Less sodium and less sugar
With an increased desire to be healthy, consumers and governments are putting the pressure on food companies to produce more nutritious snacks and beverages without…
2011
The Wall
The back lane is creepy — pitch black in the summer and surprisingly bright in the winter, but creepy all year round. The reason the…
The Rider
The rider sees the cabin; he sees the creak of its door; he sees the shadows that pour in from the lightless house astride the…
Chronicles of Mezzezeh: Part 3
Mezzezeh opened the door to his chamber and there she was, lying on the straw bed. Her hair was long and lustrous and woven into…
Go west
After endless hours of driving we reached the Tsawwassen ferry docks, from which ferries run between the B.C. mainland and Vancouver Island. They are actually…
Rolling down the No. 1
The prairies of Saskatchewan along the Trans-Canada Highway are hands-down the most captivating sections of land across the western half of Canada. Well, maybe I…
Power to the people
In every friendship I have cultivated over the last few years I’ve found it necessary at some point to sit down face to face with…
In Desolation
You can always tell which books on my shelf are my favorites; they have been read so many times that the spine is creased, the…
This land is FOODLAND
Winnipegger Adam Smoluk’s second feature FOODLAND opens tomorrow at Winnipeg Cinematheque. The film, written and directed by Smoluk and produced by Juliette Hagopian, takes place…
Chaplin’s Circus comes to town
Charlie Chaplin was notoriously reluctant to reveal his filmmaking techniques, but this much is known: he started each production with an idea and little else….