Manitoba finishes 7th overall at Canada Games
The Canada Games, which are held every four years, recently took place in Prince Edward Island. Over the course of two weeks, teams from all…
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Ask a health and fitness specialist
This column features health, fitness and nutrition questions from students that are answered by a person specializing in that field. Many of us have health…
Hate cyclists?
It was a new dawn and I was off to the pet store, walking and smiling, a hop in my step and a bunny under…
Too taboo for school?
Canada is a society that prides itself on equality. We constantly tell ourselves that we live in a free country where we are all equal…
Roll the dice, dance the dance
“There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto.” — Cormac McCarthy As another school year opens, I believe it is…
Fasting, a recommended practice
There are certain things in life that need to be experienced at least once by people, especially when it comes to depriving yourself of something…
Essentially a Playlist : Click, click, bang
I’m writing this shortly after reading about the latest shooting death in Winnipeg, which has led me to thinking about the whole notion of “gun…
Five Science-y Books…
Books on science can normally be sorted into one of two categories. The bad tend to be very complicated, using all sorts of exclusionary language,…
Weird Canvases : Hysterical Postures
“Weird Canvases” is a continuing look at amazing art found in unusual, unrecognized, or otherwise unexpected places. This week: Hysterical postures Perhaps moreso than any…
Book Review : Stripmalling Appalling
If there were ever a book that failed to deliver on the high praises of the back cover, Winnipeg expat Jon Paul Fiorentino’s Stripmalling is…