I opened an e-mail from a friend in my book club the other day. She wanted to know how many of us might want to join together in sponsoring a family from Syria.

Marcy Markusa of CBC's Information Radio and parenting blogger Karyn Pickles discuss the controversy surrounding a city policy in Guelph, Ont., that required girls including an eight-year-old to cover up at public swimming pools.

Marcy Markusa reflects on what the provincial budget will bring to Manitoba.

Information Radio host Marcy Markusa talks about how the Winnipeg Jets making it to the Stanley Cup playoffs has done so much more than boost merchandise sales.

This week on Information Radio we've been doing a special series of stories about cancer, a disease that affects so many people in Manitoba that every three hours, one person loses their life as a result.

Following a trip to Churchill, Man., Information Radio host Marcy Markusa says she feels very lucky that CBC understands the value of broadcasting the stories of those in the north. But she also has fears about Churchill's economy.

As a middle-aged white woman who grew up in North Kildonan with every privilege in the world, I have never faced racism. But the conversation that has come up in the wake of Maclean's article has moved our city to talk about facing racism, rather than debating whether it exists.