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The need to continue our journey into space
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Though I'm not the first one to come to the conclusion that, at the end of the day, we're screwed if we stick with Earth, I did come to this essential thought independently. I've...
Simply a politician
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I was very pleased to hear that Greg Selinger is “simply a good guy” (“Simply a good guy” Oct. 7, 2009). I mean, really, who would have thought that one would find his way...
Thinking critically about pigs
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Last March, I wrote a piece on pigs for the Manitoban, following the dispute in the campus center between the Winnipeg Humane Society’s “Quit-Stalling” campaigners and the Aggies who came out to disagree with...
Plaid! Parkas! Patriotism!
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Assume for a moment that there is such thing as a “Canadian identity.” I, perhaps naively, would like to imagine that it is complex, subtle and inclusive — something that reminds us that Canada...
Healthy living for a lifetime
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As a young person who is very health conscious, I am appalled at Toban Wiebe's letter of Sept. 30 (“Ask a health and fitness specialist”; Sept. 23, 2009). Although I agree that obesity is...
All your lanes belong to us
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Have you ever been hit by a car? I have. In fact, I've been hit four times; three times while riding my bike. My most recent experience was this past Thursday morning as I...
Citizen of the world, citizen of “nowhere”
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Every summer, a period of intense reminiscing occurs for me after I visit places around the world, such as a place that I mistakenly call “back home”: Bulgaria. I have been in Canada for...
