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• Mia Rabson: The Capital Chronicles

  A loonie for your thoughts?

  Manitoba NDP MP Pat Martin is going after the penny again.

  View Full Post | 02/9/2012 3:44 PM | 0

• Dan Lett: The Sausage Factory

  The rising cost of crime and punishment

  The Free Press has written numerous articles in the last few days on the rising cost of corrections, and concerns by the Manitoba Government Employees Union about prison overcrowding. I weighed in with a column pointing out that maybe it was time for the strident law-and-order advocates to figure out a way of paying for the increased costs of longer sentences and new criminal code offences. The provinces claim it will cost them billions of dollars to pay to administer and incarcerate the increased numbers of prison inmates that will accrue from the federal government's omnibus crime bill, expected to become law later this year.

  View Full Post | 02/8/2012 11:59 AM | 0

• Bruce Owen: Under the Dome

  Tory race and new crime rate

  Tory leadership race

  View Full Post | 02/7/2012 11:03 AM | 0

• Random Acts of Kindness

  High on Oak Park High

  I was recently at the Roblin Park Community Centre Winter Carnival. It is known in these parts as the best winter carnival in Winnipeg.

  View Full Post | 02/7/2012 1:30 AM | 0

• Nick Martin: Telling Tales out of School

  Why school taxes are about to go up (part two)

  I put in what seemed like a simple request to the department of education — how much money do the school divisions have in surplus, and what percentage of their revenues does that represent?

  View Full Post | 02/6/2012 1:59 PM | 0

• John White: The Daily Dig

  Robot 'copters invade

  After watching this, I realized how S-M-R-T some people are.

  View Full Post | 02/3/2012 3:44 PM | 0

• Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson: The Grape Nut

  California, final entry: Zinned out

  Saturday morning in San Francisco was the ZAP trade tasting. ZAP stands for Zinfandel Advocates and Producers, and is a festival devoted solely to the grape.

  View Full Post | 01/30/2012 2:13 PM | 0

• Tyler Walsh: Star Wipes

  Now THAT is a handshake

  We all know sports stars are famous for their game rituals and the Winnipeg Jets are no different. We got a peek at the not-so-secret secret handshake some of the players participate in before every game.

  View Full Post | 01/24/2012 3:09 PM | 0

• Mary Agnes Welch's Gripe Juice

  Thanks, baby

  Normally, I use this space to gripe about government types. This time, I am full of love.

  View Full Post | 01/15/2012 6:10 PM | 0

• Gabrielle Giroday: The Back Story

  Ride Gone Wrong: A taxi story

  Sometimes, as a reporter, a story grabs you by the neck and won’t let go.

  View Full Post | 01/9/2012 3:32 PM | 0

• Lindsey Wiebe: Manitoba Social

  2011's most-read stories

  The return of the Jets might be the story of the year for many Winnipeggers, but getting a first look at their jerseys was tops for online readers.

  View Full Post | 12/29/2011 1:44 PM | 0

• Ace Burpee's Blog

  Ace Burpee's Most Fascinating Manitobans of 2011

  100: Gail Asper: In what was largely a dull election, Gail dropped some serious rhymes encouraging people to vote. Type Gail Asper into Google and all the suggestions have the word rap in them. Word indeed. Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzWUn1I-nbA

  View Full Post | 12/22/2011 10:37 AM | 0

• Mike McIntyre: Mike on Crime

  Cryptic letter has community on edge

  It reads like something out of a Hollywood horror movie.

  View Full Post | 11/10/2011 5:41 PM | 0

• Tim Campbell: Liftoff

  Nashville players, HNIC changes, Jets on TV and 1 more seat

  NASHVILLE -- Captain Andrew Ladd, hot rookie Mark Scheifele and No. 1 goalie Ondrej Pavelec headline the Jets group travelling to Nashville and St. John’s, N.L. for weekend NHL pre-season games.

  View Full Post | 09/23/2011 2:15 PM | 0

• Jay Shaw: Return to Ground Zero

  Reflections on loss

  September 11, 2001 has meant so many different things to so many different people, because the raw nature of the human spirit, when it is stripped right down to the elements of character, is supposed to show compassion and love for mankind.

  View Full Post | 09/16/2011 11:00 AM | 0

• Ed Tait: Liftoff

  Ovie TV and other stuff

  If you've ever read any of the blog entries that accompany this ugly mug over the past few years you know this:

  View Full Post | 08/23/2011 11:11 AM | 0

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