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Ignorance is bliss
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Congratulations! If you have managed to stand up, walk over to a Manitoban stand and pick up a copy of this paper then there is still hope for you. Those who couldn’t muster the...
The October Crisis forty years after
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Last year, a great injustice was done in Canada. At the muzzle of threats to violence issued by some Quebec sovereigntists, several events to mark the 250th anniversary of the Battle of the Plains...
Over the sea and back again
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It is winter as you walk through the streets of St. Petersburg. The snow drifts gently down, quietly blanketing the canals and bridges on your way to the metro. Manicured parks and onion-domed cathedrals...
This is no Disney movie
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Recently, Praxedis G. Guerrero, Mexico, has been under international scrutiny for a reason other than drugs and violence. Last week, Marisol Valles Garcia, a 20-year-old criminology student and mother of one, was named the...
Letters to the Editor – Nov. 3, 2010
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RE: Those damned election signs (Oct. 20, 2010)
I couldn’t agree more that those dreaded election signs are nothing if not impolite and ugly to the passers-by, but I have to wonder why they don’t...
U of M Symphony Orchestra opens season with American classics
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The University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra begins its second year under Maestro Richard Lee this week on Oct. 27 with the first of four performances scheduled for the year. The first concert includes works...
Millenium trilogy triumph
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If there ever was a series that would have the honour of the title “The Series,” it would be this one. Based off of the national bestselling author Steig Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy comes some...
