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How to offend a heretic

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Alex Passey
Alex Passey There are very few things one can say about atheism that will genuinely offend an atheist. Generally speaking, non-believers don’t hold to any dogmatic guidelines to live by that others may ridicule as...
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Blackface Halloween costumes unacceptable

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Seamus Hamilton-Pattison
Seamus Hamilton-Pattison It’s that time of year again. Another Halloween has come and gone in Winnipeg, as have all the seasonal amenities that go along with it. If you’re in your late teens or early...
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Espionage secures Canada’s energy advantage

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Tariq Sohail
Tariq Sohail In the past few weeks, there have been some new revelations about economic espionage leaked to the media by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden. The Canadian government, specifically Communications Security...
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Consumerism and the ‘right now!’ era

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Steve Snyder
Steve Snyder, volunteer staff In business, one is always confined by the triple constraints. Fast, cheap, or good: choose two. As a society, for the most part, we have moved away from the “good” and...
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Federal prison strike reveals longstanding labour issues

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Anne Wyman
Anne Wyman Imagine waking up tomorrow to a 30 per cent wage cut, mandated by law. If the cost of living stayed the same, you’d immediately begin budgeting. Which items would be the first to...
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Gender discrimination: two wrongs don’t make a right

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Meg Bergeron
Meg Bergeron Many feminists think misandry isn’t real. Not even my spellcheck thinks misandry is real. But it has become painfully obvious to me, as I pay closer attention to today’s social issues, that it...
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Not on my campus

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Not on My Campus collective
Not on My Campus collective Across Canada, many provinces and territories have prohibited tobacco sales at post-secondary institutions. It is surprising that the University of Manitoba sells cigarettes in two locations on the Fort Garry...

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