The worship of Santa Muerte
Over the last decade, one saint in Mexico has attracted 2 million followers: Saint Death. Known as Santa or Santisima Muerte, this figure has become…
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Letters to the Editor – March 10, 2010
RE: Liberals want abortion and contraceptives included in G8 health initiative The exclusion of contraception and abortion in an initiative aimed at improving women and…
The 2010 Winter Olympics: for better, or for worse embodying the human spirit
The 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games were not yet a week old before the international media unleashed their hounds. The games and their organizing committee, VANOC,…
Refusing to be a grown up
At the beginning of February, Carson Jerema, former Editor-in-Chief of the Manitoban, wrote an article for the Winnipeg Free Press criticizing students who choose to…
Government’s role in higher learning
Government must recognize that higher learning is crucial to a country’s success. As chair of the Government Post-Secondary Education Caucus, I have met with many…
Proposals for advancing higher education
Though post-secondary education is a provincial jurisdiction, the federal government has an important role to play. I don’t need to spew out any rhetoric on…
Thoughts on the future of you, me and humanity
Think of a world where anything is possible. Ahhhhhh, bliss. The colours. The smells. The joy. This world is like a never-ending lucid dream, where…
umWHAT, dedicated to bring change worldwide
Nowadays, a vicious cycle exists in the world of poverty — approximately 25,000 children around the world die every day due to the effects of…
Peace – the vision of Islam
Many people have heard that Islam, as a religion, means peace, but very few people have seen a parallel depiction in mainstream media — from…
Letters to the Editor – March 3, 2010
RE: Liberals want abortion and contraceptives included in G8 health initiative The exclusion of contraception and abortion in an initiative aimed at improving women and…