Letters to the Editor – March 23, 2011
RE: “What do chickens think?” (March 16, 2011) Thank you for your article on the depths of intelligence and emotion in chickens. Chickens are very…
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Dog turds, piss puddles and thawing puke
Snow is melting, ice thawing. The whole city is covered in mud and filth. Canada geese are returning. The other day, I caught a couple…
Japan shows dignity in the face of tragedy
Japan was recently hit with multiple terrible disasters. An earthquake registering 9.0 on the Richter scale triggered a devastating tsunami, which then severely damaged a…
Let’s hear Moore about the environment
Thompson, Manitoba is getting a lot of press these days. As Vale Incorporated, the multinational mining company in Thompson, has announced the closing of the…
A long, cold road to justice
Fourteen leaders from Manitoba’s Sayisi Dene First Nation made headlines in Ottawa last week. The elders, along with MP Niki Ashton from Churchill and the…
Libya fights for freedom: Will Gadhafi go?
The revolutionary spirit spreading throughout the Arab world has spread to Libya. Unfortunately, unlike the situation in Egypt and Tunisia, where the dictatorships fell with…
Egypt down, Libya to go
You have definitely heard of Egypt’s democracy movement. Now it’s Libya’s turn. The countries are right beside each other and share a lot of their…
Celebrating International Women’s Day
March 8, 2011 was International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate the accomplishments of women and to contemplate the current political, economic and sociological situations…
Letters to the Editor – March 16, 2011
A thank you to the University of Manitoba community I thank all of the compassionate people who have given me their seat on the bus,…
Building an anti-apartheid activist
Like most people, I have a tough time caring about events and issues that don’t directly influence me or my immediate surroundings. I don’t think…