Ten Great Things
Nuit Blanche is a free all-night visual arts party held as part of Culture Days Manitoba. On Oct. 1 the Winnipeg Art Gallery, as well…
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Local Briefs
Petition circulated to beef up math skills Close to 200 people, most of them professors, have signed a petition to toughen up admission standards to…
TEDx makes its Winnipeg debut
Ideas worth spreading” make their way to Winnipeg as the first TEDx Winnipeg event is set to take place at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on…
What’s in a name
There has been some recent concern over the fact that there may be an increase in the number of “honour killings” taking place within Canada….
Common sense justice system
The recent crime wave sweeping through our city has put people on edge. From the murder of Harvey Sanderson, a man with brittle-bone disease, who…
Asper family matriarch dies at 78
Ruth ‘Babs’ Asper, the matriarch of the prominent Asper family, died suddenly on Saturday July 30 at the age of 78. She was the wife…
An exchange of ideas
It’s an investment of a different kind for a select group of undergraduate students at the U of M’s Asper School of Business. In a…
Why don’t the charges fit the crime?
The recent death of Harvey Sanderson, following a brutal assault, is a tragedy. It is a tragedy for his family, friends but for the disabled…
The Jets will fly again
The Winnipeg Jets are back. I could type that over and over again. The Winnipeg Jets are back. It’s one thing to have the NHL…
Sparkled with broken glass
My city’s still breathing (but barely, it’s true) through buildings gone missing like teeth. The sidewalks are watching me think about you, all sparkled with…