Haley Pauls
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Safe surrender sites are anti-abortion virtue signaling
This winter, a firehall in Landmark, Man. announced the opening of a Hope’s Cradle, a service that allows people, usually mothers, to safely surrender their infants in a temperature-controlled bassinet.
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Up in flames
In the middle of the night on Saturday, Feb. 11, Point Douglas resident Candace-Rae Hamilton awoke to the sound of sirens.
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Favourite political moment
1. Brian Pallister resigns
2. Queen Victoria statue toppled
3. Wab Kinew interrupts Alan Lagimodiere -
Favourite local place that no longer exists
1. Forth Bar
2. The Zoo/Ozzys
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Speculating Manitoba, and beyond
Literary fiction has been forever in conflict with its sibling and nemesis: genre fiction. In general, the literary world sees literary fiction as “highbrow” works that cannot be defined by their relationship to any specific genre.
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Do you know where your sewage goes?
Decades of conversations about wastewater in Winnipeg
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Favourite local visual artist
Favourite local visual artist
1. Chase Martin / Hannah Reimer (tie)
2. Kieran Valde / Matea Radic (tie) -
Favourite local baker
Favourite local baker
1. Cora Wiens, Eadha Bread
2. The team at Tall Grass Bakery
3. A massive tie -
Softening their strides
Dancers and educators re-envision equitable connection
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Productivity in the time of a quarantine
When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic, I was living with my parents while I transitioned between apartments.
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Callouts are the symptom, not the problem
It’s 2020, and certain bloggers and cultural commentators have become obsessed with the question of whether “callout culture” has gone too far.
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Favourite Local Public Art Piece
1. Smile by Tierney Milne and Brother Jopa on the Food Fare at Westminster and Maryland / Star Blankets by Kenneth Lavallee / Forever Bicycles by Ai Weiwei at The Forks (Three-way tie)
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Favourite Local Publication
1. Stylus
2. Red Rising Magazine / Winnipeg Free Press (Tie)
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Filling in the gaps
This summer, heated debates erupted in the St. James neighbourhood at an information session about the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre, a new addictions treatment facility that is set to be built in the area.
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The ivory tower, the vast and the aimless
Economic factors are significantly impacting the lives of post-secondary graduates in Canada.
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The rise of the post-MeToo “comeback”
Earlier this month, Rumor’s Restaurant and Comedy Club announced plans to book American comedian and actor Louis C.K.
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Americans might think we are nice
Recently, I travelled to Guatemala and Mexico. During my time there, I met a number of individuals who told me I was “a very nice Canadian girl,” who expressed concern for my safety and who asked why I didn’t have a Canadian flag on my backpack.