Conservatism: supporting the freedom of the individual
As a Conservative, I am often disappointed by some of the misconceptions about conservatism that exist on university campuses. I will take this opportunity to…
politics
From Twitter to Washington DC
The third annual Kurdish Youth Festival
Music, politics and morals
Last month Canadian music legend and children’s entertainer Fred Penner stopped by the UMFM studios to help promote his upcoming December shows in Winnipeg. Penner…
Steady in uncertain times
As the Euro zone fights to avoid disaster, people worldwide are on edge. Having slowly climbed our way out the depths of the recession of…
The end of Gadhafi
The death of Moammar Gadhafi marks the end of a terrible chapter in Libya’s history. For more than 40 years Gadhafi ruled Libya with an…
Reginald “Reg” Alcock mourned by university
Reginald B. Alcock, executive-in-residence at the University of Manitoba’s I.H. Asper school of business, died of a heart attack on Oct. 14 at age 63….
Capitalism is peaceful
Capitalism is a system based on trust and mutually beneficial trade. You trade time and productivity to your employer for money. You trade that money…
Putting their name on the ballot
Along with the Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens, there’s a fifth party running in the Manitoba provincial election: the Communist Party of Canada – Manitoba….
Elections Manitoba hopes to make voting a breeze for students
On Oct. 4, thousands of Manitobans will go to the polls for our 40th provincial election, but if voter turnout follows past statistics, young people…
Patents
Patents, while at first glance seem to be rather dry and unremarkable, are invariably affecting everything that you do, especially when it comes to technology…