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Justice in Winnipeg
What does justice mean to you?
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Fashion Streeter
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OX - Burnout
Ox are back with their third CD release. The indie/alt-country band from Sudbury, Ont., debuted in 2003 with Dust Bowl Revival, followed by American Lo-Fi in 2006.
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The playing field has been levelled
It’s easy to get drowned out in the waves of social media – Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more – but it’s also easy to have your voice heard. It’s easy to feel like your presence in the world is larger, now that you have your own YouTube soapbox.
“People have to really think about how they present themselves to a much bigger world via social networking,” said Laurie Cirivello, the executive director of the Grand Rapids Community Media Center. -
FRIENDLY RICH - Pictures at an Exhibition
Friendly Rich is no stranger to the indie music scene. With a discography that dates back to 1990, his latest effort is definitely as offbeat as you’ve come to expect.
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THE NIX DICKSONS - The Panda EP
Sporting an innocuous panda with an interest in alphabet blocks, The Nix Dicksons’ latest EP is six tracks of standard indie rock fare, complete with a Hüsker Dü reference and the intentionally ironic use of harmonica.
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Food excess versus food access
Food can be found everywhere you go. Coffee shops, cafeterias and grocery stores line the streets. Gas stations, airports, movie theatres and shopping malls all supply a variety of options to satiate our hunger. But are we really always that hungry? Do we really need that much food?
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In support of gender equality costumes
So here we are. It’s November already and another Halloween has come and gone. It’s always a sad time of year for me, because the Halloween is by far my favourite holiday. This is for a number of reasons.
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It’s a wrap
Every season, we get a hot item that is in one day and out the next. But there is one item which has always been in style, flatters every figure and can be worn all year round: the simple scarf.
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The Scavengers’ Manifesto
Mass consumption is an unsustainable practice. The earth upon which we live will not be able to absorb the waste we so callously throw its way.
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Think, challenge, play
Milena Placentile, the outgoing curator and programmer for the University of Winnipeg’s very own campus gallery, C103, is a progressive dynamo.
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DOUG EDMOND - Between the Shadows and the Light
With In Between the Shadows and the Light, Doug Edmond assumes the role of an aging hipster longing for the good old days à la John Mellencamp.
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Arts Briefs
New York Cuisine; Raffling Picasso; Stylish Sterility; Haute-Couture for Hire
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Theatre of insecurities
Kevin McDonald is bringing his very personal one-man show, Hammy and the Kids, to Winnipeg this weekend.
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A captivating retelling
Remembrance Day is a time of reflection for many on the sacrifices made by those at war. We acknowledging their bravery with symbols like the poppy and pay tribute to our veterans at community centres and Canadian Legions.
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Critiquing a film on film criticism
From the high-brow, Ebert-and-Roeper type, practicing a God-given right to tell the populous what movies to see or not to see, to the 30-something basement dweller practicing the same right, movie critics – though they may be overlooked and often even despised – are people too.
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KATHERINE PENFOLD - Journals
Local artist Katherine Penfold released her debut CD Journals earlier this fall. The album is comprised of 10 songs with a jazzy/R&B sound.
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Wailing with emotional power
For the sake of full disclosure, I should mention at the beginning of this review that I am a white, middle-class male, born and raised in the heart of suburbia; however, this minor setback did not keep me from thoroughly enjoying Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae, a documentary showing this week at the Cinematheque.
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Rebels with the cause to rock
They look like the boys with the bad ‘tudes that skipped class to smoke cigarettes in the parking lot behind school, cruised in nice cars, picked fights and listened to a hell of a lot of rock ‘n’ roll.
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Resistance is fertile
When Maxime Morin put the finishing touches on the follow up to Chill Em All – the highly acclaimed 2004 debut album under his stage moniker DJ Champion – he knew just what to do.
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It’s all music
Alex Cuba, equipped with an afro, some mad sideburns and a love for creating music, will be making his way to town this week.
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Gently poking your brain with a stick of ethics
“I want to be able to understand things,” blinks patient Pinky.
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You have the right to remain silent, eh?
Nothing makes the justice system look snazzier or brings the legal melodrama like Law and Order. Or remember the quirky – and at times agitating – Ally McBeal, whose lawyers could closing-argument their way out of anything while simultaneously engaging in endless interpersonal quadrangles in the firm’s unisex bathroom?
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Remembering the legacy of Winnipeg’s urban saint
Almost three years ago today, Harry Lehotsky, the longtime-activist for the poor and underprivileged of Winnipeg’s West End, passed away from pancreatic cancer.
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Trying to make it on the outside
When someone is arrested, the punishment is supposed to fit the crime. Between the police station and the courtroom are chances to remain free, but those chances have conditions that can make it difficult.
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…And justice for all?
Have you ever watched The Mentalist?
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Gang roots run deep
There has been much fuss made recently about the increase in youth gang violence across Canada. You hear about Asian gangs in B.C. and gun violence with gangs in Toronto. What about in our own backyard?
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We can work it out
The siblings disputing a legal will; the ex-couple in a dirty divorce fight; the neighbours in disagreement over fence placement: the legal system is a costly, impersonal and often inefficient medium for solving interpersonal conflict.
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Is Manitoba the wrongful conviction capital of Canada?
A string of high-profile overturned convictions in the province, including Thomas Sophonow and Kyle Unger, attributed to charismatic prosecutor George Dangerfield, prompted Maclean’s magazine to claim that Manitoba may become Canada’s wrongful conviction capital.
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The long arm of the law society
The world’s most hated profession is also one of the strictest, lawyers say, and it may get stricter.
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Forgotten history
I have been fortunate to have taught quite a few students from Sudan in my classes. One of the things that surprises them the most is when I tell them that aboriginals from Canada were on the Nile River during 1884 and 1885 on an expedition to try and save British Maj.-Gen. Charles Gordon from the rebel armies of the Mahdi, who were attempting to drive the British from Sudan.
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Re: “Re-thinking the anti-poverty strategy” by Gareth du Plooy (Oct. 29, page 9)
Unfortunately Mr. du Plooy fails to provide any “re-thinking” of an anti-poverty strategy in his article. His vacuous argument merely insults those fighting for a poverty-free Manitoba and creates unnecessary confusion. His argument can be summed up thus: Newcomers to Manitoba are better off here than they were before, so they better buck-up, get a job and quit whining.
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Re: “The moral question” by Andrew Tod (Oct. 29, page 9)
On the basis of the Goldstone report, Andrew Tod questions the actions of Israel in its right to self-defence. However, the Goldstone report is a hardly a firm foundation upon which to base accusations.
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The heavy hand of government regulation
Upon receiving a flyer recently from my local MLA describing the achievements of my provincial government, I noticed that 75 per cent of these accomplishments involved the banning of something.
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Much ado about nothing
The Day of Action, an institution of student politics on campus, has come and gone for another year. We are neither richer nor poorer for it.
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Recruitment call changed Wesmen veteran’s future
When the phone rang in May 2007, Kaitlin Rempel had no idea that her whole life was about to change.
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Wesmen volleyball teams split in Alberta
The Wesmen men’s and women’s volleyball teams took on two teams from the University of Alberta in Edmonton last weekend, each managing to come away with a win.
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One win out of four leaves Wesmen wanting more
The Wesmen basketball teams had a tough weekend, with the men losing both games and the women pulling off one win.
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Campus News Briefs
Free anthropology lecture at U of W; U of W moves up in Maclean’s ranking; Theatre department presents faust(us): a fantasy; UWSA byelections coming up; Two more speakers coming for Mouseland Press Speaker Series
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Campus public art project nears completion
Once completed, the sculpture outside the Ellice Street doors of Lockhart Hall will add a new aesthetic dimension to the University of Winnipeg’s campus. The project, funded by a $150,000 grant from the Winnipeg Arts Council as part of the University of Winnipeg Gateway and Transit Project, is expected to be completed in a couple of weeks.
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Where is the alumni love?
Since the days of United College, the University of Winnipeg’s student body has grown. But inspite of the increasing number of graduates, interest in the University of Winnipeg Alumni Association has weakened.
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Protest on campus
About 45 protesters from the University of Winnipeg Geography and Environmental Studies Student’s Association launched a demonstration in a packed Riddell Hall this past Monday, Nov. 9 to raise awareness of the climate change conference being held in Copenhagen, Denmark by the United Nations Dec. 7-18.
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International News Briefs
Religious gay play sparks protest; Kitty caught the flu; Binge drinking and moonshine mars Mayan horse race; The Queen has a royal wrestler
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Local News Briefs
Biodiesel mandate begins; Heart and Stroke kicks off CPR month; Province tries to educate patients of their rights; Couple charged for improvising liquor; Bombers announce CFL awards nominees
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Young, attractive students seek older, established supporters
While students often turn to their parents for help meeting the financial demands of school, some are looking to a sweeter variety of mommies and daddies to meet their needs. They’re using online dating websites that connect young, attractive males and females (known as sugar babies) to older, successful men and women (known as sugar daddies and sugar mamas).
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Changes coming to city’s waste collection programs
Since 1997, Winnipeg’s recycling has more than doubled from 23,413 tonnes to 45,560 tonnes in 2008. In response, the City of Winnipeg recently released a report recommending the expansion of its recycling program to accommodate Winnipeggers’ increased recycling demands.
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The town that eliminated poverty
Imagine a town with no poverty. For University of Manitoba professor Evelyn Forget, no imagining is required.
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