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Win a pair of Van Halen tickets

2012-05-04T18:51:51+00:00

Legendary rock band Van Halen will perform at the MTS Centre on Sunday, May 13 as part of its current tour in support of its new album, A Different Kind of Truth. The Uniter has one pair of tickets to give away to the show.

Lennon and McCartney kissing?

2012-04-20T16:08:40+00:00

Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland are both accomplished singer-songwriters in their own right. Now, the husband and wife have come together to form Whitehorse, a roots project that released its first album last summer.

Building out instead of up

2012-04-15T19:12:31+00:00

Is the City of Winnipeg exploiting aboriginal people to subsidize urban sprawl?

Come for the drum kit, stay for the music

2012-04-13T18:24:41+00:00

Proggier than thou. Like any progressive metal musicians worth their weight in Marshall half stacks, the guys in Winnipeg’s Grand Master write complex, epic songs about fantastical themes.

With a little help from her friends

2012-04-13T13:45:46+00:00

When Winnipeg-based folk and roots singer-songwriter Cara Luft posted a video on YouTube in March 2011 asking fans to help fund the recording of her new album, Darlingford, the results were, in her words, “mind-boggling” - in a good way. She initially hoped to raise $15,000. In the end, fans donated over $32,000 to make the project a reality.

Rapid transit taking its time

2012-04-05T19:05:31+00:00

The endless flip-flopping transit saga has played out before us all, year after year - on the pages of local newspapers, by hands raised (or not raised) at city council meetings and in the bitter words of impatient bus stop acquaintances.

The where, when and why of transit

2012-04-05T19:00:31+00:00

With Winnipeg’s first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) days away from opening to the public, it is clear that our city is moving towards a more efficient form of public transportation.

University Sprawl

2012-04-05T17:56:40+00:00

The University of Winnipeg is growing at unprecedented rates, yet still remains among the most crowded universities. As faculty cuts increase, students and professors are demanding more budget transparency, while the university demands funding equality from the province. Is the university growing beyond its means?

If I were the mayor of Winnipeg…

2012-04-05T17:34:40+00:00

We asked our regular comments contributors and our readers what they would do if they had Sam Katz’s job. This is what they had to say.

Forty years after its inception, Unicity is generally considered a noble failure

2012-04-05T03:00:50+00:00

A person born in the 1990s will be forgiven if they are unfamiliar with the fact that the city in which they currently reside is not the same one that existed prior to Jan. 1, 1972.

Beyond downtown

2012-04-05T03:00:37+00:00

We here at The Uniter’s Arts & Culture section spend the better part of the year focusing on artists and the events that happen in the downtown area. From shows at the Lo Pub to exhibitions on the University of Winnipeg campus, there is a lot going on right here. But where does this art and culture come from? Since nobody was born cool in the basement of the Royal Albert, we decided to find out what kind of great art was being made and what trends were happening all around Winnipeg.

The souls behind the plastic

2012-04-05T03:00:34+00:00

It all started as a joke last year at the University of Winnipeg’s Student Film Festival.

Winning back City Hall with small victories

2012-04-05T03:00:31+00:00

Over the course of several years working for The Uniter and following the day-to-day events at City Hall, I have noticed a propensity among Winnipeg administrators and politicians to skirt responsibility when faced with media inquiries and public criticism.

Frank Turner overdrive

2012-04-05T03:00:29+00:00

Frank Turner is one of the hardest-working touring musicians in music today - he played approximately 184 shows last year alone.

Artist on artist (on artist)

2012-04-05T03:00:21+00:00

Ross McMillan and Sarah Constible are two mainstays of the Winnipeg theatre scene. They’re being directed by Bill Kerr in Theatre Projects Manitoba’s current production of Steve Ratzlaff’s Dionysus in Stony Mountain, a play in which a prison psychiatrist and her patient (who's chosen to go off his meds) debate Nietzsche, Canada's prison system and the inability of institutions to facilitate personal healing. The Uniter caught up with them between rehearsals.

More Music this Month

2012-04-05T03:00:20+00:00

More Music this Month

A curse and a blessing

2012-04-05T03:00:15+00:00

From the obvious resurgence of civic pride, to increased traffic and visitors to Winnipeg’s downtown, the NHL’s return has had a snowball effect on this city.

Ten years in and better than ever

2012-04-05T03:00:12+00:00

It’s hard to believe that the University of Winnipeg Student Film Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary this April - mostly because few festivals in the city have lasted as long.

Former employees speak out on Global College” (Feb. 23, page 7)

2012-04-04T23:43:03+00:00

There are many biased claims made in the article “Former employees speak out on Global College.” However, I will simply respond to Mr. Garcia’s statement that “working at the Global College and being part of the Human Rights Program has made me question its validity,” as well as his comment, “there is no real leadership demonstrated… (and) no long-term planning.”

City looking to ease restrictions on secondary suites

2012-03-28T23:00:57+00:00

The City of Winnipeg’s planning department is proposing major changes that will make it easier for homeowners to construct secondary suites on their property.

Local News Briefs

2012-03-28T23:00:50+00:00

Get your motor runnin’, head out on the highway

2012-03-28T23:00:48+00:00

There’s no shortage of fantastic entertainment in Winnipeg between April and September, but for those that feel the need for a change of scenery, few forms of adventure rival the road trip.

What really happened on 9/11?

2012-03-28T23:00:44+00:00

In 2010, prominent anti-war critic George Galloway came to Winnipeg as part of a multi-city speaking tour entitled “Free Palestine, Free Afghanistan, Free Speech.”

Business school calls for tuition increase

2012-03-28T23:00:42+00:00

Business and administration students will decide this week whether or not to approve a referendum to raise tuition fees.

Expected program cuts continue to divide university

2012-03-28T23:00:35+00:00

The recent discovery that the University of Winnipeg will be unable to fill promised faculty positions continues to cause controversy.

Spring-time date ideas

2012-03-28T23:00:35+00:00

Well, dear reader, it’s that time of year again.

More music this week

2012-03-28T23:00:33+00:00

More music this week

Flock together

2012-03-28T23:00:27+00:00

The narration at the beginning of Joel Heath’s 2011 award-winning documentary introduces Robert Flaherty, the American filmmaker who directed and produced the first commercially successful documentary, 1922’s Nanook of the North.

Crushed by the weight of the world

2012-03-28T23:00:27+00:00

Procrastination pervades our lives. It affects our everyday plans with our friends as well as our most crucial, life-changing decisions, often harmlessly, but sometimes with devastating results. This invisible force threatens the very survival of our species and many others besides, but it continues still.

Shifting direction

2012-03-28T23:00:24+00:00

Within the past few weeks, Canada has seen a monumental resurgence in student activism, as hundreds of thousands of students in Quebec have mobilized to the streets to protest Premier Jean Charest’s plan to increase tuition fees within the province.

Rewriting the ending

2012-03-28T23:00:24+00:00

Montreal’s indie rock band Plants and Animals is currently on tour promoting its latest album, the just-released The End Of That.

U of W announces new tuition waiver program for youth in care

2012-03-28T23:00:19+00:00

A new program recently announced by the University of Winnipeg will provide 10 youths from the province’s foster care system with an unprecedented educational opportunity this coming fall.

A new investigation

2012-03-28T23:00:13+00:00

On March 31, Richard Gage, founder of controversial organization Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, will be paying a visit to the University of Winnipeg, where he’ll deliver a presentation that’s more than likely to stir the pot.

First we take the Park Theatre

2012-03-28T23:00:13+00:00

The duo responsible for creating Winnipeg’s jazz scene from the ground up is at it again.

Trolls: Not just under bridges anymore

2012-03-28T23:00:02+00:00

If you want to experience some of the worst specimens that humanity has to offer, go to almost any YouTube video and scroll down to the comments. In fact, go to any news, blog or video website that allows anonymous feedback and you’ll find them, prowling around like hungry lions.

Come sail away

2012-03-28T23:00:02+00:00

Mandatory sentences for petty crimes, no funding for the arts, the labelling of women… What sounds like the present-day Canadian political climate is actually the basis of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s play, Our Country’s Good, being presented this week by the fourth year University of Winnipeg Acting Honours class at the Gas Station Theatre.

International News Briefs

2012-03-28T22:59:07+00:00

Winnipeg’s Most: From the streets to the stage

2012-03-21T23:00:56+00:00

Since debuting in 2010, local hip-hop trio Winnipeg’s Most has released two albums and a mixtape, earned hit singles, garnered thousands of YouTube views, was featured prominently in a Maclean’s article on hip hop in Winnipeg and won more awards than Meryl Streep has Oscars.

The dangerous world of debt

2012-03-21T23:00:56+00:00

Think about how much of the money you spend every day is your own.

Campus News Briefs

2012-03-21T23:00:52+00:00

An interesting month in Afghanistan

2012-03-21T23:00:43+00:00

It has been an excellent month for the Taliban.

More music this week

2012-03-21T23:00:42+00:00

More music this week.

Tight competition sees Bosc re-elected president with new executive team

2012-03-21T23:00:40+00:00

Cheers went up as the winning candidates of the University of Winnipeg Students’ Association general election were announced last week.

Out of the black and into the blue

2012-03-21T23:00:38+00:00

If I had a time machine, the first place I’d see would be Winnipeg a hundred years ago.

Piping hot comedy

2012-03-21T23:00:36+00:00

Brett Madill is very clever. However, his podcast name says otherwise.

Ad campaigns for toys accused of gender-stereotype reinforcement

2012-03-21T23:00:34+00:00

Even in the enlightened age of 2012, it appears that, for the most part, G.I. Joe still gets to do all of the fun out-of-house work and bad-guy-killing while Polly Pocket stays inside and bakes cakes.

The Gods must be crazy

2012-03-21T23:00:29+00:00

What starts out as a comedy of manners between two couples attempting to settle a playground spat ends with the parents behaving just as badly, if not worse, than their children.

The F Holes

2012-03-21T23:00:27+00:00

Creepy, spooky, fun and with great musicianship to spare, local five-piece the F Holes deliver 12 tracks to get you groovin’.

Manitoba receives low grade on women’s equality

2012-03-21T23:00:26+00:00

Manitoba has made little improvement in the areas of women's equality, according to a new report.

International News Briefs

2012-03-21T23:00:21+00:00