Opinion
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We have fun here
For a weekly paper, when we’re putting together an issue that will be out in the world for a full three months, it’s a big deal! The scope is wide, and we have a lot to tell you.
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A health crisis of our own making?
Manitoba is currently in the grips of multiple health crises.
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Don’t brush off these 280 characters
Earlier this year, the provincial government launched a campaign to try and attract nurses to Manitoba.
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Fractures and bridges
This year’s capstone issue, the Urban Issue, has a theme of Fractured City.
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Ushering in a new era
The face of politics is quite literally changing. With election season ahead of us, campaigning has paved the way for a number of exciting candidates from diverse backgrounds.
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Crystal Clear
As of June 30, 2017, Health Canada approved the first-ever drug for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), which is called Spinraza.
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The last chapter
This is it, readers – the final chapter of this year’s regularly scheduled Uniter.
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Halfway to somewhere
The other day I called a crisis line. A volunteer answered: Hi, how are you doing? How can I help you?
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Feeding diaspora
“Food is a time machine.” These words by Suresh Doss have been echoing in my mind since listening to Episode 63 (“Eating our way through Toronto”) of the Racist Sandwich Podcast. “It’s a conduit to a certain time and place,” he says.
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Make/break the rules
Many of the pieces you would usually find in The Uniter are, by most definitions, on the short side.
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Addressing the opioid crisis begins with shifting attitudes
The other day, I saw my first government-sponsored commercial addressing stigma around opiate addiction.
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Outdigenous
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”
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We’re melting!
To be clear, the paper itself isn’t melting.
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The write season
While The Uniter hits newsstands every week, there’s quite a bit that goes on behind the scenes to make each issue.
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Get well soon
Wellness seems to pour from every crevasse of the marketing world currently, from chain health food stores, crystal companies, gyms and weight-loss programs to yoga studios, greeting cards and mental health campaigns.
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Marching on
This issue straddles the end of February and beginning of March, a transition from deep winter to end-winter.
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Intimacy beyond sex
A lot of talk around sex positivity foregrounds sexuality as inherently a good thing – something to not be ashamed of and even as a way to enact self-love and community-building.
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It’s the time
It’s been a busy time for students in the cold, cold days of winter.
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Much ado about queer theory
Strange; odd; peculiar; eccentric. These are the 16th century connotations of the word “queer.”
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Solidarity in solitude
In Winnipeg, we wear our winters as a badge of honour.