Five tips to help you get a great tattoo
Recently I watched a show on the TLC network called America’s Worst Tattoos, which featured some of Amurikuh’s most prized inhabitants displaying some of the…
2012
Phlegm Fatale
Phlegm Fatale can best be described as a hot mess of dirty guitar riffs, riot grrrl screaming, and ridiculous stage antics that will leave you…
Experimental and unconventional
Collin Zipp is a multi-disciplinary artist who works with video, photo, sculpture, painting, and installation. He received his BFA from the University of Manitoba’s School…
Healing waste with human hands and mindful work
When you think of magical transportation around the holiday season, a sleigh and reindeer might be the first thing that springs to mind. Even though…
Reel Injun
You’d think with over 4,000 films made about First Nations people in the past 100 years Hollywood might have gotten it right by now. Cree…
Astronomy round-up: Super-Earths, broken satellites, and rogue planets
Astronomers have been doing brisk business over the last few weeks. Recently there have been a number of important discoveries about the nature of our…
Rat Poison Toxic to Birds: Use of blood-thinning agent to be restricted in Canada, U.S.
An article produced by the journal Nature recently took a look at a variety of rodent poisons that ecotoxicologists are increasingly finding present in “non-target”…
Christmas Bird Count 2012: Citizen science event to take place on Dec. 16.
Since the winter of 1900, amateur and experienced birdwatchers alike have participated in the annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Ornithologist Frank Chapman started this ambitious…
Feeling lonely? Altered brain structure may contribute to social loneliness
Everyone experiences feelings of intense loneliness. However, there is a difference between feeling lonely and being lonely. In a recent study published in Current Biology,…
Man collapses in University Centre – Thursday, November 22, 2012
At approximately 3:00 pm this afternoon an unidentified male collapsed just outside the food court in University Centre on the University of Manitoba’s Fort Garry…