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CD Review : Passion Pit “Manners”

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Cheryl Lysy
Is Passion Pit the new up-and-coming 'it' band? They certainly seem to have the credentials. The Massachusetts five-piece has played sold out shows all over Europe and North America, not to mention some of...
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Concubines and conquerors

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Laura Blakley
Winnipeg author Margaret Sweatman’s book, The Players, is not something I would recommend for my mom to read. That having been said, I loved reading this book. Half-prose, half-I-don’t-know-what, Sweatman’s writing style is absorbing,...
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Serving up laughs with a greasy spoon

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John Herbert Cunningham
What play won the 1991 Canadian Authors Award for Drama? If you were to respond, Kelly Rebar's Bordertown Café, you’d be right. But why is it being revived at Prairie Theatre Exchange now? If...
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Canadian content

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Sheldon Birnie
As I sit, composing these words, cannons rock the air around me, echoing off the buildings about the Manitoba Legislature in epic remembrance. I have just finished listening to Jian Ghomeshi interview Margaret Atwood...
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Mediocre bike shops beware

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Steve Langston
Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) started selling mountain climbing gear from a single store in 1971. The company has grown to become a giant in the Canadian retail market, with 13 stores and annual sales...
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Water belongs to everyone, and to no one

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Talia Joundi
Without water, we would be without life. In 2002, the United Nations adopted water as a basic human right. However, on a daily basis, the right to water is violated. It is estimated that...
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Fort Hood shooting, an inexcusable crime

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Omar Al-Ramlawi
On Nov. 5, Major Nidal Hasan, a psychiatrist in the United States Army, opened fire on his fellow servicemen in Fort Hood, Texas, resulting in 13 dead and more than 30 injured. If it...

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