The Station Agent Jason Page 11 Plumb Page 13 Beyond Pong Page 12 Volume 58, Issue 10 november 6, 2003 THE UniterUniter T HE O FFICIAL W EEKLY S TUDENT N EWSPAPER OF THE U NIVERSITY OF W INNIPEG Manitoba’s Dying Shoreline - Page 2 page 2 november 6, 2003 the uniter the uniter news Volume 58,Issue 10 November 6, 2003 S T A F F Jonathan Tan Editor In Chief The NDP’s Dying Commitment
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[email protected] A. P. (Ben) Benton BY VIVIAN BELIK News Editor
[email protected] Do you remember how exciting it was when you were younger to discover a new park Cheryl Gudz in your neighbourhood that you had never seen Features Editor before? Perhaps you can relive that feeling of
[email protected] excitement in knowing that there is a great big park, completely unspoiled and teeming with Jeff Robson life right in your own provincial back yard. A&E Editor The park that I am referring to is the East Shore
[email protected] Wilderness, a portion of land larger than the country of Greece, (an area of more than Leighton Klassen 150,000 square kilometres), nestled between Sports Editor Lake Winnipeg and the Ontario border. It rep-
[email protected] resents one of the largest untouched areas of Stu Reid boreal forest in the world. This diverse ecosys- tem of plants, animals, and First Nation Production Manager
[email protected] Peoples that presently inhabit the East Shore area are in danger of being disturbed by clear- Julie Horbal cutting, mining and hydro-electric activity.