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Sugartime flashback joys courtesy of a well tuned stylus

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Sheldon Birnie
There’s a shit-ton of reasons for students to be stressed out on a daily basis. How the fuck am I going to pay off my credit card balance? What the fuck is our government...
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Innovatively dealing with algae blooms

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Trevor Wideman
The town of Killarney, in southwestern Manitoba, has the good fortune to be situated on a beautiful lake, making it a popular destination for tourism and leisure. Cottages, permanent residences, campgrounds, parks and trees...
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Committed to the wilderness

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Noreen Mae Ritsema
The landscape of northern Manitoba is both breathtaking and inspiring. The area around Fisher Bay is no exception. It is a large tract of pristine wilderness and many people are fighting to keep it...
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Woodland Caribou: A Canadian Idol

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Ron Thiessen
If you are Canadian, chances are you have a caribou in your pocket. Since 1937, we have celebrated the woodland caribou by featuring its image on the “tails” side of millions of Canadian quarters....
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Tough times for northern water quality

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Sheldon Birnie
The Mackenzie River system winds over 4,000 kilometres through northern Canada. It is the second longest river system in North America, after the Mississippi, and drains a watershed of 1.8 million square kilometres —...
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Going green into the red

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Benjamin Miller
By far the most wonderful thing about the environmental movement is that it may allow our children to avoid simultaneously drowning and being mauled by cancerous aquatic polar bear gangs. What's surely next best,...
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Canadian mining companies

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Stephanie George
On Oct.13, 2010, I watched as 33 miners were successfully rescued from the collapsed mine near Copiapó, Chile. Seeing these miners stuck 700 metres below the ground for 69 days, I am quite...

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