Editorial
Visiting small restaurants can make a big difference
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Seven months have passed since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic worldwide. With the re-opening of non-essential businesses in the province, many Manitobans have been leaving their quarantine bubble to...
Reduced class sizes best bet for in-person instruction
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Less than three weeks after the first day of full-time school for elementary and secondary students in Manitoba, the province has seen a spike in cases of the novel coronavirus in some schools.
Students from...
Inclusivity suffers when laptops banned in classrooms
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Fall classes have kicked off the University of Manitoba’s academic year once again, but this semester looks a bit different — professors are going over syllabi using Cisco Webex and Zoom instead of in...
Cancel culture is not new but it is legitimate
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This summer has witnessed an influx of op-eds about a so-called “illiberal” cancel culture growing within leftist movements.
Cancel culture is defined as the practice of withdrawing support for public figures, businesses or institutions for...
Remote learning puts education out of reach
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Ever since COVID-19 reached Manitoba this past March, students of all ages have had to adjust to online learning. With the school closures forbidding in-person instruction through June, teachers and learners alike have had...
City, province must put foot on gas to slow traffic
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One of the benefits of the COVID-19 pandemic is, arguably, the increased numbers of cyclists and pedestrians turning to the outdoors for exercise. But with vehicles returning to the city’s roads, ensuring their safety...
Manitoba’s government must stop being anti-education
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It is a contradiction provincially acknowledged that arts deemed valuable in politicians’ personal lives become extraneous costs in their professional lives.
But the value of the arts transcends the political rhetoric of balanced budgets and...







