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Your rights as a cyclist
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The whole situation made me angry. I was upset with myself for not getting his information and reporting him, but after a few conversations with other cyclists it sounded like it wouldn’t have resulted...
Summer battery blowout
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There’s been an incredible amount of progress in electrical charge storage over the summer with two huge innovations on a nano-sized scale. Both findings are set to revolutionize the battery market and may even...
Science opinions
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I’m usually a fairly calm and rational person. Really, I am. But when I caught my boyfriend simultaneously hugging me and responding to an e-mail on his smartphone last week, I’ll admit that I...
Just the facts Ma’am
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I was recently in the enviable position of sitting on a patio late at night, sipping beer while a bug zapper pleasantly crackled in the background.
I was in excellent company and the conversation...
If it ain’t broke . . .
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Just about everybody has heard the phrase, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” and as with most proverbs, it’s a pretty sensible sounding philosophy. That is, until applied to reality. In many cases,...
U of M introduces co-curricular record
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They say that 80 per cent of academic breakthroughs occur outside the classroom, and it appears the University of Manitoba has been listening. Starting this fall, students who participate in co-curricular activities will have...
A tribute to the bicycle
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We grew up racing them in back lanes and down gravel roads. We groaned climbing hills on them and had more than a few wipeouts. As soon as we were old enough to ride...
