Montreal Fringe: Three for the road
Cootie Catcher, written and performed by Lucas Brooks, focuses on Brooks’ close encounters of the transmissible kind. Using a cootie catcher, better known to some as a fortune teller, Brooks…
Winnipeg
Video: Manitoba government urged to recognize the genocide and help heal the trauma
Winnipeg, June, 5, 2015: At the Manitoba Legislative Building, Maeengan Linklater answers journalists’ questions about his proposed Manitoba Indian Residential Schools Genocide and Reconciliation Memorial Day Act. Photo: Paul S.…
Introducing the Phoenix Sinclair Little Stars Playhouse
Who, aside from the occasional professional grump, has not taken delight from the sound of children’s laughter and marveled at their ingenuity as they play at being pirates and princesses,…
Harper’s war on the environment: 3 new videos
It has been said of Stephen Harper that he never saw a war he didn’t like. So it should be no surprise that he has been unabashedly at war with…
Video – Dancing Tragedies and Dreams
From the video “Dancing Tragedies and Dreams.” Photo: Paul S. Graham Art, culture, dance and politics blended seamlessly in Winnipeg on September 21, 2014, with the performance of Dancing Tragedy…
Reaction to the Tragedies in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Ottawa
Well I'm back. Did I miss anything? There are a lot of stories I would like to get to eventually. For example I've been digging up some information on a…
Why I’m voting for Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Winnipeg, Oct. 16, 2014: Robert-Falcon Ouellette speaks with students following a forum on youth issues at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Photo: Paul S. Graham This Wednesday, I’m voting for Robert-Falcon…
Video: The war in Eastern Ukraine and the New Cold War
In April 2014, the government that had come into power two months earlier in Ukraine launched what it termed an “anti-terrorist operation” against the people of Eastern Ukraine. The easterners…
Hey Winnipegger! Who will you vote for on Oct. 22nd?
Winnipeg, Sept. 23, 2014: CBC News reporter (and panel moderator) Sean Kavanagh snaps a selfie with mayoral candidates at North Centennial Community Centre, proving some journalists will bend over backwards…
Video: Canadian Human Rights on Trial – the Case of Omar Khadr
Almost unnoticed amidst the hoopla and the protests associated with the opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights was a dinner held at the Grand Mosque Community Centre last…
Aboriginal women are speaking up for missing and murdered Aboriginal men
Some of the people camping out in Memorial Park to call for a national inquiry into the deaths and disappearances of over 1200 Aboriginal women. Photo: Paul S. Graham The…
In Today’s Flash Flooding News
Our cousins in Winnipeg are dealing with the celestial overflow that triggered flash flooding. The Weather Network attributed it to the, by now standard, slow-moving rainstorm that hit the city…
Winnipeg – Gaza Solidarity
Winnipeg, July 19, 2014: Winnipeggers march in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Photo: Paul S. Graham July 19, 2014: Several hundred Winnipeggers rallied in front of the Canadian Human…
Flyers and Graffiti
Over the last two weeks, there have been a few events that have resulted in some coverage in the mainstream press that would be of interest to our readers. The…
Warrior Up! The Mi’kmaq Struggle Against Fracking at Elsipogtog
Winnipeg, Feb. 17, 2014: Suzanne Patles of the Mi’kmaq Warriors Society, speaking at Thunderbird House. Photo: Paul S. Graham It is time to “warrior up” according to Suzanne Patles of…
The Gift of Treaties
Winnipeg, Jan. 21, 2014: Niigaan James Sinclair, speaking at the “Gift of Treaties” teach-in organized by Idle No More Manitoba. Photo: Paul S. Graham A standard dictionary definition of the…
Video: Idle No More 2.0
Several hundred members and supporters of Idle No More gathered at the centre court of the Polo Park Mall in Winnipeg Friday evening to sing and to dance. Some are…
Video: Human rights, yes! Quebec Charter of Values, non!
Winnipeg, Dec. 10, 2013: Winnipeggers gathered at the Manitoba Legislative Building to speak up for human rights and against Quebec’s proposed “Charter of Values” that would, among other things, prohibit…
You Can Vote, But You Can’t Travel in Canada
This situation is BS. A Manitoba MP is crying discrimination after two aboriginal women were not allowed to board a plane with her, even though they had tickets. Niki Ashton,…