On Jan. 18 Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Shane Perlmutter reserved his decision on whether to grant eight former directors of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) an injunction against the further implementation of Bill C-18. C-18, the Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act, became law on Dec. 15, 2011, and was the first step in [...]
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Author Archive for Leif Larsen
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2012 Oscar nominations
A list of 2012 Oscar Nominations
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Bring on the world cars
The 2012 Ford Focus is a great looking car that is easy to drive, economical and so chock full of technology that you’ll be finding gizmos to play with for years after purchase — but is it a good car for a student? That question is hard to answer, especially in the compact segment the [...]
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Your privacy versus Canadian lives
Right now, on Manitoba streets, there are unregistered cars driving around, a clear sign that issuing registrations for cars is ineffective, and should be scrapped all together. Wait a minute, that’s a bit of a silly argument, isn’t it? Regardless of how many people are driving around in unregistered vehicles, automobile registration makes for safer [...]
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Body found on U of M campus – UPDATE -
University of Manitoba Security Services reported the discovery of a body on the University of Manitoba’s Fort Garry campus to the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) around 1 p.m. on Monday afternoon. A large section of the pedway between University Centre and Engineering Building is currently closed off. A WPS spokesperson said that police officers responded [...]
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Oh the humanities!
On display in the Engineering Building’s atrium at the University of Manitoba is quite possibly the future of Northern shipping. Taking up a large proportion of the atrium’s footprint is an airship built by Buoyant Aircraft Systems International (BASI) and ISO Polar, a non-profit research institute. According to a press release the “large aerial craft [...]
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Music, politics and morals
Last month Canadian music legend and children’s entertainer Fred Penner stopped by the UMFM studios to help promote his upcoming December shows in Winnipeg. Penner was able to sit down with the Manitoban for brief chat about music, politics, morals and the indie scene in Canada. Leif Larsen: You’re doing a show at the West [...]
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Movember, A Mo-emoir.
Haven’t been without a beard in more than a decade. My face is furious for thrusting it into this cold bright world unprepared.The wife has cancelled our date for later this month, stating that she only wants to be seen with an attractive person. This is not the start I was hoping for. My moustache [...]
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Things I’ve loved
Things I’ve Loved is a celebration of things from the near or distant past, either overlooked or forgotten by the unforgiving eye of popular culture. It is a venue to both reminisce and profess about this one thing that you’ve loved and think others may love too. Crème brulée? Why yes, I can make that. [...]
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Amundsen’s Cold Recall
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen becoming the first person to reach the South Pole, the Royal Norwegian embassy in Ottawa, Norway’s Fram Museum and the University of Manitoba have opened Cold Recall. The exhibit contains photographs and lantern slides from Amundsen’s crossing of the North West Passage in the [...]