Don’t dismiss dignity
Imagine what our society would look like if we made the preservation and promotion of human dignity the cornerstone of every public policy. Read More
Downtown dog park dilemma unnecessary
What about a downtown dog park is so complicated it requires the City to spend at least a year studying the idea, let alone actually designating one? Read More
Video: Trib Talks: Racism in Winnipeg
___ Filmed by James Anderson at the University of Winnipeg’s Eckhardt Gramatté Hall Read More
Winnipeg: One Racist City
Maclean's writer and former Winnipegger Nancy Macdonald has done Winnipeg a great favour in airing our dirty secret to the rest of Canada. With her recent article she has painted a damning picture of our city for the rest of the country to digest. Like turning on the light in the basement where vile acts of abuse no one in the family wanted to talk about took place. Read More
Is Oswald prepared to run on record as Health Minister?
While even Oswald is unlikely to keep the NDP in government come the next election, having her at the helm of her beleaguered party would make for a much more spirited campaign. Read More
When the facts change, Harper ignores them
If Stephen Harper has a legacy it is his utter contempt for facts, and his government's thuggish efforts to ignore or eliminate those that clash with his dogmatic agenda. Read More
Pay employees living wages, not poverty wages
The minimum wage is simply too low... And it is morally reprehensible so many employers continue to cling to it simply because they are obliged to do so by law. Read More
Provincial election cannot come soon enough
Why should Manitobans expect anything more from a Premier and a political party so desperate to retain their grip on power they have abandoned any sense of principle, honour, or humility? Read More
Has Winnipeg lost its Bowmentum?
So much for Bowmentum. Less than a month after the municipal election in which Brian Bowman was swept into the mayor’s chair with a remarkable… Read More
After the gold rush: photos from Winnipeg’s interwar years
These photos serve to illustrate the city during a forgotten period of it history, between unbridled growth and optimism at the start of the century, and urban decline and mega-scaled hopes and interventions at the century's end. Read More
The NDP’s leadership crisis
The noblest thing Greg Selinger could have done—and should have done—is call an election now. Even more democratic than allowing his parliamentary caucus to determine his fate would have been to allow all Manitobans to do so. Read More
Subtracted City
By Robert Galston and Christopher Friesen The nucleus of Winnipeg’s urban form was the west side of Main Street between the Portage trail and what… Read More
Rinelle Harper assault is a tragedy of urban design
A 16-year-old girl was brutally assaulted and nearly killed near the Midtown Bridge recently. This is the second assault reported on or beside the bridge… Read More
The shameful end of Greg Selinger’s premiership
Manitobans now find themselves in the peculiar situation of seeing firsthand what an attempted coup d'etat looks like, Westminster style. Read More
Weekly Poll: should Premier Greg Selinger resign?
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Determined by those who showed up
With the 2014 municipal election quickly fading from memory, it is worth noting there were some significant winners and losers on election night. Read More