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Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
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Canada’s New Chief of Defence Staff
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced that Lieutenant-General Thomas J. Lawson, currently Deputy Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Lone Star Beer
Your globetrotting liquor reporter is penning this week’s column from a seedy hotel bar in Dallas, Texas. Everything is bigger in Texas; the boots, the...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
Visible minority term loses usefulness
For years, I have been classified as a visible minority in Canada, but according to the recent report released by the Association of Canadian Studies, the term...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
Jack Layton’s legacy lingers one year later
“To other Canadians who are on journeys to defeat cancer and to live their lives, I say this: please don’t be discouraged that my own journey...
If you’re like most people out there, you’ve been putting in the ‘time’ lately with your cardio training as you work towards reaching...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Pints and Half Pints
What does Winnipeg mean to you? Yes, gentle reader, this week’s column comes with an embedded quiz. The geography majors in the audience are always quick...
Columnists - Tamara Gehring
Stress and Your Body: What You Need To Know
If you’re someone who is concerned with your health, fitness, and body composition, you absolutely must be making sure that you’re keeping your...
Columnists - Kevin Sorenson
“Hay West” 10th Anniversary
Ten years ago, drought-stricken regions of Alberta and Saskatchewan were faced with a severe shortage of feed for our livestock. In the summer of 2002, we were...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
Fewer RSVPs likely for Asian expulsion festival
The brutal dictator of Uganda, General Idi Amin, 40 years ago this August, ordered the expulsion of the country’s Asian population, who had lived in the...
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