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My name is Matthew Harrison and I am a reporter working out of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
I started Reasonably Late in 2017 and have since had the opportunity to travel the American South with touring musicians, interview national bestselling authors about their work and discuss the changing world with academics and politicians alike.
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I saw the odds prior to the game and decided it would be in my best interest to bet on the Lions. I like the Blue Bombers as much as any ticket holding fan but with our starting quarterback out for week one and a generally aged team it seemed like the safe place to put a few dollars.
“I’m not going to say there’s no Métis that live in Ontario, just like I’m not going to say there’s no Métis that live in Australia. But that doesn’t mean Australia is part of our homeland.” - Will Goodon, Manitoba Métis Federation Minister of Housing and Property Development.
Released May 28th, Niigaan Sinclair has published a collection of his columns in an anthology of just over 350 pages. Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre tells the history of Winnipeg, focusing on Indigenous history in the region. His book is a collection of issues pertaining to Indigenous people, systemic racism, including pieces about the lasting issues stemming from Canadian residential schools.
In Autumn of 2023 I conducted what may be my favourite interview of all time when I spoke with Beatrice Mosionier, author of In Search of April Raintree. I’m grateful for every interview I get to conduct but this one was particularly special. 40 years after publication April Raintree is still in libraries and book stores across the country telling the story of a Métis family from Manitoba.