Left out in the cold
Almost a decade after being arrested, Omar Khadr has finally been sentenced. He received 40 years for the murder of an American soldier in Afghanistan,…
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Human trafficking in Canada
Human trafficking does not sound like something that happens in Winnipeg. Sure, most of us have heard of it, but usually in the context of…
China in Africa
When Chinese supervisors recently shot at protesting Zambian miners, injuring 11, the story quickly became international news. A labour incident in a remote corner of…
Reality Cheque
Debt is something that frustrates me to no end. Not only have I been a student for the past four years, I have worked at…
Another winter of discontent
Well, shit. Winter is back, kicking ass and taking names. Outside, it is wet and cold as fuck. There was snow last night, and the…
The October Crisis forty years after
Last year, a great injustice was done in Canada. At the muzzle of threats to violence issued by some Quebec sovereigntists, several events to mark…
Ignorance is bliss
Congratulations! If you have managed to stand up, walk over to a Manitoban stand and pick up a copy of this paper then there is…
Over the sea and back again
It is winter as you walk through the streets of St. Petersburg. The snow drifts gently down, quietly blanketing the canals and bridges on your…
This is no Disney movie
Recently, Praxedis G. Guerrero, Mexico, has been under international scrutiny for a reason other than drugs and violence. Last week, Marisol Valles Garcia, a 20-year-old…
Letters to the Editor – Nov. 3, 2010
RE: Those damned election signs (Oct. 20, 2010) I couldn’t agree more that those dreaded election signs are nothing if not impolite and ugly to…