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UMFM show spotlight — ‘Scary Hours’
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After dark, after hours, demon time, scary hours.
Things slow down at night, things feel different in the dark, and the spirits and emotions that stay hidden during the day rise up.
We all have dark...
Festival du Voyageur as a first-timer
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Despite living in Winnipeg for nearly a decade, I had never attended Festival du Voyageur before this year, even with the high acclaim it has received from all my friends who were born and...
’Toban about town — Coffee Culture
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Aside from a few chains sporadically peppering Pembina highway, Winnipeg South is sorely lacking coffeehouses. Even a few of the Starbucks locations that used to work as base camps for rogue U of M...
Andy Shauf, ‘Norm’ — 4/5 Stars
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Saskatchewan-born singer-songwriter Andy Shauf is a consummate storyteller. This reputation has followed him around for his entire career, and he seems quite happy to perpetuate it.
Shauf’s earlier work fit firmly into the storytelling idiom...
Grief as love in ‘Heart Like a Pow Wow’
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A collection of animated shorts made by Indigenous creators was released on the free streaming service CBC Gem Jan. 27. How To Lose Everything is a five-episode series that explores loss.
One of the shorts,...
Joshua Whitehead — ‘Making Love with the Land’
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I like Valentine’s Day because it gives me an excuse to watch people talk about their loved ones. Their eyes start to rove around the room as they smile a little in spite of...
’Toban tracks — Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?
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Romantic comedies are often considered the quintessential Valentine’s Day films.
Stories about couples meeting, falling in love, engaging in some shenanigans and finding their way to a happy ending. It’s a straightforward formula.
While this isn’t...







