Faithfully yours - The root of the problem
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- Published on Sunday, August 28, 2016
By Neil Strohschein
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As a follow-up to last week’s column, I would like to spend the next few weeks sharing some thoughts on how we, as ordinary Canadians, can use our influence to change the attitudes and actions of our leaders—whoever they may be and whatever role they may fill.
Observation Aug. 26
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- Published on Saturday, August 27, 2016
By Addy Oberlin
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When I travel through the mountains in British Columbia, I am always impressed and in awe about the strength and majesty of the rugged edges. In some places, they needed to use dynamite to blast through some of the rocky parts of the mountains to build a new highway. They are rightly called the Rocky Mountains and a very solid foundation.
Homebodies - Slow down, breathe deep
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- Published on Saturday, August 27, 2016
By Rita Friesen
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How difficult has it become to simply do nothing? How difficult it has become to simply do nothing! It is in the times of quietude that we can hear our own thoughts, feel the power of life flowing through us, contemplate the here and now, and the far aways.
My perspective - A province on the move
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- Published on Friday, August 26, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
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Over the centuries, many things have changed in Manitoba, but throughout our history, one thing hasn’t– the importance of transportation. How we move has changed, but the fundamental importance of transportation to Manitoba and her people hasn’t.
Right in the centre - Is it viable?
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- Published on Thursday, August 25, 2016
By Ken Waddell
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The viability of industries and communities has come into sharp focus lately. The Port of Churchill was dealt the most recent in a series of death blows with the closure of the Omnitrax shipping port. The Churchill port has not been viable for a long time, perhaps never. To operate, it takes huge government subsidies and enforced usage by way of the former Canadian Wheat Board.
