Student loans: the less you have, the more you have to pay
Bilan Arte Canada currently uses provincial and federal student loans as a way to increase the accessibility of our post-secondary education system. The idea is…
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Winnipeg Zombie Walk cancellation indicates unattainable regulations
Foster Lyle, staff A few short weeks ago it was announced that Winnipeg’s annual Zombie Walk would not occur this year. The event, which attracts…
Mental health and poverty
Bruce Tefft It is a well-established fact that rates of mental disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression, schizophrenia) within the general population are strongly correlated with income….
The case for decriminalization
The recent Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) proposal to ticket people found with 30 grams or less of marijuana is a tiny step…
Re: ‘UMSU removed CFS promotional materials from day-timers’
As a past president of the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU), I would like to correct some misinformation that was posted in the article…
PST’d off
Caleigh MacDonald Entrepreneur Robert Half once said, “People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that…
Bloody hypocrisy
Bradly Wohlgemuth, staff “Blood. It’s in you to give.” Apparently it’s not inside everybody for giving – for example, someone like me, a bisexual male….
Over-regulating the small guy
Earlier this month, the Manitoba Agriculture-Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) collected and is currently slated to destroy thousands of dollars of agricultural product from a…
My choice to be childfree
Meg Bergeron I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but there’s a war going on out there, and it seems to be getting uglier by the…
Not our Canada
Tariq Sohail The Quebec government’s shocking initiative to marginalize a small population of minorities comes at a time when Quebec’s public debt currently is, as…