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‘You got it?’: Winnipeg care home residents open life advice hotline

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‘You got it?’: Winnipeg care home residents open life advice hotline
Seeking direction? Look no further than the Misericordia Place Life Advice Hotline. Residents at the Winnipeg care home have opened a phone line with 10 recorded bits of advice on several topics. Iris Dyck reports. – Sep 3, 2025

Seeking direction? Look no further than the Misericordia Place Life Advice Hotline.

Residents at the Winnipeg care home have opened a phone line with 10 recorded bits of advice on several topics: love, how to dress, and even how to hunt a moose.

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The project was spearheaded by Misericordia’s artist-in-residence program, which offers art and creative workshops to residents.

“I find it can be disarming to ask someone, oh, can you make a drawing with me? And then we end up having conversations and talking and getting to know each other in different ways than if we were just having a conversation,” said artist-in-residence Natalie Baird.

Click the video above to learn more about the phone line and hear some wise words from the residents.

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