<p>Reporters Ben Little and Massimo De Luca-Taronno look at the troubled business climate in the R2W area, speaking to business owners and workers who love the area but detail the headaches they contend with as they try to stay afloat. Some fear the economic health of the area — and the North End in general — just isn't a priority for the powers that be. </p>

Reporters Ben Little and Massimo De Luca-Taronno look at the troubled business climate in the R2W area, speaking to business owners and workers who love the area but detail the headaches they contend with as they try to stay afloat. Some fear the economic health of the area — and the North End in general — just isn't a priority for the powers that be.

<p>Reporters Ben Little and Massimo De Luca-Taronno look at the troubled business climate in the R2W area, speaking to business owners and workers who love the area but detail the headaches they contend with as they try to stay afloat. Some fear the economic health of the area — and the North End in general — just isn't a priority for the powers that be.&nbsp;</p>

EPISODE 4: Business Battles

Real voices. Real people. Real problems. This four-part series takes you inside the issues people living inside the R2W postal code in Winnipeg, Canada deal with. From food and safe, affordable housing deserts to the dire state of recreation and local commerce — Deserted brings voices to the forefront that get little attention from the city’s powerbrokers.

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