Call the University of Waterloo attack what it was
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Feminism is core to who I am. My past experiences dealing with men’s rage when they discover this about me make me nervous to share my feminism publicly sometimes.
On June 28, a 24-year-old man...
Illicit drug supply horrors demand action
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A substance called xylazine has been popping up in Street Connections’ and SaferSites’ overdose reports.
Xylazine — or tranq as it is known on the streets — is a sedative not approved for use in...
Why they tried to hide pride
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Despite Winnipeg’s Pride parade drawing record-breaking numbers this year, my reflection on the month is soured by how urgently necessary this support was, coming on the heels of a recent surge in homophobic and...
Going forward, golf must be stopped
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My parents tried to raise me to be a golfer. It didn’t work. There is no sport with which I have a greater enmity than golf.
The avid golfer reading this editorial will have paused...
What are critics for, anyway?
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While gamers are, in my opinion, among the most morally malnourished subgroups in the world, patrolling the internet and being hateful to someone for having an opinion you disagree with is unfortunately universal behaviour...
Gabrielle Roy, Manitoban writer in retrospect
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Gabrielle Roy wrote about her departure from her childhood home in Manitoba with a sheepishness characteristic of anyone caught in this province’s nostalgic grip. No matter how much time lapses, this place stakes an...
’Toban about town — Aburi Sushi
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The philosopher Walter Benjamin wrote in celebration of the flâneur, the wandering person of leisure in urban spaces. Flâneurs soak their cities in, stroll around, see the sights and maybe park themselves at a...
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