconic snow sculptures that you’ve probably seen in the city of Winnipeg he’s been sculpting for some 40 years he was one of the uh co-creators of the snow Symposium at festival de Voyager uh back in the day we are
Talking this morning about the lack of snow and how that’s going to affect Festival as you’ve been hearing in the news they’re having to Pivot switch gears uh in quite an extreme way that we’ve never seen before they’re talking about needing the sculptors to use other materials to create their uh their art
Because of the lack of snow so we want to get Gary on the line and hear a little bit more about this hi Gary good morning Marcy wow right what’s your reaction what a year uh yeah it’s it’s it it is exceptional I mean I’ve seen some strange years over over the course
Of the the last 40 but uh this year and the duration of the warmth that we’re having right now pre fesat is is quite exceptional and I heard that you’ve already done some sculpting around town and some neighborhoods and just really been watching it all watching them melt
Yeah there’s three of us that i’ uh that I’ve been working with over the last number of years uh we’re working on some pieces that were sponsored by qualico and the communities and uh involved with that is also workshop with local school children in the community and we just
Did one in Sage Creek and uh haven’t quite finished it yet because of the conditions we’re waiting to see what will be left uh so we can sort of finish it up based on School uh designs by the by the kids there and we’ve got a few
Other that are blocks that are up throughout the city here again sponsored by qualico and that uh we’re supposed to be tackling but we’re putting a hold on that until for the next week week and a half to see if the weather will will change somewhat then then we can tackle
It because there’s no sense in in digging into those blocks right now what is this going to mean for the artist so I mentioned you helped uh you know help create back in the day this no Symposium that we’re all so fond of and and you know used to seeing it festival de
Voyager uh part of what people might not remember is that this is local artists like yourself but it’s also I mean it’s an International Symposium um what do you understand about the artists and the sculptors that were planning to be here for this year or how it will affect them
Well I haven’t been involved in in organizing that for a few years now but I do know a number of the ones that were uh that have participated and know of some of them that was that were coming out this year franzy from Germany and there’s Bob folks from uh Detroit from
The states and a few others um uh and they’ve been participating on a circuit right now in the states in snow sculpting events and coming up to Winnipeg here certainly to expect to work in snow and they’ve been here before um but I’m sure the fistan has
Warned them that there’s going to be some changes and these are uh sculptors these are artists that have worked in all kinds of mediums including hay Uh Wood uh Stone whatever and uh there has been talking in the past when we had a few soft years that uh should the
Festival consider having the artist work in in other materials like hay and uh hay is traditionally done throughout the world and various events and they call them fire sculptures actually because they work to make a structure and and uh wrap it in hay and then burn them at the
End of the event well actually there was a large Lantern made of hay that displayed in the city of selker this year as part of their winter seasonal f festivals and they’re planning I understand on burning it in March I’ve been in contact uh with uh um with Dave
Panko about it because uh they’re still in the works of what they’re going to do it was the first that I’d heard of that um so super interesting these are also huge the same kind of scale at least this Lantern was as the snow sculptures this might be making manitobans feel a
Little bit better because when we hear artists pivoting from snow to other mediums it sounds like that would be impossible but what you’re saying is most of sculptors you know are going to have some of that experience to bring oh the the ones the ones that come here
Uh generally do not work in snow this is the one opportunity where they get to work on a on a very large scale because there’s no other medium that you can work so large except for perhaps hey uh in such a short period of time so this
Is really a fun event for everybody because they come out here they get to meet each other after a uh you know uh 11mon um Hiatus and and work on a piece but an esap scale that they could never do in their regular mediums like stone
Or or bronze or anything else so uh no they’ll absolutely be able to Pivot we might see some fantastic new things then right let’s let’s brights side this we have no we have to look forward to this I mean I I I love working in snow I’ve
Been doing it for a number of years and it’s a bit of a pilgrimage every year and I I get to work with some really great people uh on these things but uh I I’m I mean I will admit that I’m also enjoying that warmer weather this year
As a bit of a break um but I do miss working in snow I I’ll admit that but uh no I think there’s some opportunities that that will come out of this and uh we’ll certainly have fist about having to look at the future and how they’re
Going to tackle it yeah if we have more of these unusual uh Winters and as climate change affects the whole world here just last Gary are you going to have to Pivot yourself as well uh you’re thinking about the school programs that you’re working with and you’re out and
About in community trying to make make your sculptures uh yeah we’ll have to look at different options as well too snow is an awful lot easier to work with with the kids uh the hay and those structures might be because we’re working with children right now that are uh in uh
Elementary School grades four and five six that kind of thing um the other materials will have present other challenges but part of the workshops was working in in uh plasticine and those kinds of things to give a kids the idea what uh how we tackle these initially
And that’s being a lot ofun fun uh so uh but no it’s an opportunity for us to uh recalculate and uh take a look at what we’re going to be doing in ahead of the future Years thank you very much for weighing in uh Gary and all the best and
Thanks for all the beauty you’ve brought to us over the years with your sculptures oh you’re most welcome thank you have a great day you too that’s Gary Tessier he has been a snow sculptor for some 40 years he also uh back in the day helped to create the snow Symposium that
We’ve come to uh understand as part of one of the regular things we look forward to at Festival Voyager well we will have to be looking forward to uh new things this year we heard from festival de voyager’s executive director uh earlier in the program this morning
And she said Brienne lovely eer that they are pivoting with their sculptures they’re asking them to create sculptures in other mediums the festival runs from February 16th to February 25th nothing can stop an Iron Man from stepping onto the Frozen River to curl except the weather this warm spell
Means the Iron Man outdoor curling Bond Spiel is being rescheduled to February 16th to 18th join us then for the family fund Spiel we’ve all been waiting for the Iron Man outdoor curling Bond Spiel now February 16th to 18th proudly sponsored by CBC in Winnipeg we are expecting today a
High of one degree with increasing Cloud throughout this morning and uh it is certainly cloudy downtown right now in the city tonight that cloud cover is going to stay with us low minus two and tomorrow mix of sun and cloud and for our Friday a windy day actually and a
High of two degrees looking at some of the records set yesterday mccre 12.1 uh here in Winnipeg we didn’t quite get to a record that’s because they measured the airport we got to 4.7 we needed to crack five at least uh six would have been a record at the forks in
Winnipeg yesterday it was 7.3 de that would have been a record but again they are measuring uh at the at the airport the previous record was set in 1952 in Winnipeg when the airport temperature was 5 degrees but uh what a warm day all across the province just incredible
Festive alivo aure I mentioned that we’re trying to brights side things as we look at pivoting from the snow sculpture aspect of Festival but of course one of the other things is you won’t be freezing and uncomfortable if you head out for a night of music music
Is such a big part of festival de Voyager under the tents and at various venues all around the city as well and especially through St bonfice this year you can catch this artist performing at Festival you can look forward to andrina Trin here she is with out of Luck there were some good times i’ like to have again you came in so beautiful but who can pretend that we ar a little scratched up Let the floors are from trying to wrestle with the devil when we’re out out I all through the bad time I still remember when we went on so hopeful was it all pretend try to find a steady motion but we were all in St why keep on dancing with the devil when youve had [Applause] Enough [Applause] La sometimes in the still asking why couldn’t see where you were standing you were in the eye you saw the hurricane was coming you never made it last Downs with the devil all run out of love I [Applause] [Applause] Oh andran and out ofac on CBC performing at uh festival de Voyager as so many artists are as well so you can check out online to see the full lineup of a festival for this year of course it runs from February 16th to 25th we’ll hear more about those pivots they’re having
To make because of warm weather coming up in the news news is right around the corner here on CBC and then the current is coming up they’re continuing their Series this morning On Wellness they’re having a conversation about a new book that examines fat phobia today and
Anti-fat bias in our society the author says we need to stop seeing fatness as a moral issue uh M gay will have that conversation on the current this morning small mention here I know I mentioned it earlier in the program but in case you missed it a lot of you were really
Hoping to get tickets to see Matt when he’s live in Winnipeg the West End Cultural Center he’s doing his show live from there one evening it’s going to be uh awesome uh William Prince is performing and uh he’s also doing two shows here actually so that’s the second
Night first night he’s doing just all Winnipeg stories all Manitoba based stories and he’ll be doing that here at of CBC in our Studios um we know now that that show with the west and Cultural Center is sold out but I can tell you that next week Matt’s going to
Be on our show and I’m sure he’s going to bring along some tickets in fact I know he’s going to bring along some tickets so we’ll tell you uh you’ll have a chance to win next week and you’ll have to be tuning in right now your CBC Winnipeg news is
Next this is CBC News good morning I’m Heather wells in Winnipeg at 8:30 little bit of mist out at the airport this hour it is minus two in Winnipeg February 1st and we’re headed to a high of one people in boy ofan are shocked to learn the biggest
Narcotics bust on the Prairies happened near their Town border officers seized more than 400 kilos of what’s believed to be meth from a semi January 14th those drugs inside large suitcases in the semi trying to enter Canada through the border south of boane Haven kuier
Lives in the town of 1500 it’s crazy to me I would never expect anything like that to happen this close to boy V the semi driver a 29-year-old man from Winnipeg was arrested turned over to RCMP and he will be in court today uh investigators say they don’t yet know
Where that semi was coming from only that it was headed from the US to Winnipeg Winnipeg’s birthing center is struggling to hit its Target number of 500 births a year it has yet to even hit the 50% capacity topping out at just 237 babies born in its best year the center
Now known as Odin caters to women with low-risk pregnancies who live within the Winnipeg regional health authority executive director chemlin neard says without more resources they don’t have ability to do more I would love to be doing 500 birs a year but to safely do that we need more funding we would need
A lot more supports to be able to do that and so um you know in a lot of ways we need more W midwives trained in the province more funding for midwives um and more supports for the birth center assistance Midwife shortages have plagued the center and Manitoba four years according to the
Wrha roughly a quarter of women who want a midwife are’t able to get one a shortage of snow and cold weather has resulted in a shortage of gasoline in some Northern Communities In shimwa First Nation it is being called a critical situation Trina miles is to is
A medical driver in shimwa as a medical driver it’s very it’s very critical it’s an it’s it’s urgent to have gasoline cuz how are we supposed to get our patients to and from especially in emergency situations or like you know life-threatening situations miles says the school had to be temporarily closed
Because buses also can’t run without fuel the fuel is normally transported in on winter roads but it’s been too warm to open some of those roads uh she says gas is expected to be flown in soon how warm was yesterday where you were 24 warm weather records were smashed in
Southern Manitoba yesterday Environment Canada meteorologist Chris damers says McCreary reached 12.1 Dees morn and Winkler were both 11.3 but Winnipeg did not break a record because our official temperatures taken at the airport not not at the warmer Forks the record is 5 degrees set in 1952 Winnipeg was 7.3 at
The forks yesterday that didn’t count it only reached 4.7 at the airport which is official and it is an unusual warmth and an unusual sound for the last day of January golf balls flying off the tea at Shooters Golf Center in Winnipeg the driving range was opened in January for
The first time ever manager een sarasani sold about 25 buckets of balls and hopes to keep the range open through the weekend just awesome to be outside in January and golfing enjoy the weather and it kind of breaks up the winter so everybody just had a big smile on their
Faces and everybody was happy not quite everybody is Happy festival de Voyager is going to look a lot different this year because of this unusually mild weather the snow sculptur is usually set up around the city and all over the festival site but that won’t happen this year there just isn’t enough snow
Festival executive director Brienne lavali Hecker says they’ve had to Pivot you know experimenting with different mediums things like hey uh trees different different pieces of you know sustainability Arc practices that are um going to be implemented so we were really excited to be able to yeah to start you know having a conversation
Sustainable art LV heer says there will be one snow sculpture at the entrance but that’s all they can manage given the weather she says Festival May look different this year as it begins in the middle of this month but she hopes the mild weather will bring even more people
Out to Festival you can find more news updated throughout the day all you have to do is head to cbc.ca Manitoba all right thank you heather W for the morning uh I just want to mention that we had uh mentioned on the program we were going to hear from
The lawyer of the family of a South Sudanese man killed by police in 2019 here they’re awaiting an inquest into his death they’ve been waiting 5 years uh we just had a challenge getting that interview up in the show for you today so stay tuned throughout the day here uh
To CBC to our other local programs at noon and 3 to 6 for up to speed uh before we get into last weather traffic I really want to thank uh all of our associate producers in our current affairs unit our leaders Nelly Gonzales and Le Larson and our live team this
Morning that really uh was a team uh so thank you to Travis Peterson to Cory Funk to Abby adamy but especially to our hardworking news Department while we couldn’t have put on the show without them this morning for various reasons uh and every morning it’s like that but
Especially this morning so thank you Megan catches in uh and thank you to Heather Wells as well and Aaron browman in our news center this morning all right Abby the weather M start of February with a little uh bit of freezing fog for folks in Brandon you’re
Heading to a high of plus two uh Churchill is cloudy chance of lights no high minus 4 it’s minus 2 in gimly minus 2 in Steinbach minus 4 in Brandon minus 4 in Steinbach and minus two in Winnipeg all right thanks Abby you’re welcome Cory anything to say yeah North
Southbound Pema between manahan and adamar that’s near Chev police emergency vehicles are responding to an incident there that’s got uh the median Lane uh and curb Lanes kind of closed there so just be really careful uh if you are heading down pmut uh in the direction of
Chevier all right thanks Corey thank you and we’re here because you’re listening so thank you so much for listening for tuning in for being part of our YouTube Channel lots of comments coming in this morning and weigh in any time i’m Marcy marusa take care be well have a great
Rest of your day and we’re back again tomorrow with information radio right here on CBC
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