Editorial
It’s almost Winnipeg’s 150, but we really shouldn’t be celebrating
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Winnipeg will mark its 150-year anniversary on Nov. 8, 2023. In the lead-up to civic celebrations, it is important to look at what Winnipeg’s incorporation meant to people at the time.
The recent victory of...
Tortoise tales and the West African ethos
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I was five, maybe six, when I heard the story of the tortoise and the hare.
In the classic folktale, an arrogant hare challenges the slow-moving tortoise to a race, and to everyone’s surprise, the...
Manitoba should have no space for hate
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In case students somehow missed the visual cacophony of political signage on their trek to campus, the Manitoba provincial election is this upcoming Tuesday, Oct. 3.
To say this provincial election has been an embarrassment...
Canada needs to protect the rights of 2SLGBTQIA+ youth
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As a Canadian citizen and grad student researching human rights, I always want to see the country continue to progress forward. However, Canada continues to become a place that I am more pessimistic than...
Pumpkin and spice and everything nice
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Being raised in the outskirts of Los Angeles, deep in the heart of Southern California, I was deprived of actual seasons until I moved to Winnipeg.
In California, we have what we call the “wet...
Communities need local newspapers
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Anybody living in Manitoba from mid-July onward knew about the Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries (MLL) strike for fair wages and what it meant for the province — there was almost no way to get...
The U-Pass should be available year-round
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Most students are probably ecstatic to be out of school come the summer break.
Without looming deadlines or back-to-back cramming sessions to worry about, I imagine most students’ academic anxieties are replaced with a surge...







