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PST’d off
By
Caleigh MacDonald
Entrepreneur Robert Half once said, “People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can’t live within its income.” This is a sentiment personified...
Bloody hypocrisy
By
Bradly Wohlgemuth, staff
"Blood. It’s in you to give.”
Apparently it’s not inside everybody for giving – for example, someone like me, a bisexual male.
According to the rules set by Health Canada, I will not be...
Over-regulating the small guy
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Earlier this month, the Manitoba Agriculture-Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) collected and is currently slated to destroy thousands of dollars of agricultural product from a small family farm in southern Manitoba. MAFRI claims that...
My choice to be childfree
By
Meg Bergeron
I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but there’s a war going on out there, and it seems to be getting uglier by the day. It’s a battle between parents and the childfree, a...
Not our Canada
By
Tariq Sohail
The Quebec government’s shocking initiative to marginalize a small population of minorities comes at a time when Quebec’s public debt currently is, as of Mar. 31, 2013, $193.6 billion and growing. Instead of...
City traffic cops prey on drivers
By
Craig Pauls
"I’m doin’ you a favour,” the cop said, handing me a $325 ticket.
What could I say but, “Thanks. I’m a disabled vet and a student now. I really appreciate the discount.”
“I could have...
International touring fees hurt Canadian music scene
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Seamus Hamilton-Pattison
Touring is a risky venture for any independent or smaller band or artist. The financial rigmarole required to book venues across a country, take time away from one’s day job, and then fill...



