Thomas Pashko
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Critipeg: Red Rocket
Plays at Cinematheque Feb. 4 to 17
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Breaker breaker
Watching the evolving press coverage and online discourse around the antivaccine-mandate trucker convoy for the past week has been fascinating. It’s also been extremely frustrating.
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Critipeg: The House
Streaming now on Netflix
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PCs just keep failing on healthcare
On Wednesday, Jan. 19, Manitoba’s task force on the growing backlog of surgeries and diagnostic tests announced their plans to address this crisis. While it’s good that something is being done, it’s important to remember that this is a mess made by this government’s yearslong assault on healthcare.
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Critipeg: About Endlessness
Plays at Cinematheque Jan. 14, 16 and 25
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Lessons from history
Hello again, readers. Do you remember how excited we were to be back in print? Back on Dec. 4, when we released our special Uniter 30 issue, we were thrilled to be back in print after a long pandemic’s worth of online-exclusive publishing.
Well, that didn’t last very long.
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Uniter 30 Outtakes
It happens every year. It’s part of the nature of a poll that allows voters to type whatever they want into their ballot. We get some weird ones. We get some funny ones. We get some that are essentially the newspaper version of bathroom-stall graffiti.
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Favourite University of Winnipeg course
1. A billion-way tie
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Favourite outdoor gathering place
1. The Forks
2. Munson Park
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Favourite local achiever under 30
1. Adam Fuhr
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Sweet, sweet newsprint
It finally happened! The Uniter is back in print!
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Safe from the wrecking ball
In 2017, I wrote a cover feature for The Uniter about movie theatres in Winnipeg. In exploring the history of the city’s cinemas, I created a list of every movie theatre that had ever existed within the perimeter, eventually crafting an interactive map. While compiling that list, I was heartbroken by how many of these historic movie houses had been needlessly demolished.
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Shameless self-promotion
Every week, I jot down some thoughts in this space to serve as a weekly editorial note. This space is typically used to offer musings, opinions, stories or (occasionally) details about the editorial process.
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Haircare and self-care
It’s finally here. Whether you’ve been anticipating it or dreading it, there is snow on the ground in Winnipeg. Wednesday morning, I watched out my apartment window as the rain gradually transformed into fluffy white flakes.
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Sore Losers
The right-wing outrage machine is at it again, whining about election losses and undermining democratic processes. This time, it’s happening right here at Winnipeg’s Victoria Inn.
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The Worst Kind of Time Travel
If the past few years have taught me anything, it’s that we’re still fighting many of the battles I thought had been won long ago.
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Windchill looming
It finally happened. For the first time in 2021, on Tuesday night, I watched the number on my digital thermometer creep below freezing temperatures as I lay in bed, unable to sleep.
My feelings about the cold are mixed.
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Punk’s not dead
Do you like punk rock? How about feminism? Local Winnipeg history? If you do, then holy moly, get ready for a treat.
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‘Conversations about stigma’ are all talk
In mid-September, Winnipeg-born singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk spoke to multiple media outlets about “ending the stigma around talking about mental health.” As Kreviazuk told CTV News Winnipeg, “I’ve always believed we’re only as strong as the person who’s having the most challenging time in our immediate family, in our community.
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A new holiday
It’s Friday. Friday! Friday?
Yes, The Uniter is publishing a day later than usual this week. No, you don’t need to reset your watch. Do people still wear watches?