Our Relatives

Homeless people have their own Remembrance Day.

Every year the names of those who have died on the street is shared at a special ceremony complete with prayers, songs and smudge.

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Credits: Written and reported by Kathleen Martens, recorded and edited by Jesse Andrushko, produced by Mark Blackburn, theme music by Backyard Rink, cover art by Shania Murdock and Alicia Don.

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What were they thinking? That’s what a homeless couple living behind Winnipeg’s downtown library was wondering after a team of do-gooders sent the police to do a welfare check on, wait for it, their cat.

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Credits: Written and reported by Kathleen Martens, recorded and edited by Jesse Andrushko, produced by Mark Blackburn, theme music by Backyard Rink, cover art by Shania Murdock and Alicia Don.

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Everyone likes to be remembered on their special day – even if they're homeless. So much the better if suburban volunteers bring you a Costco cake and sing Happy Birthday.

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Credits: Written and reported by Kathleen Martens, recorded and edited by Jesse Andrushko, produced by Mark Blackburn, theme music by Backyard Rink, cover art by Shania Murdock and Alicia Don.

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If homeless women had a dollar for every time they felt unsafe they, well, wouldn’t be homeless. But in reality they are preyed on in public and private spaces, including homeless shelters.

Warning: this episode deals with disturbing subject matter. 

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Credits: Written and reported by Kathleen Martens, recorded and edited by Jesse Andrushko, produced by Mark Blackburn, theme music by Backyard Rink, cover art by Shania Murdock and Alicia Don.

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Have you ever heard of Karaoke at a homeless shelter? Neither had the folks at N’Dinawemak but they decided to give it a try. They found it gave clients following a 12-step program the chance to sing without going to a bar, lifted spirits and promoted healing.

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Credits: Written and reported by Kathleen Martens, recorded and edited by Jesse Andrushko, produced by Mark Blackburn, theme music by Backyard Rink, cover art by Shania Murdock and Alicia Don.

Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/

Homeless, houseless, shelterless people – they aren’t hard to find in Winnipeg. They’re on the sidewalks, in bus shelters and down alleyways. They’re living in tents and squatting in empty buildings. They’re even sleeping in abandoned cars. But who are they?

Find out why and hear their stories in a new five-part APTN News podcast called Our Relatives.

Our Relatives debuts on December 1, 2023.