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The aligning of dead ducks
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Tar-sands major player Syncrude plead “not guilty” in court last week to two charges laid after 1,600 migratory birds, mostly ducks, died horrible deaths in toxic tailing ponds in northern Alberta. The birds touched...
History as corrective
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A compassionate person can certainly understand Fadi Ennab’s anger and frustration over the ongoing plight of innocent Palestinian civilians (“Israel: Beautiful country or apartheid colony,” Sept. 16) who are caught in a terribly inhumane...
Ahh, all the lovely flowers…
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For the majority of the fall and winter sessions at the University of Manitoba, the scenery outdoors is somber and depressing. In only a month or so the paths outside will become increasingly devoid...
The merry-go-round of Canadian politics
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While the prospect of a federal election has retreated (for now), I don’t think there would be many surprised Canadians if we were sent to the polls in the very near future. When that...
Lies behind Darfur
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Darfur is a region of Eastern Sudan, an African country that has been plagued by wars and civil unrest since its independence from the United Kingdom in 1956.
Sudan is a country with a diverse...
Fasting, not a recommended practice
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Sarah Khalil's article (“Fasting, a recommended practice,” Sept. 9, 2009) lauding the benefits of ritualistic starvation was so full of logical fallacies, deception and outright falsehoods that I almost feel bad for what I'm...
