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Despite the alarmism, Covid-19 is not the Black Death

by Peter Holle | Dec 21, 2020 | Business, FREE content, Health, Manitoba, Politics/Law | 0

PETER HOLLE: Instead of focusing on a problem concentrated in our long-term care facilities, politicians have closed vast swaths of our economy

The government is not our mom

by Brian Giesbrecht | Dec 18, 2020 | Business, FREE content, Manitoba, Municipal, Politics/Law | 0

BRIAN GIESBRECHT: The ruinously expensive spring lockdown just delayed the inevitable, yet leaders are ‘locked’ into a lockdown model that does more harm than good

Canadian Museum for Human Rights must rediscover its mission

by Constantine Passaris | Aug 17, 2020 | FREE content, Lifestyle, Manitoba, World | 0

CONSTANTINE PASSARIS: In order to promote respect for others, and to encourage reflection and dialogue, the museum needs to clean up its own house

Louis Riel’s trial continues 135 years later

by Albert Braz | Jul 23, 2020 | FREE content, Manitoba, Politics/Law | 0

ALBERT BRAZ: Riel’s transformation from rebel traitor to cultural icon hasn’t come without backlash, says U of A professor

We can’t obliterate history, no matter how hard we try

by Brian Giesbrecht | May 21, 2020 | Education, FREE content, Lifestyle, Manitoba, Municipal, Politics/Law | 0

BRIAN GIESBRECHT: If historical figures with 2020 attitudes could be found, renaming familiar streets and place names wouldn’t be so daunting (FREE membership content)

Northern Manitoba alienation must be addressed

by Joseph Quesnel | Apr 26, 2020 | FREE content, Manitoba, Politics/Law | 0

JOSEPH QUESNEL: Pushing for redrawn borders may force the province to address the unique economic and infrastructure needs of the region (FREE membership content)

Churchill pipeline a rare opportunity for Indigenous

by Joseph Quesnel | Apr 9, 2020 | BC, Business, FREE content, Manitoba, Politics/Law, Saskatchewan | 0

JOSEPH QUESNEL: Getting communities engaged in a potential project would allow the northern region to take control of its economic destiny (FREE membership content)

Winnipeg’s statue cleansing a distortion of history

by Gerry Bowler | Feb 23, 2020 | FREE content, Manitoba, Municipal, Politics/Law | 0

GERRY BOWLER: The mayor is misreading the events of the Northwest Rebellion and romanticizing a nasty moment in our country’s history (FREE membership content)

Consumer trust in agriculture is waning

by Sylvain Charlebois | Feb 7, 2020 | Alberta, BC, Business, Environment, FREE content, Lifestyle, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northern Canada, Nova Scotia, Ontario, PEI, Quebec, Saskatchewan | 0

SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: Organized, well-funded groups condemning farming practices on social media are winning the consumer trust battle (FREE membership content)

Epidemic of illegal firearms overwhelms Canadian cities

by Anil Anand | Feb 2, 2020 | Crime, FREE content, Manitoba, Municipal, Ontario, Politics/Law | 0

ANIL ANAND: Corrections institutions are merely holding facilities with few effective rehabilitative programs. They must have programs for safe, effective reintegration (FREE membership content)

Municipalities must take the lead in getting the lead out

by Paz Gomez | Feb 2, 2020 | Environment, FREE content, Health, Manitoba, Municipal, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northern Canada, Nova Scotia, Ontario, PEI, Politics/Law, Quebec, Saskatchewan | 0

PAZ GOMES: The astonishing levels of lead in Canada’s drinking water requires action. That means taking simple measures at the local level, aided by federal incentives (FREE membership content)