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Dr. Christine Kelly

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

560 CFOS Radio: Care poverty among Canadian seniors

June 9, 2025 — 
560 CFOS Radio: Care poverty among Canadian seniors

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‘It was really, really helpful, and gave me a place to feel like I belonged here,’ says Deanna Garand of the PINE program. Photo: Cierra Bettens/APTN.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

APTN: Reinventing and reconnecting: Métis nursing grad shares journey to success

June 9, 2025 — 
Reinventing and reconnecting: Métis nursing grad shares journey to success

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Smoke from the out-of-control wildfire near Ingolf, Ont., is seen from Caddy Lake in southeastern Manitoba on May 14. A Winnipeg store that sells fire, safety and first aid products says it's seen more demand for respirators and other fire safety gear since the wildfire season began in earnest earlier this month. (Caroline Barghout/CBC)

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

CBC Manitoba: How to protect yourself from wildfire smoke

June 9, 2025 — 
How to protect yourself from wildfire smoke

Shirley Thompson, Associate professor of Natural Resources Institute

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources

CBC Manitoba: How to make communities more resilient to wildfires

June 6, 2025 — 
How to make communities more resilient to wildfires

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RUTH BONNEVILLE / FREE PRESS While in university, Jennifer Breddam became involved with organizations supporting and advocating for people living with disabilities.

The Free Press: From doubt to degree: students rewarded after post-COVID pivot

June 6, 2025 — 
From doubt to degree: students rewarded after post-COVID pivot

Portrait of Dr. Andrew Halayko

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

CTV Winnipeg: Lung expert talks air quality

June 5, 2025 — 
Lung expert talks air quality

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Operations and Maintenance

City News Winnipeg: Province searches for hotel spaces for evacuees

June 5, 2025 — 
Province searches for hotel spaces for evacuees

Environment Canada air quality index for Winnipeg, June 5th, 2025 reads 10+

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

City News Winnipeg: Wildfires causing high risk air quality in Winnipeg and throughout Manitoba

June 5, 2025 — 
The Government of Canada continues to issue a high-risk alert for several parts of the province.

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Dozens of people wearing orange shirts walk at the Fort Garry campus.

Faculty of Arts

CBC News: Too many schools still asking why, not how to implement Indigenous curriculum, says son of late TRC chair

June 3, 2025 — 
Students are leading the conversations around reconciliation, says Niigaan Sinclair

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young people gather in a barber shop as part of an outreach workshop

Faculty of Arts

Rogers TV: Creating Safe Spaces: Warren Clarke’s Mission to Empower Black Men

June 3, 2025 — 
Creating Safe Spaces: Warren Clarke’s Mission to Empower Black Men

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