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Louis Riel’s trial continues 135 years later

by Albert Braz | Jul 23, 2020 | FREE membership, 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 membership, 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 membership, 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 membership, 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 membership, 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 membership, 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 membership, 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 membership, 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)

Take the jolt out of Manitoba’s excess power generation

by Randy Boldt | Jan 3, 2020 | Business, Environment, FREE membership, Manitoba, Politics/Law | 0

RANDY BOLDT: Manitoba Hydro should look for ways to increase domestic demand by displacing non-renewable energy consumption (FREE membership content)

We can’t just throw money at crime prevention

by Anil Anand | Dec 31, 2019 | Crime, FREE membership, Manitoba | 0

ANIL ANAND: We need to to treat the crisis of a growing prison population as a public health challenge rather than the narrower response being advocated (FREE membership content)

The sad reality of teen mothers who give birth in care

by Elizabeth Wall-Wieler | Dec 18, 2019 | FREE membership, Health, Lifestyle, Manitoba | 0

ELIZABETH WALL-WIELER: A much greater emphasis needs to be put on dual placements – whenever possible, mothers and children should be placed together (FREE membership content)

We must fight crime at its social roots

by Anil Anand | Dec 13, 2019 | Crime, FREE membership, Manitoba, Politics/Law | 0

ANIL ANAND: The rash of liquor store robberies in Winnipeg says more about underlying social problems than it does about the effectiveness of police (FREE membership content)