My perspective - Bigger is better, or is it?
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- Published on Thursday, February 25, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
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Bigger is better, bigger is better. For centuries, that’s been the mantra and for the last 100 years, the chants have gotten louder. Almost anywhere you look, we are consistently told that things must get bigger. North America was built, after all, on the premise that we need to fill up all that empty space.
My perspective - Where are we going?
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- Published on Friday, February 19, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
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With the rapid pace of technological innovation, sometimes, it’s easy to lose track of what we are doing. As businesses, communities and organizations seek to remain successful, however they define that word, it’s important to step back and ask, ‘What is it we do?’
Right in the centre - Matching the market
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- Published on Thursday, February 18, 2016
By Ken Waddell
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The fate of newspapers is a much discussed topic these days. Strangely enough, it’s debated mostly in newspapers, which is ironic on two fronts. Why is the topic in the papers so often if, as many say, newspapers are sliding away? Second, why do newspapers concentrate so much on their own demise?
My perspective - Accentuating the issue
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- Published on Friday, February 12, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
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There’s been a firestorm of controversy in France over the last week. It wasn’t about immigration or refugees, it wasn’t about the economy or unemployment, it wasn’t even about terrorism or radicalization. It was about spelling.
Right in the centre - New attitude needed
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- Published on Thursday, February 11, 2016
By Ken Waddell
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It’s barely 60 days until the April 19 Manitoba election. The legislature is scheduled to sit for a few days in between. Many cabinet ministers and sitting MLAs (mostly on the government side) aren’t going to run again. It looks like there could be a change in government.
