The other night, I was drinking with my buddy Francis, and our two other friends, Rick and Cheeze. All being somewhat broke, we pooled — more or less evenly — our cash and bought...

Since the early 1980s, SNFU front man and Canadian punk rock pioneer Mr. Chi Pig has been delivering high-energy performances to crowds the world over. Starting in 1984, SNFU released nine full-length albums, a...

A tepid morning breeze blows through a Winnipeg street in late summer, rustling trash and dust up from the gutters. A 1982 Diplomat backfires in an alley, behind an all-night pizza joint. A woman...

Recently, I was at a party enjoying some social libations and a game of crokinole, when I felt the need to blow my nose. I pulled out my handkerchief and let fly. A girl...

“O bury me not on the lone prairie, where the wild coyote will howl over me, where the buffalo roams the prairie sea, O bury me not on the lone prairie.” So ring the plaintive...

Often, disparaging things are said about winter, but I believe that winter is one of the best seasons — second only to summer. Sure, sure, it’s cold as fuck, the roads are icy and...

In a scene chock full of déjà vu, notorious malcontent Reverend Wiebo Ludwig was arrested in Grande Prairie, A.B.. on Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 in connection with the bombing of EnCana pipelines in northern...