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The casting of moral stones
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There has been much debate in recent days over why Hamas chose to launch an “unprovoked” ground, air and sea attack against Israel, and its moral implications. We may never know exactly why the...
The issues with grades and grading curves
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With the chilly October breeze finding home in our bones, of course the time has come when our first grades are coming back.
In many cases, these grades are not the cozy blankets that keep...
Opportunity knocks for NDP on public and active transportation
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Wab Kinew and the Manitoba New Democratic Party (NDP) defeated the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives (PCs) in the provincial election earlier this October. The centre-left NDP ran a relatively moderate campaign with limited attention on...
Canada’s housing crisis culmination of capitalism
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Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives closed out the better part of a decade of austerity consistently, if nothing else. The Manitoba government has reportedly sold off more social housing to the private sector than it funded...
Clear skies in Manitoba’s future
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After a long fifteen-hour shift serving my beautiful province working for Elections Manitoba, enduring a paper cut and a nick from a pair of scissors, I came home to good news.
On Oct. 3, the...
U of M prof soft on Putin
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I was reading a CBC News article last week about comments that Russian President Vladimir Putin made regarding former Canadian Speaker of the House Anthony Rota’s resignation. Rota had invited a former Nazi Ukrainian...
Transphobia is being allowed to thrive in the Prairies
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Days after the 1 Million March 4 Children (1MM4C), I started seeing online articles that celebrated counter-protesters outnumbering the fringe, cross-country anti-trans protest.
While there were several provinces in Canada that did have such instances,...







