Opinion
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To mo or not to mo?
It’s that time of year again.
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Palestine under attack
By the time this piece is printed, there is no telling how many more Palestinian civilians will have been added to the death toll, how many more will be hospitalized, and how many more will have been left homeless.
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Abusive men get off scot-free
Lately a disturbing trend in the popular media has come to my attention.
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Backyard chicken initiative gaining ground
Lately, I have been feeling like a chicken secret agent.
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Lest we forget
The Americans call it Veterans Day.
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Growing income inequality: why you should care
In the 30 years after the Second World War, the middle class in North America expanded and prospered to a historically unprecedented extent, as more people gained a good education, the manufacturing sector offered plentiful, high-paying jobs, and there existed an implicit social contract that employers and employees would share fairly in the fruits of their collective efforts.
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Kapyong Barracks a sign of government negligence
The vacant Kapyong Barracks site at the intersection of Grant Avenue and Kenaston Boulevard has been a source of civic disdain for years.
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Why Devon Clunis’s faith matters - and why it doesn’t
As a Canadian political observer, I’ve become fascinated by the bizarre relationship many Canadian secularists have with faith and public life.
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More than just ‘pests’
The amount of inconsistency in opinion on various species of common wildlife never ceases to amaze.
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Wesmen name a piece of history
In recent months, there has been a discussion about renaming the University of Winnipeg Wesmen sports teams.
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Print isn’t done, but the jig is up
If one were following the recent discussion of the future of Winnipeg media over the past weeks, one would be well served to take a step back, given the reactionary assessments of the two recent, unsurprising spates of layoffs in this city’s print media sector.
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The enlightened sexist
You like to think you’re a conscientious dude.
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Manitoba still lacking solid environmental plan
Once again, the Manitoba government has put out another document in its feeble attempt to promote a real, solid, economically powerful vision of sustainable development for this province.
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Environment or economy a difficult trade-off
On Oct. 1, I was extremely privileged to have former CIBC chief economist Jeff Rubin, and academic, broadcaster and superstar environmentalist David Suzuki in the CKUW studio.
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Free trade with China on the table
Splashed across the foreign/political news sections in our papers over the past few months has been the possible free trade agreement (FTA) with China.
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Stay alert against media fear-mongering
It is no secret that publications such as The Sun tabloid or television programs such as Fox News have a right-wing bias.
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Canada legitimizes Guantanamo Bay ‘justice’
The story of Omar Khadr has now become a familiar one to many: a Canadian citizen, captured in Afghanistan in July 2002 at the age of 15, and whisked off to Guantanamo Bay, the U.S.‘s most notorious prison.
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Exploring polyamory
First things first, friends. I cannot hope to represent every polyamorous couple out there in 500 words, but my humble aim is to explore an often misunderstood lifestyle.
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The mass exodus of respect
Like many hockey fans in Winnipeg, I’m trying to figure out how to justify eating wings and drinking beer three nights a week with no National Hockey League (NHL) season for the foreseeable future.
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Men can be victims, too
A news headline like “Prostitute found in dumpster” might have been a thing of the recent past, but it’s all but vanished from Canada’s mainstream media landscape these days thanks to an effective public awareness campaign against the harmful effects of victim-blaming.