Bill 18: Manitoba Tories championing old ideas while world moves on
There’s no sense kidding ourselves, the opposition is based on the fact that Christian schools do not want these alliances within their walls. Read More
The Altona school shooting of 1902
It’s an undeveloped and puzzling line, a very brief Wikipedia entry, regarding something referred to as the “Altona school shooting” back in 1902. Read More
Regina needs affordable housing plan
Jason Antonio: Dignity is at stake. Read More
Historic Regina falling victim to wrecking ball, myopia
A new community group, Save Our Connaught, has sprung up from this decision to bulldoze École Connaught School. Here’s hoping it can talk some sense into the ministry. Read More
My favourite place on earth
I'm ready for cooking breakfast lunch and dinner on the barbecue. Read More
Bill 18: An editorial on the Christian right
Ignorance runs deep in pockets of Manitoba’s Bible Belt. Read More
Finding ‘Bloody Jack’ beyond the perimeter
A startling number of Winnipeggers suffer from perimeteritis, which is an affliction that inhibits 'peg-dwellers from crossing the Perimeter Highway, and, “in extreme cases prevents them from even recognizing that life exists outside of the boundaries of the City of Winnipeg.” Read More
Food security and residential development in Edmonton’s northeast
The City missed out on an opportunity to incorporate food security and urban agriculture into its city planning process. Read More
A safer, less atomized downtown Winnipeg
Downtown Winnipeg is unsafe in some places and at some times. This is and always will be a rough town. But it's one where it's still possible to learn to live together and share the same spaces again. Read More
Jasper Place Library: A beautiful space for new generations of memories
As soon as I walked into the library, I felt like I was back in my childhood. Read More
Winnipeg’s most perpetuated myth: A response
The assertion that Winnipeg’s downtown is safe is only partly true, and raises issues that need more attention. Read More
Regina: Keep your medicine cabinets stocked
If you need a knee replacement or some other type of surgery in the Regina area, better stock up on Tylenol. You won’t be getting… Read More
Winnipeg’s most perpetuated myth: Downtown is dangerous
My point is this: Winnipeg's downtown is safe, and the suburban idea that it is dangerous is driven not by facts, but by racism. Read More
Lost Winnipeg: The Royal Alex
The citizenry of the young city anxiously awaited the hotel not only because of the addition of a "world class" hostelry, but because of the outdating and embarrassing blight that it would replace. Read More
Reducing, reusing, and recycling in Regina
Beginning July 1, citizens of Regina will begin paying (forced to pay) $91 per year for curbside recycling, even if they don't want to. Read More
The Grandin Mural and the problem of public art
Today, the Grandin Mural appears as an anomaly in Edmonton. Read More