Reading Time: 3 minutes Windy Craggy is a perfect example of how misguided environmental activism is fuelling northern alienation
Category: Manitoba
Despite the alarmism, Covid-19 is not the Black Death
Reading Time: 4 minutes 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
Reading Time: 3 minutes The ruinously expensive spring lockdown just delayed the inevitable, yet leaders are ‘locked’ into a lockdown model that does more harm than good
Why Canada needs to develop its zinc deposits
Reading Time: 3 minutes Zinc is a critical ingredient in a variety of products, including soap. In the midst of a pandemic, we need to ensure supply
Canadian Museum for Human Rights must rediscover its mission
Reading Time: 4 minutes 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
Reading Time: 4 minutes Riel’s transformation from rebel traitor to cultural icon hasn’t come without backlash, says U of A professor
Half measures won’t solve the problem with police
Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s time to reduce funding to police and reallocate those dollars to more proactive ways to reduce crime
We can’t obliterate history, no matter how hard we try
Reading Time: 3 minutes If historical figures with 2020 attitudes could be found, renaming familiar streets and place names wouldn’t be so daunting
Ottawa’s carbon tax hike out of step with global reality
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian taxpayers need financial relief during the COVID-19 crisis. Carbon taxes are an obvious place to start
Northern Manitoba alienation must be addressed
Reading Time: 3 minutes Pushing for redrawn borders may force the province to address the unique economic and infrastructure needs of the region