politics

Death of a lion

“Live amongst people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company.”…


Can’tada

Canadians have a longstanding tradition of complaining passionately but privately about the country we love. We will suffer the future with the same grace that…



Thanks for the invite Canada…

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been officially invited to Canada to accept the award of Honorary Canadian Citizenship. At the urging of…


The education we never received

It is difficult to dispute the fact that many people these days just don’t give a crap about politics. In the recent by-election in Winnipeg-North,…



News Briefs

Province’s “Bonnie and Clyde” sued by MPI Manitoba Public Insurance has recently filed a $110,000 lawsuit against a 19-year-old man and his 17-year-old girlfriend for…


Human trafficking in Canada

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…



News Briefs

Unemployment numbers down in MB Provincial unemployment is down to 5.2 per cent after 1,600 Manitobans found jobs this month, down from 5.4 per cent…