“Peace, Freedom and Democracy” was the theme of this year’s annual Winnipeg Walk for Peace. In its 29th year, the Walk for Peace is a shadow of its former self. In the 1980s, under the ever present threat of nuclear annihilation at the hands of competing super powers, thousands of Winnipeggers felt motivated to participate. [...]

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Every August 6, citizens in thousands of communities around the world commemorate the nuclear attack on Hiroshima and rededicate themselves to the cause of peace and disarmament. In Winnipeg, a Lanterns for Peace Ceremony is conducted annually by Peace Alliance Winnipeg, Project Peacemakers and the Manitoba Japanese Canadians Association. Here’s my video of this year’s [...]

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We get so caught up in discussing the “big issues” of the day we can easily forget that all politics are local and personal before they make it onto the world stage. In that spirit, here are some actions and activities I hope local (Winnipeg and area) readers will find time to support. Alternative Remembrance [...]

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Peace activists occupy Tory election campaign office in Winnipeg, Sept. 20, 2008 to focus attention on deportation of American war resister Jeremy Hinzman. Photo: Paul Graham (Winnipeg, Sept. 20, 2008) Anti-war activists peacefully occupied the campaign office of federal Conservative candidate Trevor Kennerd to focus attention on the planned deportation of American Iraq war resister [...]

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Hassan Raza, his wife Sarfraz Kausar, and their children Rubab, 13, Mohsin, 12, Zain, 7, Ume Farve 6, Hassan, 4, and one-year-old Seema, took sanctuary in the Crescentwood-Ft. Rouge United Church in Winnipeg on Aug. 3, 2006 when they were threatened with deportation to their native Pakistan. The Shia-Sunni Muslim family fears they will face [...]

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Winnipeg’s mayor, Sam Katz, has established something called an Economic Opportunity Commission to identify how the City can offset the approximately $62 million in business tax it collects every year. In the words of the Mayor, “Unfortunately the business tax has long been identified as an impediment to growth. Fortunately, we’re going to eliminate it.” [...]

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