Blog Archive
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The Academy’s identity crisis
The Academy in Osborne Village does several things and for that reason fails to be really good at any of them.
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Annals of legislation: Winnipeg business blockades
Faced with more terrifying financial obstacles than Manitoba, the people of Ontario manage to maintain more prosperous small businesses. As it seems, Winnipeg’s less sophisticated business regulations may play a large role in this distinction.
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Culture Factory #1: To whom do the rules apply?
Cycling is many things: a hobby, a way of getting around and even a way of life. It is not, however, as strictly or uniformly regulated as other forms of traffic. This week I want your feedback on the issues affecting cyclists, motorists and how they could or should share the road.
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The Uniter at NXNE, Part 2 - Wednesday, June 15
With 650 bands in Toronto this week for the North by Northeast music festival, there’s a lot to choose from. This is what I checked out on Wednesday.
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The Uniter at NXNE, Part 1 - Tuesday, June 14
Winnipeg’s The Details and Seattle’s David Bazan were highlights of pre-North by Northeasy festivities in Toronto on Tuesday, June 14.
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Confessions of a Former UWinnipeg Tutor
An ode and goodbye to work as an interdisciplinary writing tutor.
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Do a couple Winnipeg bands have a lawsuit heading their direction?
Enjoy Your Pumas, meet Metro Station; Take Me To The Pilot, meet Kings of Leon.
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What is a tabloid?
Tabloid is not a pejorative.
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Genderless Journalism
At the end of the day, news should be about telling the most accurate and balanced story possible, regardless of whether you were born with an X or a Y chromosome.
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Amen to libraries: City approves controversial 2011 operating budget
This morning, city council voted 10-6 in favour of the 2011 operating budget—a spending plan that has sparked significant controversy, as well as a city-wide media campaign, over a proposed increase in the frontage levy for city properties and a hike in recreation fees.
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Federal election? Not bloody likely.
I have spent the last several months obsessively following what has become a virtual echo-chamber of punditry around the possibility of a federal election this spring.
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An open letter to the person who stole my bike seat
Really? Seriously. Really?
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Keep your bus conversations PG, please
No one needs to hear about your sex life on the bus.
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The pursuit of happiness
The 2011 Happiness Project Challenge.
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Strike haiku
The possibility of a UWFA strike, explored in haiku.
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Busy week on campus
Evacuations, elections and strikes.
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L2Read
It’s not your server’s fault that you’re illiterate.
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Are your friends making you fat?
Friends let friends eat poorly.
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What are you doing March 21st?
We need to increase voter turnout for the UWSA elections.
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The things that you lack bring you back to the thing that you need
The last time the Uniter spoke with singer-songwriter Matt Epp, he was taking a much deserved break from a 150-show tour that took him from B.C. to Newfoundland, to California to Mexico. However, not much has changed about Epp’s tireless work effort, it appears.