Blog Archive
-
The Latest British Invasion
Tuition raises in the UK could mean more students at the University of Winnipeg
-
Division of Power #3 Occupy Winnipeg and the poisoning of civil discourse
Today, a small group of Occupiers decided to take their Memorial Park encampment to the next level by annexing Andrew Swan’s constituency office; an elected Member of the legislative assembly and a sitting cabinet minister who has publicly supported the Harper Conservatives’ omnibus crime legislation, known as Bill C-10.
-
Hold your tongue
The Canadian Judicial Council has decided to go easy on Justice Robert Dewar, who turned some heads when he called Kenneth Rhodes, a rapist he himself convicted, a “clumsy Don Juan”.
-
Stomping Grounds 3: Pop Soda’s - The New Kid In Town.
Part café, part library, part art gallery, part venue – Pop Soda’s Coffeehouse and Gallery has got everything for everybody.
-
The UWSA Special General Meeting: Highlights
Missed the SGM? No problem. Here’s the Reader’s Digest version.
-
Bibliofiles #2: The greenhorn movement in print - a generational sea change?
A quick look at the rising trend of farming memoirs.
-
A Conversation with Firearms Expert/Film Director Dave Brown
Dave Brown has been the only name in firearms safety on Manitoba film sets for about twenty years, but last year he switched gears to direct his first short film, the twelve minute romantic comedy Chump Change.
-
Beaver, bear or bull?
Conservative Senator Nicole Eaton has asked the question: should we kick Canada’s beaver emblem to the curb and replace it with the mighty polar bear?
-
Culture Factory #3: How to ride a bike
Read extended excerpts from my interview with Dave Elmore, Director of Safety and Education at Bike to the Future, on issues of safety and respect connected to ways of riding.
-
Bibliofiles #1: The book is dead! Long live the… Nook?
The past’s month’s publishing news spells the physical book’s fate.
-
Reunion Shmeunion
Rock n roll reunions. Why do they happen? People that famously state they will never, ever work with that person again will usually do it if the price is right.
-
Division of Power #2 Debunking downtown boosterism
Despite the optimism that has engulfed the city with the return of the Winnipeg Jets, who just achieved their first win over Pittsburgh last night in front of an audience of the privileged few who can afford tickets, real downtown cultural staples seem to be vacating in droves.
-
Archdiocese of Winnipeg Catholic schools thinks of the children
Christ the King school principal David Hood proposed the idea of encouraging his students to protest abortion by offering community service credits to those who would march before the Health Sciences Centre. The Selinger government nixed the idea, and we’re left to wonder what Hood’s motivation for the initiative really was.
-
Stomping Grounds: The Royal Albert Arms Hotel
It may be the end for one of North America’s most iconic venues.
-
Culture Factory #2: Who is the most interesting person you know?
We’re already preparing for our 2nd Annual edition of The Uniter 30! It’s exciting and this time around we want your input. Artists, activists and the exceptionally hilarious all qualify, so start thinking about your most interesting friends.
-
Division of Power #1 Breaking down a long election cycle
Joan Grace, associate professor in the department of politics at the University of Winnipeg, asks her second year Canadian politics class the same question every year:
-
Five ways to transform Portage Avenue
No doubt there will be a huge audience — nationally and internationally — watching the Jets on TV, as well as others coming to the city to watch the Jets. And when I think of that, I can’t help but be a little bit embarrassed the MTS Centre is essentially bordered by two low-end retailers in Dollarama and the Bargain Shop.
-
An artist writing about artists
It’s kind of a funny thing, writing for the Uniter. I never set out at all to be any sort of journalist. I went to school to study acting, then switched over to filmmaking.
-
Stomping Grounds: The Times Change(d) High and Lonesome Club
One of Canada’s most iconic venues the Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club is the subject of an upcoming history project.
-
Health is more than healthcare
So far what I’ve learned from playing journalist is that it gives you a great opportunity to learn about an issue, but you only get to pass on a fragment of the story in an article.