Comments

• A thoughtful response to Vic Toews and Bill C-30

  J. Williamez – February 22, 2012

  A lot of people have been making a big stink lately over Vic Toews and his proposed bill to give the Canadian government more freedom to go through Canadians’ emails and other personal online transactions without a warrant, or any real oversight or accountability.

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  Reforms to ESC should focus on workers

  Carson Hammond – February 8, 2012

  Recent changes to the Manitoba Employment Standards Code (ESC) could potentially have a negative effect on workers in the province.

• It’s not easy being green

  Adam Johnston (Volunteer) – February 8, 2012

  Many within the environmental movement discuss issues with overly simplistic solutions or with end-of-the-world type scenarios that give people little hope.

• Public Utilities Board should allow hydro rate hike

  Lucas Redekop – February 8, 2012

  The Public Utilities Board (PUB) recently denied Manitoba Hydro’s request for a rate hike.

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  A fantastic voyage

  Erika Miller – February 8, 2012

  On Jan. 28, 2012, after a two-year battle with cancer, accomplished Canadian canoe adventurer Don Starkell passed away at 79.

• When it comes to dating, there are no rules

  Melanie Dahling – February 8, 2012

  If you’re someone who follows my blog or that guy who looks over my shoulder on the bus while I text, you know that I am now seeing someone.

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  Breaking through barriers

  Fatemah Al Helal – February 1, 2012

  According to the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, the number of visa students on Canadian campuses reached 70,000 full-time and 13,000 part-time students in 2006.

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  Passing it off

  Jerrad Peters – February 1, 2012

  Sport and mental wellness have always had a complicated relationship.

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  The many faces of addiction

  Anonymous – February 1, 2012

  Generally, when the word addiction comes up, it is used in reference to someone else.

• Unintelligent design for dummies

  J. Williamez – February 1, 2012

  I am so sick of hearing about the “debate” between evolution and “intelligent design,” as if those are the only two possible options to explain how we as humans ended up the way we are.

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  A nice day to start again

  Carson Hammond – January 25, 2012

  The University of Winnipeg has some important decisions to make in the wake of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s recent offer to hand over its historical downtown location to the institution.

• Girl, you know it’s true

  Melanie Dahling – January 25, 2012

  So as a comedian and lover of dorky cartoons/laser tag, I end up making a lot of guy friends.

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  Another one bites the dust?

  Lucas Redekop – January 25, 2012

  The debate on the importance of Crown corporations reached epic proportions this fall with the dismantling of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB), which was a Crown corporation until 1998.

• Digging the bitumen out

  Michael Welch – January 25, 2012

  In one of my most talked about radio interviews to date, Saint Boniface Conservative MP Shelly Glover took me to task over my use of the term “tar sands” to describe the thick formations of petroleum, sand and clay that cover much of northern Alberta.

• Girl, you know it’s true

  Melanie Dahling – January 25, 2012

  So as a comedian and lover of dorky cartoons/laser tag, I end up making a lot of guy friends.

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  A permanent loss

  Dave Hall – January 18, 2012

  Oct. 26, 2011 was the deadline for developers to make proposals for seven large pieces of prime real estate scattered across Winnipeg.

• Now is the time

  Jon Gerrard – January 18, 2012

  The number of children in care in Manitoba rose to 9,432 in 2011.

• The way of the future

  David Jacks – January 18, 2012

  Who will lead the University of Winnipeg beyond 2012?

• Safe and sound?

  Dallas Kitchen – January 18, 2012

  I feel safe in Winnipeg; it’s where I grew up.

• Spare the change

  Melanie Dahling – January 18, 2012

  All right kids, it’s resolution season.