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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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition July 22, 2016 Close to six months ago I sat in front of this same, well-worn keyboard putting together a column in response to a tweet from WestJet’s Calgary office. The airline had announced that four times weekly it would provide service from Brandon to Toronto, on a trial basis, beginning in early July. Residents of this region would have the opportunity to ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition July 15, 2016 This is the follow-up to a two-part column logged during my time touring through the United Kingdom and Europe. NETHERLANDS?—?First of all, thanks to those who took the time to drop me a note after last week’s column. We thoroughly enjoyed our tour of the U.K. and Europe. As our second week drew to a close, our crew took a ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition July 2, 2016 “If you want to be a super right-wing conservative Christian, then go and do that, but don’t spread the hate. Just accept that everyone is going to do their thing and accept that if people want to host a big parade with a bunch of rainbows, then they are going to do that.” —Brandon University Students’ Union president Nick Brown ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition June 24, 2016 Michelle McHale, left, and her lawyer Allison Fenske, talk to reporters at the Manitoba legislature after filing a human rights complaint against the Hanover School Division, in Winnipeg on Monday, June 20, 2016. McHale says the division discriminates against same-sex persons by not allowing discussion of sexual orientation in classrooms until high school. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Steve Lambert “Ethics is the ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition June 17, 2016 As local members of the LGBTQ community gather in our city for celebrations and events, many within that tight-knit group will also try to come to grips with one of the deadliest and most violent acts of terror in modern United States history. One week after gunman Omar Mateen killed 49 people in an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Fla., society ...
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