International News Briefs
North Korea vows to defend Kim Jong-un North Korea stated during the country’s annual New Year’s message on Jan. 1 that it would defend Kim…
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A hero’s welcome
For most NHL regular season games, hockey fans are solely focused on cheering their team on to a win, securing the two points in the…
A Christmas Day buzzer beater
The “nuclear winter of basketball” has been averted. The owners and the players’ association ratified a new collective bargaining agreement in early December with the…
Five-minute major
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the release of probably the greatest hockey movie of all-time, Slap Shot. For the uninitiated, the film stars…
Occupy Winnipeg lives on
They may have lost their campsite, but Occupy Winnipeg is still protesting economic inequality and banking policies beyond Memorial Park. A small group of Occupy…
Move over Oblivion
There isn’t much I can add to the conversation of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that hasn’t already been said. What I’m going to concentrate…
An evening of jazz
An Evening of Jazz Song, coming up on Jan. 15 at the Park Theatre, features both past and present members of the University of Manitoba…
An Old Cobbler
The old man yet lived, only because he was useful. He sat on a rickety wooden stool, alone, centred in the dim shop and staring…
History made funny
Every now and then in life you read something you’re convinced was made especially for you, as if it’s been tailored specifically to your personal sensibilities. I…
25 films selected for Library of Congress
Quick — blurt out the first thing that comes to your head when you think about the Library of Congress. Stuffy and silent? Display cases…