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Give it a shot

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Sheldon Birnie
Feb. 14 marks the beginning of Fair Trade Manitoba’s One-Month Challenge. Manitobans are challenged to buy only fair trade certified coffee, tea and chocolate — three products that are consumed in high quantity in...
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It’s a long way to the top

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Sheldon Birnie
Life at the top is something that is difficult to fathom from the bottom. While average Canadians are still struggling with the effects of the global recession, CEOs of Canada’s largest publicly traded companies...
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Supply and motherfucking demand in northern British Columbia

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Sheldon Birnie
What would you say if a company with an arguably poor environmental track record asked to put a pipeline to pump some of the most environmentally damaging oil on the planet through your pristine...
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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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What would Fred Eaglesmith do?

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Sheldon Birnie
My pal Francis came over to my place the other night, distraught and looking haggard. He told me he’d been feeling low and mean of late, and had gotten into some bad business involving...
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If you’ve got the money, honey

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Sheldon Birnie
“Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald Nothing in life is certain, let alone our best laid plans. Here at university, we have...
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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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