Environmental, health, and community groups say Manitoba’s 2026 budget misses the urgency of the climate crisis 🌍⚠️, even as it pours billions into health care and economic growth.
A coalition argues that neglecting preventive, environmental action will drive higher future costs, while the government's focus is on rebuilding health care and clean energy alongside industrial development. 🔌🚧

Manitoba’s latest budget pledges new social housing, rent relief, and supports to tackle homelessness 🏠💰, framing housing as essential to affordability, health, and economic stability. Advocates welcome the intent but warn the funding and pace fall far short of the crisis, saying delays and limited unit counts will worsen rising affordability pressures.

Manitoba’s 2026 budget pitches affordability and health‑care rebuilding, cutting costs on essentials, expanding tax credits, and boosting staffing, hospital beds, and access to doctors, while maintaining one of the country’s lowest deficit‑to‑GDP ratios. 🏥💰 Critics say housing supply and climate action lag behind the scale of need, raising questions about whether the plan is bold enough for Manitoba’s biggest long‑term challenges. 🌱🏠

https://u-channel.ca/what-manitobas-2026-budget-means-for-your-health-home-and-cost-of-living/

Drag has surged in popularity thanks to global platforms like RuPaul’s Drag Race, while Winnipeg’s intimate yet incredibly diverse drag scene proves that connection and community, are what truly define the art form. 🌈✨ Anishinaabe performer Waaseyaa Haze was named Rainbow Resource Centre’s Drag Artist in Residence, highlighting the power of inclusive support, Indigenous representation, and investing in artists so they can truly thrive. 🪶🔥

- Photo by: Angelle Holmes​.

https://u-channel.ca/why-winnipegs-drag-artist-in-residence-is-about-more-than-drag/

🩺 Manitoba is marking a major health-care milestone as a record 45 nurses complete specialized ICU training this spring, strengthening critical care teams and helping stabilize services across the province. 🌱💙 Provincial Leaders say rebuilding health care is about investing in people, highly skilled nurses who provide lifesaving, one‑to‑one care and keep ICUs fully staffed.

https://u-channel.ca/manitoba-graduates-record-45-icu-nurses-to-strengthen-critical-care-capacity/

Dr. Kirsten Reynolds, a clinical psychologist at the University of Manitoba, is partnering with Rita Chahal and the Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba to co-develop an evidence‑based, peer‑support initiative for pregnant and postpartum people experiencing depression. This collaborative project will centre inclusivity, lived experience, and research to improve perinatal mental health outcomes across Manitoba. 💙📚

🧠Take a Mental Health Break with U Radio and the Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba. https://u-channel.ca/mental-health-break/

Listen on U Radio 88.7 FM weekdays at 8 PM CT.🎙️

Winnipeg’s Repair Café brings neighbours together to fix everyday items, reduce waste, and share hands‑on skills, turning broken toasters, bikes, and jackets into moments of learning and connection. 🛠️🧵

Hosted monthly by the Spence Neighbourhood Association, the café is “mutual aid in action” that saves money, keeps items out of landfills, and strengthens community ties ♻️❤️

https://u-channel.ca/at-a-winnipeg-repair-cafe-fixing-things-becomes-a-way-to-build-community/

High school students transformed St. Vital Shopping Centre into a buzzing marketplace, pitching student‑run businesses through a JA Manitoba trade fair that built real‑world skills like sales, teamwork, and confidence. 🛍️✨ From motivational calendars to café‑scented candles, students learned resilience, creativity, and how to turn ideas into action.

In the Shadow Beyond the Pines follows three friends in Northern Manitoba whose grief awakens something ancient, blending Cree legend with a modern “safe scary” horror rooted in culture, memory, and resilience.
Created by Cree playwright Rhonda Apetagon and brought to life with sacred fire and ceremony at Royal MTC, the play is a haunting celebration of Indigenous stories that refuse to be forgotten.

https://u-channel.ca/royal-mtcs-new-production-breathes-life-into-northern-legends/

Students from across Winnipeg gathered at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to tackle issues like misinformation, division, and global conflict while building stronger, more compassionate communities through dialogue and creativity.

Through workshops, art, and discussions on peace and the SDGs, youth emphasized the power of having their voices heard and working together for a more hopeful future.

https://u-channel.ca/students-urge-greater-youth-involvement-in-global-issues/