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Kicking ass and taking names
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The Canadian Armed Forces are back on top! General “Walt from Winnipeg” Natynczyk, chief of defense staff, was in town recently, speaking to the Canadian Club of Winnipeg on the evolution of Canada’s military...
My love/hate relationship with Winnipeg transit
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On most days that I take the bus it’s a wonderful, fantastic, superlative experience where I get to relax, listen to music and maybe catch up on some reading. Whenever the bus ride is...
Putting food on the Municipal plate
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As Winnipeg’s municipal election kicks into gear over the coming weeks, our local news will be filled with debates over issues ranging from rapid transit to public safety. One issue that should be talked...
Money talks, bullshit walks in Alberta’s tar sands
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Canada’s dirty laundry was displayed to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently. Pelosi was in Ottawa last week, where she met first with Environment Minister Jim Prentice, Alberta Premier Ed Stalmach and Saskatchewan Premier...
Just don’t look
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For several weeks now the world has waited, with baited breath, for information on what Terry Jones would do.
Is Jones a world leader, a sports figure or an actor? No. In fact, you...
The Cordoba House clash
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In the immediate wake of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, as black smoke still consumed and choked the skies above Manhattan Island, Rudolph Giuliani, then-mayor of New York, issued...
Public education for the public good
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Education is a right. It has become clear that post-secondary education has moved away from the luxury that it once was, to a necessity people need in order to be able to actively participate...
