Expressing Suppression
Having been born and bred on the prairies I suppose I should be used to the glaring futility of shoveling snow. I’m sure we’ve all…
Winnipeg
Forward progress
For the second year in a row, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers failed to qualify for the CFL playoffs, increasing their Grey Cup drought to twenty…
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
U of M student identified as struck highway worker A highway worker killed while working on construction outside the city has been identified as 21-year-old…
Another winter of discontent
Well, shit. Winter is back, kicking ass and taking names. Outside, it is wet and cold as fuck. There was snow last night, and the…
This is no Disney movie
Recently, Praxedis G. Guerrero, Mexico, has been under international scrutiny for a reason other than drugs and violence. Last week, Marisol Valles Garcia, a 20-year-old…
Those damned election signs
They are green and blue and yellow. They loudly proclaim “Re-Elect Sam Katz” or “Judy for Mayor!” They are a mixture of plastic and sawdust….
Sex and the campus
The advertising and marketing executives are always looking for untapped markets, and so it is with dating. We are always looking for people we haven’t…
Hundreds turn up to combat homophobic bullying
A spirited army of purple united at the steps of the legislative building in the brisk cold on the evening of Oct. 20, to battle…
Find municipal politics a little boring?
Another municipal election is here. Yet, besides an occasional lawn sign or article tucked somewhere in the newspaper, it would not be difficult to forget…