Drinking is an age-old custom. Archaeologists have found evidence of fermented alcoholic beverages’ existence in China as early as 9,000 years ago. Intoxicating liquor runs deep into the roots of human civilization, and it...

Earlier this summer, it was revealed that researchers sponsored by the Canadian government had conducted wildly unethical nutritional experiments on malnourished Aboriginal children in residential schools. No consent was given by the children or their...

Tom Ingram, staff The University of Manitoba is adopting a new email policy. Starting Sept. 1, all communications between students and faculty or staff must go through official U of M email accounts. Students will...

The Habitat for Humanity development in Winnipeg’s Riverbend neighbourhood is nearing completion. Of a proposed 10 side-by-side units, half have been completed and half are almost done. As a resident of the area, I...

In a world increasingly driven by the exchange of data over the Internet, the issue of online privacy is never far from the public eye. This is especially true recently, in the wake of...

Last month’s revelations about the large-scale program of electronic surveillance by U.S. and U.K. spy agencies have caused some confusion. The details emerged gradually in several long articles chiefly published in the Guardian and...

As we become more concerned about the environment and energy efficiency, hybrid vehicles begin to look more and more attractive. They seem like the best of both worlds: they combine a gas engine’s efficiency...