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Royal Dutch Shell shock

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Noreen Mae Ritsema
No longer a topic that people can take for granted, oil issues have leaked into all facets of society. The result has been increased environmental activism and more media coverage — both positive and...
Features

Status update: STFO

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Noreen Mae Ritsema
Yes, I am proposing a new acronym. One that I hope will henceforth be launched into the popular glossary of the webular world. STFO stands for “stressed the fuck out” and at this time...
Editorial

No shelter from this storm

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Noreen Mae Ritsema
Classified by meteorologists as a “weather bomb,” Lake Winnipeg’s recent storm has left a chaotic clamouring that can be heard from many sides of the lake. Yet amid this cacophony, there are also stories...
Features

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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Human trafficking in Canada

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Noreen Mae Ritsema
Human trafficking does not sound like something that happens in Winnipeg. Sure, most of us have heard of it, but usually in the context of far away places. Yet news of Manitoba’s first human...
Features

Thin was not always in

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Noreen Mae Ritsema
Disordered eating has long been a byproduct of affluent societies. In places where food was no longer considered a scarcity, its consumption was calculated and manipulated. Although each society has what it generally considers...
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Reflecting our collective fears

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Noreen Mae Ritsema
Halloween is a time of year that is surrounded by darkness, fear and celebration. Witches, ghosts, bats and vampires are all popular images that symbolize this holiday. What began as an ancient Celtic festival...
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