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Hate cyclists?
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It was a new dawn and I was off to the pet store, walking and smiling, a hop in my step and a bunny under my arm. Butterflies bobbed about merrily as a piccolo...
Too taboo for school?
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Canada is a society that prides itself on equality. We constantly tell ourselves that we live in a free country where we are all equal to one another. Further, we take gratification in our...
Roll the dice, dance the dance
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“There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto.” — Cormac McCarthy
As another school year opens, I believe it is safe to say that many of you reading this paper...
Fasting, a recommended practice
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There are certain things in life that need to be experienced at least once by people, especially when it comes to depriving yourself of something as existentially habitual and taken for granted as the...
Grassroots organization in action
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On Saturday, Aug. 29, over a hundred Winnipeggers will gather at Vimy Ridge Memorial Park to Chalk 4 Peace. The premise of the event is simple: bring sidewalk chalk (or borrow some from a...
Sorry About the AIDS
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In 1924, Raoul Dandurand expressed a common Canadian worldview to the League of Nations when he described Canada as “a fireproof house far from the sources of conflagration.” Eighty-five years later, in a global...
War in the Peace
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In northern British Columbia, close to the Alberta border, there is currently a war going on. This war is being waged by persons unknown against what they see as “terrorist” oil and gas companies,...
