Opinion
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Happiness is what you make of it
Recently, I embarked on a new stage in my academic life. I applied to go to graduate school, hoping to do a Master’s degree in Criminology.
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What the Citizens’ Coalition could be
In June 2008, over 180 excited citizens formed the Winnipeg Citizens’ Coalition, a progressive political movement that would challenge our pro-business city council headed by Mayor Sam Katz.
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Is it too late for Portage Avenue?
Recently, a New York marketing firm was hired to look into the prospects of downtown Winnipeg’s retail. Focusing on the three retail nodes – Graham, Portage and the Exchange District – the report assessed current realities and tabled recommendations for the future.
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Environmental realism could be the solution to climate change
According to British-Canadian geopolitical expert Gwynne Dyer’s latest book, Climate Wars, two degrees Celsius is the maximum “safe level” to which global temperatures can rise compared to pre-industrial times without ensuring catastrophic climate change consequences.
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My economic action plan
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about ways to make extra money and I’ve come up with an ingenious plan.
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Electric transit: Ahead of its time
In the 1920s and ‘30s, the Winnipeg area had more than 200 miles of streetcar track operated by the publicly-owned Winnipeg Electric Company. Not only did the tracks run up and down almost every major street in the city (Ellice Avenue was a rare exception), but it was possible to travel from St. Norbert to Stonewall, or from Headingley to Selkirk on electric-powered rail transit.
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Aboriginal leadership and its responsibility to the environment
As an aboriginal scholar, I feel lucky to have been taught by some of the great aboriginal leaders and elders of the past generation.
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Consuming ourselves out of the environmental hole
The state of the human effects of pollution and wastefulness upon our world permeates our guilt-filled North American lives.
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Canada at Copenhagen
They came in private jets. They came in limousines. One hundred and nineteen heads of state – the largest-ever assembly of UN member states – descended on Denmark in December to tackle the difficult problem of climate change.
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A five-point plan towards environmental harmony
Unless you’ve used this page to wrap fish and you’re reading this column off the side of a delicious halibut, you’ve probably noticed by now that the theme of this week’s Uniter is environmentalism. I’ve decided to stick with this theme and write to you all today about some very simple things we can do to live a more environmentally-friendly life.
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Late-night letdown
I have to say that I’m one of the many people who are saddened that Conan O’Brien is leaving his Tonight Show post on NBC. I do not understand what NBC is doing. Forcing out the popular O’Brien is certainly not the solution that will lead back to successful ratings for the battered network.
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When power trumps justice
Darfur, an area in western Sudan, is the site of the first genocide of the 21st century.
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Haitian history lesson
The earthquake in Haiti is not the first calamity that has befallen the people of this beautiful Caribbean island of Hispaniola. The first was a man-made one.
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Negotiations on climate change must include more than governments
Another international climate change conference, another failure. The trend is holding steady, and the willingness to counteract global climate change seems to be at an ultimate standstill.
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RCMP were part of the Canadian colonial project
Recently, from their abuse of power, there has been increased debate regarding the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Unfortunately, what is focused on reflects the dearth of critical material on the history of Western Canada and the role of the Mounties in colonizing it.
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A people-powered solution to the gun control problem
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to properly protect myself from evildoers, and I realized that some time in the last few years, I’ve changed my mind completely on an important issue: gun control.
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Sending Harper back to school
In a country that usually values its students, its universities and does everything and anything to encourage more young people to seek higher education, you would assume that the knowledge and critical thinking that university graduates acquire would be promoted, applauded and respected.
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Hands off my Beaver
Canada’s second-oldest magazine, The Beaver, announced last week that it will be changing its name in an effort to connect with a new generation of readers.
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Friendship in the modern age
In our over-mediated social landscape our understanding of friendship is growing thinner than a Ralph Lauren model. As our global community diversifies, we diversify and reshape. Our relationships take the brunt of it, whether we realize it or not.
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May I take your order? One degree coming up
How many of you heard from a young age that if you want to get a good job, you have to obtain some sort of post-secondary education?