Editorial
You’ll thank me later
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Dear Mr. Mayor,
First let me congratulate you on winning a third term in office as Winnipeg’s mayor. You overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles, such as a city heaving under the weight of violent crime (a...
Contempt for copper
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I hate the penny.
I hate the way it clutters up the change pocket in my wallet, dozens of little copper coins taunting me while I push past them in search of that toonie...
“The Freer the Markets, the Freer the People”
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Libertarianism and communism are theoretical opposites with a lot in common. Both theories originate from a system of ethics, both involve massive societal change, and the only way either of them work is if...
No shelter from this storm
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Classified by meteorologists as a “weather bomb,” Lake Winnipeg’s recent storm has left a chaotic clamouring that can be heard from many sides of the lake. Yet amid this cacophony, there are also stories...
It should get better
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In response to a recent rash of LGBT*-teen suicides, Dan Savage and his partner sat down and made a video. The video setup was simple, the sound wasn’t perfect, and it seemed planned, but...
To whom can a girl turn
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Like every young, super-fabulous lady in our city, I like certain things: shopping ‘til I drop, celebs, Apple-berry-tinis™, and the glossy women’s magazines they sell at the drugstore where I get my spray tan...
An open letter to green apple
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Listen green apple, there’s something I need to get off my chest.
I’ve never liked you.
I know that in my childhood I may have given the impression I liked you – I remember gladly accepting...
