Emily Drake still remembers an early encounter with uncivil behaviour on the job. She had just started working in the film and television industry and her new boss was yelling at her and others on the production set could hear it.

Adam Anna finds "Friendly Manitoba" licence plates somewhat ironic. "I've been to other cities where they're a lot more friendly when it comes to just letting someone into the lane," Anna said.

Russell Murdock knew right away he wanted his son Kingston enrolled in a Cree bilingual class, when it first became available in Winnipeg last fall.

This week, CBC's Information Radio is reconnecting with two families we met during the 2011 Manitoba flood, to discover how they're doing five years later.

As Jim Swidersky's heart goes out to the people of Fort McMurray, in the wake of the massive wildfire that has devastated the Alberta community, his mind goes back to the moment he ordered the evacuation of Vita, Man., nearly four years ago.