Faith Healer returns to Winnipeg
Faith Healer, an indie pop duo hailing from Edmonton, will be playing Dec. 20 at The Handsome Daughter. The band has been touring across North…
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Provincial climate change plan broken down at town hall meeting
Manitoba Eco-Network, alongside organizations such as Climate Change Connection, Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition, and Wilderness Committee, gathered for a town hall to discuss the province’s…
Treaty interpretations: beyond state-based mechanisms of rights
University of Manitoba’s department of Native Studies hosted university lecturer Gina Starblanket on Nov. 29 as part of their weekly colloquium series, “Revisions and revitalizations:…
Winnipeggers respond to reports of slavery in Libya
Winnipeggers have organized in response to a mobile phone video, obtained by CNN, of men being auctioned off in Libya. The video, which has been…
ASBC committee takes on campus mental health
The Arts Student Body Council (ASBC) Wellness Committee released a resource guide on Dec. 4, which pertains to mental health services available to students on-…
Without properly addressing sexual violence, robot sex will be just as violent
Pornography is rampant with the subjection of women, be it through sexual means. We should suspect a similar ideological situation with sex robots.
Opponents of long-term addiction recovery centre victim to not in my backyard syndrome
The underlying issue in a case like this is the uniting force behind many opponents of social progressivism, which is simply a lack of empathy.
The PCs should have been more transparent about tuition hike legislation
I reported from the legislature regularly between October and March last year. I continuously asked about tuition increases. Not until the day the government introduced Bill 31 did I get a solid answer.
Shrinking horizons for local media lessens democratic engagement
Too few already own too large a stake of Canadian media. This is yet another nail in the coffin.
On the MVP track
Jordyn Zacharias of the Bison women’s hockey team is playing her way into the MVP conversation in the first half of the season.