Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition September 3, 2016 Buckle up, Brandon — you are about to drive headlong into another casino debate. The closure of the Askeneskak Casino operating on the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in The Pas sent ripples through the water, and got tongues wagging online about the best home for the gaming centre, should the province OK its move. The last time our city was on ...
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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition August 26, 2016 It took less than a year but Brian Pallister may already be facing his Kobayashi Maru. Admittedly, this is likely to be the first time anyone of my craft has endeavoured to tie the Manitoba premier with the fictional world of “Star Trek,” but for a moment or two please humour me. There is a plot line in “Star Trek ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition August 19, 2016 As David Suzuki once said, he is in the twilight of his life — the “death zone” as he calls it — so he has little fear in challenging the establishment. The aged scientist and television host, in his never-ending quest to support a cleaner environment, launched a movement to integrate ecological and environmental change. That movement sought to drive ...
Republished from Brandon Sun Print edition Aug. 13. 2016 Elizabeth May could be the most powerful leader ever to represent a party of one. Since she was first elected in 2011, the 62-year-old American-born Green Party leader has carved a niche for herself, and the Green Party movement in the House of Commons. Although unable to secure some familiar faces within the ranks of the Green Party in the 2015 ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition Aug. 6. 2016 It may have taken more time than many had hoped, but the Liberals are doing what they promised. A panel of commissioners are in place to move forward on the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women in this country. There has been an appetite in Canada for some time to examine why there was — and continues to ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun Print edition July 30, 2016 American journalist Don Lemon once said “there is a degree of deception in silence.” Deception was front of mind for the residents of Churchill this week after learning American rail company Omnitrax was cutting the balance of their ties with the northern community. The company’s response, or lack thereof, following the layoff of its workforce and scaling back of rail ...
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