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Winnipeg’s crime will not be solved by cop consultation

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Cam Cannon
Common-sense approaches to drug and crime issues often fail to consider the history of policing, forgetting the hard lessons of the war on drugs — namely the so-called “iron law of prohibition,” the idea...
Evan Tremblay
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U of A, the Holodomor and the political nature of genocide...

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Cam Cannon
A Nov. 19 Facebook post disputing the Holodomor from assistant lecturer Dougal MacDonald sparked a series of protests and calls for his termination from the University of Alberta.
Evan Tremblay
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York University backlash an attempt to criminalize substantive criticism of Israel

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Cam Cannon
On Nov. 20, the Herut Zionism Club hosted a talk at York University in Toronto featuring reservists of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) which was met with protests from students including Students Against Israeli...
Evan Tremblay
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The housing dilemma of capitalism leaves many behind

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Cam Cannon
Last week, a mother with six children was evicted from Manitoba Housing in Winnipeg’s North End over a fire accidentally started by one of her children.
Evan Tremblay
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Don Cherry’s firing a gift to right-wing outrage machine

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Cam Cannon
On Nov. 11, Don Cherry’s 38-year run as a commentator on Hockey Night in Canada abruptly came to an end.
Evan Tremblay
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Government has no role in reinforcing gender

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Cam Cannon
In a decision written Nov. 5, an adjudicator from the Manitoba Human Rights Commission ordered the government of Manitoba to allow non-binary sex designations on birth certificates.
Evan Tremblay
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Failure to prosecute hate reflects Canada’s settler-colonialism

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Cam Cannon
Growing instances of hatred like that in Burnaby must be combatted at a community level.
Evan Tremblay
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