CanadaWho the heck is Rod Zimmer?With Senator Zimmer currently in the headlines, Aaron Wherry considers one obvious question (there are others, of course)
CanadaAboriginal students: An education underclassOften, they receive about a quarter less funding for primary school education than other Canadian children
BusinessWhy everyone wants to set up shop in WinnipegThe city is hosting a retail boom led by big box stores
OttawaHow bout now? (Vic Toews edition)For the second time in four years , Vic Toews is being linked to a judicial vacancy in Manitoba. Update 1:28pm. A statement from...
GeneralMounties find stolen tractor under pile of dungPolice officers in the rural municipality of Rosser, outside Winnipeg, Man., had been in the dark on the case of a $300,000...
BusinessCan recovering addicts save Manitoba’s failed Hecla Oasis resort?The pitch is to turn it into a five-star, international drug rehab centre
OttawaAggressive federalismFour Conservative MPs go to the Manitoba legislature to take issue with the Manitoba government. More here and here . The dispute...
GeneralManitoba should think twice before banning pesticidesThe unintended consequences don’t necessarily make for a healthier environment
GeneralGay-straight alliances: ignore or forbid, what’s the difference?It’s only by comparison that Ontario Catholic schools’ treatment of gay students and staff can be called ’liberal’
JobsGuess who’s recruiting education gradsHint: It’s not schools, and they pay $80k after three years.