Google Goes Green
Google, together with New York investment firm Good Energies, is buying a 37.5 per cent stake in a US$5 billion project to build 563 kilometres…
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Fishing turds from a backed-up shitter
The date of our municipal election is upon us. Many Winnipeggers have already taken to the advanced polls, and soon our mayor and council will…
Why I’m backing Sam
Next week, I will be casting my vote to re-elect Sam Katz for a third term as mayor of Winnipeg. This past year, newspapers and…
An il wind
North Korea, the historically secretive nation, recently opened its doors to media from around the world. What motivated this isolated regime to act so out…
Letters to the Editor
RE: What Is UMSU Smoking? (Oct. 13, 2010) I would like to applaud Spencer Fernando for his article in last week’s edition of the Manitoban….
Love in the time of class war
In the winter of ’09 my life was a spectacular failure in every way imaginable. I was a law school dropout, a call centre dropout…
One person’s terrorist…
As the old cliché goes: “one person’s terrorist is another person’s freedom fighter.” This implies that certain values are ultimately subjective, which is a lesson…
Canadian vice regal gets its groove back
This past Oct. 1 will be remembered in the Canadian history books as any swearing in of a governor general ought to be — the…
What is UMSU smoking?
I was walking out of GPA’s on campus the other day, having just purchased some chips and an energy drink — healthy guy that I…
Violence not the only problem Pakistan faces
Pakistan is in the headlines once again. A NATO convoy carrying fuel for troops in Afghanistan was attacked in four different locations, including Islamabad, the…