Net Neutrality and Internet censorship
It’s not often that a technology as radical, accessible and world changing as the Internet comes to be. It’s even more rare that the technology…
social issues
Take back the night reclaims Winnipeg streets
Hundreds of people holding candles took to the streets of downtown Winnipeg on Sept. 30 for Take Back the Night, a worldwide march held in…
Letters to the Editor
RE: GUNS, GUNS, GUNS (SEPT. 29, 2010 ISSUE) Why are Manitoba Conservative MPs so proud of their political grandstanding over the gun registry? The prime…
Cold Blue steel
When it comes to the inventions of the human race, there is a long line of things that we’re particularly proud of. Usually these items…
Sparkly rock shines light on social responsibility
There is a diamond ring for sale. It’s blue — vivid blue, to be precise — and it is expected to sell for about US$15…
My love/hate relationship with Winnipeg transit
On most days that I take the bus it’s a wonderful, fantastic, superlative experience where I get to relax, listen to music and maybe catch…
Don’t cheat, new DISC label brands academic dishonesty on transcript
The new grade label DISC (discipline) will replace CW (compulsory withdrawal) on a student’s transcript, beside a letter grade, if they are forced to leave…
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…
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…