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On Oct. 21, 2011, almost every news channel I turned to was covering two things: the announcement that former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi had been killed in a firefight and Obama’s speech outlining the...

During last summer, I spent a lot of time travelling around the city exploring new places. One day I dropped by an organic food store in the St. Boniface area. While shopping, I was...

Oct. 15 saw thousands of people across Canada — from Halifax to Victoria — take to the streets in solidarity with our American comrades occupying Wall Street. In Winnipeg, somewhere in the vicinity of...

According to Occupy Wall Streeters, one per cent of the American population controls 40 per cent of the nation’s wealth. Where this number comes from is a bit of a mystery, but it doesn’t...

Five years ago the Hamas terrorist group snuck across the border into Israel. They captured then 19-year-old Gilad Shalit, a member of the Israeli military. Hamas held Shalit captive for five years, denying him...

As a first-generation Canadian of Jewish decent, and having had many family members killed in Auschwitz and Sobibor concentration camps, the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) is a time for sober reflection on our...

During the provincial election, Julie Rempel, UMSU vice-president (external), was asked about post-secondary funding issues. The following is an excerpt of her response from a news article in the Manitoban, where she was asked...