Benjamin Klass, Open Media, and the CRTC
Taking the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) up on an open offer to all citizen groups, Open Media, a British Columbia-based advocacy group for…
January 2014
National news briefs
Military issues memo on whistleblowers Lt.-Gen. Marquis Haines of the Canadian army distributed a memo to service members recently announcing his commitment to disciplining service…
Canadian food just barely safe enough for America
A report recently released by American health inspectors said that Canadian food is safe enough to be exported – but barely. The report, written in 2012…
U of M Bangladeshi students and grads protest violence against religious minorities
Violence and turmoil rocked Bangladesh leading up to, and during the national parliamentary elections held Jan. 5. A group of U of M alumni and…
Science competition needs funding to survive in Manitoba
Science literacy among youth is a phenomenal asset to have, and one that this country has been accumulating due to contributions from various science-and-community programs….
Storytelling in the Park
Winnipeg is about to become the birthplace of a new format for live storytelling that will broadcast over the airwaves. Tales are told together, recorded,…
“Find escape in music / That no one can defeat”
I would expect an EP with the word “Basement” in the title, recorded by the band members themselves, to be a sparse sketch of a few…
Going Deep with Jodie Layne
I generally think resolutions are stupid: we all pledge some variation of the same vague things we think we should be doing to be a more…
Staying cool, Winnipeg style
While we may gripe and grumble about the weather, most Winnipeggers pride themselves for surviving the bite of winter with a sly smirk. How else…
You are cordially invited…
Mid-January is not well-known as a holiday season, unless your friend circle has a robust crop of January birthdays. But there is one very significant…