Bill C-36 endangers sex workers
Casey Plett Since Last month, the federal government has been shepherding through a new bill regarding sex work laws. Having passed a second reading in…
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Foreign workers deserve Canada’s respect, hospitality
Chris Hearn A small amount of Canadian corporations—a few Tim Hortons and McDonald’s franchises, for example—have reportedly been abusing Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program. Some…
Jailed Egyptian-Canadian journalist abandoned by Harper government
Tariq Sohail On June 23, 2014 an Egyptian court sentenced Mohamed Fahmy and his two colleagues to seven years in prison on terrorism-related charges. Fahmy,…
Cover to cover with Carlyn
There Can Never Be Enough: New and Selected Stories is University of Manitoba English professor and seasoned fiction writer David Arnason’s latest collection since 2002’s…
The hope movement
In November 2011, local 16-year-old musician Sean Quigley released his rendition of the famous Christmas song “The Little Drummer Boy” on YouTube. The musical masterpiece…
Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele extraordinaire
Although the ukulele may be a highly purchased novelty item for many 21st-century indie artists (Zooey Deschanel, for example), very few artists have utilized the…
Up-and-coming Folk Fest artists
With legends like Joan Baez and Bonnie Raitt playing at Folk Fest this year, it’s easy to miss other fantastic, lesser-known performers. Here are some…
Filling your belly at Folk Fest
When you’re dancing in hippy bliss to the smooth sounds of performers from around the world, you’re going to need some grub to keep your…
Hometown harmonies: Chic Gamine
While some bands have difficulty sustaining one good singer in their group, Winnipeg’s own Chic Gamine has made dynamic multi-vocal arrangements a seamless, yet integral,…
Observing the Arctic and reconstructing its profile
Nariman Firoozy, a PhD candidate supervised by professors Puyan Mojabi from ECE and David Barber from CEOS, explained the work people like himself are doing up in the Arctic.