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A new pack of five grey wolves has made an energetic entrance at the Assiniboine Park Zoo, quickly becoming a visitor favourite with their playful personalities and powerful presence. 🐾🌲 This new wolf family is helping the zoo inspire a deeper love for wildlife and conservation. 🐺 https://u-channel.ca/grey-wolves-capture-hearts-at-assiniboine-park-zoo/

Dr. Zephania Matanga, Executive Director of the Canadian Multicultural Disability Centre, shares his powerful journey from losing his sight to becoming a global advocate for inclusive education. 🙌🏿📚 Raised in a small Zimbabwean village, his story is one of unwavering family love, community support, and transformative leadership. This initiative is proudly in partnership with Accessibility Manit...

🌟Colin Mathieson, four-time Paralympian and wheelchair athlete, shares how meeting Rick Hansen as a child sparked a lifelong passion for racing and resilience. From custom-built chairs to global competitions, Colin opens up about the real cost of sport, the joy of speed, and the evolving conversation on accessibility. ♿ This initiative is proudly in partnership with Accessibility Manitoba. Worki...

У новому випуску “Breaking Barriers” ми говоритимемо про досвід материнства, еміграцію та виклики, з якими стикаються батьки особливих дітей у новій країні. Наша гостя переїхала разом із сином з України до Канади два роки назад. Її історія – це не лише про адаптацію, але й про силу, терпіння та любов. Ця розмова розкриває очі на такі важливі теми як - доступ до медицини, навчання у школі, фінансов...

🎙️ Darrin Luke from Manitoba Possible educates organizations on accessibility, emphasizing that barriers aren't just physical, but often attitudinal and rooted in stereotypes and assumptions. ♿ Through inclusive outreach, disability advocacy, and adaptive sport programs like sledge hockey, he's helping shift mindsets and expand possibilities for all. 🏒✨ This initiative is proudly in partnership...

🎓 Talitha Kaethler from Booth University College champions accessibility through personalized student supports, collaborative policy work, and inclusive programming like Disability Dialog Week. ♿ Her vision challenges fixed ideas of “disability,” emphasizing flexibility, empathy, and barrier-free education for all learners. 💬💡 This initiative is proudly in partnership with Accessibility Manito...

🚨 The new Windsor Park Fire & Paramedic Station is open and built to serve, with community-first design, onsite hazmat training, and eco-friendly features reducing emissions by 98.6%! 👩‍🚒🏫 Its open layout invites the public in, inspiring the next generation and setting the standard for future stations. https://u-channel.ca/inside-winnipegs-newest-fire-paramedic-station/

🎨💬 The Minds in Bloom fundraiser by MDAM sparked vital conversations on mental health, highlighting how art can bring calm, connection, and healing. From youth programs to wraparound supports, the event showed how creativity empowers communities. 🌱🧠 Take a Mental Health Break with U Radio and the Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba.

🏠🌈 Kelly’s Corner by Sunshine House offers life-saving, culturally safe housing for 2SLGBTQIA+ folks who are too often failed by traditional shelters. With wraparound care, peer-led support, and cultural healing it provides people with hope. https://u-channel.ca/safety-dignity-and-housing-the-mission-of-kellys-corner/

🐾 As wildfires displace thousands in Manitoba, the Winnipeg Humane Society, with Red Cross and Humane Canada, is providing emergency care for pets to keep families together. ❤️ Thanks to community support and creative fundraising like Pets on Pints , WHS continues saving lives and spreading love. You can take part in Pets on Pints until June, 20! https://u-channel.ca/reuniting-pets-and-families-a...

✨Manitoba is making big strides in child care with $10-a-day programs, new spaces, and a long-overdue wage boost for ECEs, but demand still far outpaces supply. 🏫 Community groups like the South Osborne Child Care Coalition are stepping up with creative solutions, proving that child care is everyone’s responsibility. https://u-channel.ca/the-path-to-quality-and-affordable-child-care/

🌫️ Wildfire smoke is choking even distant cities like Winnipeg, putting everyone, especially vulnerable groups, at risk with worsening air quality. 😷 Stay safe with air purifiers, check the AQHI daily, and mask up when needed. https://u-channel.ca/wildfire-smoke-putting-winnipeggers-at-risk/

🎉 On a sunny May 30, students at the University of Manitoba celebrated the province’s first official Asian Heritage Month with Asia Connect , a vibrant student-led event inspired by MLA Jennifer Chen’s Bill 212. 🇨🇦🌏 With traditional dances, local vendors, and powerful storytelling, the event amplified Asian voices, honoured cultural roots, and sparked pride in a new generation despite a few logi...

Due to repeated vandalism, theft, and arson, the North End Women's Centre had to install a security fence—something they never imagined needing five years ago. Now, this barrier aims to protect residents and reclaim outdoor spaces for healing, even as it highlights deeper issues like poverty, homelessness, and systemic neglect. 🌿 https://u-channel.ca/vandalism-spurs-urgent-talk-about-poverty-...

📱 Winnipeg is ditching its parking paystations by August 31, shifting all payments to the PayByPhone app due to outdated tech, rising costs, and vandalism. While the move saves the city millions, residents have concerns about accessibility for seniors. https://u-channel.ca/winnipeg-to-shift-to-app-only-parking/

🔥 With dry conditions and record-breaking heat, Manitoba faces heightened wildfire risks, even small fires strain emergency services and threaten to grow fast. 🚒 Fire officials urge everyone to stay fire-smart and vigilant this summer. 🌾 https://u-channel.ca/the-push-for-fire-prevention-amid-dry-forecasts/

🏳️‍🌈 Pride Winnipeg kicks off with the theme Rise in Pride, Stand in Strength , calling for unity amid rising global hate. Despite funding challenges, the community stays resilient, expanding support across Manitoba and celebrating queer joy. ✨ https://u-channel.ca/how-community-accountability-is-helping-shape-the-future-of-pride/

Over 700 students from the Louis Riel School Division (LRSD) stepped out of the classroom Thursday with the goal of developing a greater connection with the land.✨ 🌱 Learning With the Land engaged students with stations covering a diversity of topics and studies. Some explored Indigenous teachings, and others focused on academic sciences🧪. https://u-channel.ca/a-new-approach-to-land-based-learn...

Although cutting down and development of the Lemay Forest🌳 has ended, activists say there is still plenty of work to be done. The Coalition to Save Lemay Forest is now collaborating with the Director of Provincial Parks to envision the forest's future. Their vision is for a biodiverse urban sanctuary inspired by groups like Toronto Nature Stewards.✨

🌼May is an uncertain time in Manitoba. You're never quite sure how long spouts of nice weather will last. With relative certainty that snow ❄️ won't grace Winnipeg again, community clean-ups across the city have begun.  For groups like Families Forward and Awasisak Mēskanôw Greenway, this isn't their first rodeo as they head out into the parks and boulevards, garbage bags in hand. How...

Manitoba's Health Sciences Centre has launched its first surgical robot, delivering precise, minimally invasive surgeries that speed up recovery and free up hospital beds. This cutting-edge tech is already transforming care, attracting top surgeons, and giving patients new hope. https://u-channel.ca/hscs-first-surgical-robot-could-have-a-snowball-effect-for-manitoba/

Dreamcatcher Promotions is powering the Winnipeg Whiteout 🏒🧵, producing 25,000 towels and repping Indigenous entrepreneurship. 🔥 What started with a used embroidery machine is now a game-changing partnership with the Jets. https://u-channel.ca/how-a-winnipeg-business-is-fuelling-the-playoff-spirit/

🎬✨ Winnipeg made history at #HotDocs2025 with powerful Manitoba-connected features —a record-breaking moment for the prairie province! 🌾🏳️‍🌈 From forgotten histories in The Nest to queer resistance in Parade , these docs spotlight voices long unheard. Photo c/o Ludwing Duarte/NFB. https://u-channel.ca/winnipeg-takes-toronto-documentary-film-festival-by-storm/

The Winnipeg School Division’s International Education Program is thriving, bringing in 189 students next year and enriching lives through global connections and cultural exchange! 🏡 While more homestay families are still needed, the warmth of the community and the unique experiences make Winnipeg a standout destination.

🎭 Théâtre Cercle Molière celebrated 100 years of storytelling, culture, and community with a sold-out soirée in Saint-Boniface, marking a new era for Canada’s oldest Francophone theatre. 🌟