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New pet owner bylaw misguided
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On July 17, Winnipeg City Council voted 12-4 on an amended Responsible Pet Owner Bylaw which, among other things, forces cat owners to license their pets.
The annual cost to cat owners will range from...
Canadian justice system failing Aboriginal people
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Katerina Tefft, staff
The relationship between Aboriginal people and the Canadian criminal justice system is broken, and evidence is mounting that a radical change is necessary.
An October 2012 report by Canada’s Office of the Correctional...
Letting history decide
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William F. Buckley Jr. once said, “A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling ‘Stop!’”
Allow me to elaborate.
In 1850, a black man named Martin Delany applied for admission to Harvard Medical...
Local businesses, not big-box stores, stimulate local economies
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IKEA (that Swedish mega-store that sells cheap furniture that you struggle to assemble) opened a store in Winnipeg off of Kenaston this past year. It has become a conversation piece for Winnipeggers. Sadly, it...
Hostility toward feminism blocks positive change
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One would think that with all the positive change brought about through feminism it would not get such a bad reputation, unfortunately that is not the case. A recent interview on CBC’s Q with...
Point/Counterpoint
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UMSU’s recent decision to ban Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) from campus represents a failing on the part of the council to differentiate between racism and discrimination, and legitimate criticism of state policy.
Josh Morry,...
Point/Counterpoint
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Much has been said and written about UMSU’s historic decision to strip Students Against Israel Apartheid (SAIA) of its student group status and ban it from using UMSU spaces.
The Ottawa Citizen wrote that...




