Student Loans max out this year
Although the federal student loan program recently maxed out at $15 billion, forcing Ottawa to come up with last-minute additional funds, Manitoba students are expected…
politics
Rapid transit activists demonstrate frustration with lack of progress
The Winnipeg Rapid Transit Coalition used musical theatre to demonstrate their frustration with the lack of progress on rapid transit in Winnipeg on Sept. 8….
Money talks, bullshit walks in Alberta’s tar sands
Canada’s dirty laundry was displayed to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently. Pelosi was in Ottawa last week, where she met first with Environment Minister…
Just don’t look
For several weeks now the world has waited, with baited breath, for information on what Terry Jones would do. Is Jones a world leader, a…
The Cordoba House clash
In the immediate wake of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, as black smoke still consumed and choked the skies above…
Public education for the public good
Education is a right. It has become clear that post-secondary education has moved away from the luxury that it once was, to a necessity people…
Letters to the Editor – September 15, 2010
In the last issue of the Manitoban, two letters to the editor appeared which contained false and defamatory statements against me. For space considerations, I…
Letters to the Editor – September 8, 2010
In the summers of 2004 and 2007 I had the pleasure of traveling to the land of Israel where my father grew up and has…
Pakistan under water, Haiti under spotlight
In January 2010, the international response to a devastating earthquake in Haiti sent a feeling of unity and pride throughout the world. In a place…
Sanctions in Iran not the answer
I was hiking on an Iranian hillside, exploring the ruins of a long-abandoned castle, when I met Masumah and her husband Mohammad. Masumah spoke some…