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Pardon me if I’m not impressed

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Zach Wolff
Well folks, with the passing of another year and our attention collectively turning to the supposed hope and promise of a new year and a new decade, I believe it may be worthwhile to...
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Canada after Copenhagen

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Sheldon Birnie
At this point, the Copenhagen climate talks are long over, and world leaders’ “agreement” to limit climate change to an increase of 2 degrees is little more than a non-legally binding piece of public...
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A discussion amongst brothers

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Royle Derbitsky
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict goes back almost four thousand years to two brothers — Isaac and Ishmael, the sons of Abraham. Isaac is a forefather of the Jewish faith; Ishmael is the Islamic connection. The...
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Speaking in the name of the absentee

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Fadi Ennab
Exactly a year ago, the period between Dec. 27, 2008-Jan. 18, 2009, Gaza was bombed by Israel “going wild,” to use the terms of the Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni. Israel, in its...
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Does democracy work?

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Leif Larsen
In the last federal election, held in October of 2008, 58.8 per cent of eligible voters turned out to cast a ballot. This was a drop of almost six per cent from 2006, and...
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Letters to the Editor – January 6, 2010

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RE: Fair Trade coffee, a great way to make a difference (Dec. 2, 2009) Thank you for your recent article on Fair Trade. It's always good to see people advocating for coffee-farming families. Fair Trade...
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Our own way to rock

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Sheldon Birnie
Hello friends. I am here today to nominate a man of wealth and distinction for the position of chancellor of the University of Manitoba. I’ll break it to you gently: that man is Burton...

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