Canada after Copenhagen
At this point, the Copenhagen climate talks are long over, and world leaders’ “agreement” to limit climate change to an increase of 2 degrees is…
January 2010
Does democracy work?
In the last federal election, held in October of 2008, 58.8 per cent of eligible voters turned out to cast a ballot. This was a…
Speaking in the name of the absentee
Exactly a year ago, the period between Dec. 27, 2008-Jan. 18, 2009, Gaza was bombed by Israel “going wild,” to use the terms of the…
A discussion amongst brothers
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict goes back almost four thousand years to two brothers — Isaac and Ishmael, the sons of Abraham. Isaac is a forefather of…
Letters to the Editor – January 6, 2010
RE: Fair Trade coffee, a great way to make a difference (Dec. 2, 2009) Thank you for your recent article on Fair Trade. It’s always…
Radio Sweetheart
Listening to the radio is becoming more and more an arduous and somewhat antiquated activity in today’s go-go media world. No longer do we live…
A falafel with a side of art
How does a starving artist get into a restaurant? By hanging their work. Located within Degrees Diner in University Center, The Starving Artist Gallery (SAG)…
This ain’t your grandma’s record player
As a child who grew up in the 1980s I saw a lot of technologies come and go. I watched the video cassette mature only…
Eating The Dinosaur
Many people would find the idea of rationalizing the writing of the Unabomber manifesto or comparing Kurt Cobain to the cult leader David Koresh absurd,…
CD Review – Trio Bembe “Trio Bembe”
Winnipeg’s Latin Jazz scene is an incestuous family, with the same names appearing under different leadership under different band names. Trio Bembe is no exception….