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204-947-1807 The debate continues over the federal budget
The 'impossible' cake
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Season's greetings!
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A protective detention centre – only the first step in saving lives Sel Burrows
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The importance of traditions in December
The government must look at charging the dealers who sell fatal doses with manslaughter, an action recommended by Indigenous leaders and the Manitoba Business Council.
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he Manitoba Government has introduced new legislation to expand the powers of police to hold people, whose meth-induced psychosis puts themselves and others in danger, for up to 72 hours. We see it nearly every day in the inner city. People staggering into dangerous traffic, getting into altercations with other passersby in the street, and passed out on the curb. Last year, Manitoba saw 570 people die of overdose. Unfortunately, that’s become a new reality for our province. Over the past five years, the yearly total of people who have died from overdose has been steadily increasing. If people are murdered, we know their name – and quite often we know the name of the person who's u 15 ‘Detention centre'
Christmas in blossom!
Trudy Schroeder
Photo courtesy of Steet Links.
Eco-Activists must face the truth: humanity needs fossil fuels Romel Dhalla
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here is a massive public delusion unfolding throughout the Western world. Not everyone believes it, and perhaps not even most people do, but a sizeable number certainly do, including many who help shape public policy. Ever since scientists declared that global warming is an existential threat to civilization, governments and industries have been
locked in endless policy battles that have done little more than generate headlines. Climate targets are not being met, not in Canada, not in Europe, and definitely not on a
global scale. Meanwhile, ordinary people across Western democracies are noticeably poorer than they were just a decade ago. A chain reaction brought us to this point. The 2008 financial crisis forced the public to bail out major corporations and wealthy investors, turning private-sector losses into public debt at levels never before seen. This required historically low interest rates for years. That situation created the perfect opportunity for what Rahm Emanuel famously u 6 ‘Fossil fuels'
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ecember is a month that can easily become a blur of responsibilities and excesses of every type. However, it is entirely possible to have a different kind of December steeped in intentional experiences and gatherings with people for whom you have genuine affection and caring. At the beginning of December, while it is still possible to shape the activities and intensity of the month, it is valuable to spend time with a calendar and map out the flow of activities and responsibilities that will fill the coming days and weeks. Personally, I really like a large paper calendar or agenda book for this exercise that allows for a view of the whole month rather than a day at a time. While we all have a regular series of activities and duties that can completely fill our weeks and months, in December it can be delightful to organize life in different patterns inspired by different goals. I find it helpful to structure December based on the 5W approach to planning. Who: Who are the people you absolutely want to make sure to spend time within the coming month? Make a list of those people and start your month planning by listing those people and create your schedule for the month around your most u 8 ‘December'