November 2011

City unveils transportation master plan

The City of Winnipeg’s new transportation master plan (TMP) tries to plan for methods of transportation other than just driving, which is something students want…


Russian navy test fires high-tech ICBM

On Oct. 28, the Russian navy conducted a successful test flight of their submarine-launched Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The missile, purported by Russian officials…


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….


Occupy’s tired detractors

Maybe you’ve read your fair share of Occupy Wall Street articles in the last seven weeks; strap in for another. Since its inception on September…


NaNoWriMo is upon us

You want to be a novelist. Come on, admit it: it’s your lifelong goal to write an entire narrative, start to finish, with a complete…



Movie review: The Way

Emilio Estevez’s films (first Bobby and now The Way) read to me as cinematic fortune cookies: dubious, unenlightening and, most of all, disposable. In Bobby,…



University Centre a work in progress

The University Centre Revitalization Project, the ongoing plan to renovate and improve the University Centre building, is once again underway at University of Manitoba. For…


Local news briefs

Liquor outlets could be in grocery stores by next spring The Manitoba Liquor Control Commission has issued a request for proposals to grocers interested in…