Winnipeg’s recycling situation paints troubling picture
We live during a time when caring for our environment is a topic at the forefront of our social consciousness as we come to terms with the reality of issues such as climate change.
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Include Louis Riel in Manitoba 150 as leftist symbol
With the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Manitoba’s founding there has been debate around whether or not to include Riel and the Red River Rebellion, which directly lead to the founding of the province.
Wet’suwet’en strife continues Canada’s racist history
Last week, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) set up an armed checkpoint controlling access to Unist’ot’en — a camp of Wet’suwet’en Nation land defenders resisting the construction of a natural gas pipeline through traditional territories.
Lowering parking fees in Winnipeg is a short-sighted endeavour
The City of Winnipeg is considering a city-wide reduction in street parking fees after hearing from frustrated business owners in Winnipeg’s Exchange District. Seventy-nine business owners petitioned to bring fees in the Exchange District down to $2 an hour to help bring business back downtown.
Winnipeg’s crime will not be solved by cop consultation
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 —…
Propaganda campaign needed to fight climate change
The Australian bushfire crisis provides a look into into a terrifying future.
Canada must reconsider its relationship with the U.S.
Unfortunately, uncertainty has become a defining trait of the U.S. on the world stage in the past three years.
Manitoba nurses have ample reason to strike
Particularly at the Health Sciences Centre hospital, nurses are facing serious issues that are making an already difficult job more difficult.
Private funding of public universities like the U of M is unsustainable
Private funding like U of M’s Front and Centre campaign reveal the limitations of private investment in public education.
U of A, the Holodomor and the political nature of genocide recognition
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.