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Amber Alert
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In the past few years, a coterie of musicians, many, if not all, graduates of the University of Manitoba’s School of Music’s Jazz Studies program, have been transforming the music scene in Winnipeg.
Amber Epp,...
Booze cruisin’ to the bottom
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Dan Fante’s new novel, 86’d, is a rip-roaring novel about a forty-two year old alcoholic, pill-popping loser at life on his last legs. The story is humourous, if you like laughing at people who...
What’s the big deal?
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Go ahead, think of a number at random, any number, I’ll wait . . . what was your number? If you chose was 67 then that’s kind of eerie, mainly because that was my...
Sometimes the best medicine is no medicine
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Mr. Wright was dying of cancer. Confined to his hospital bed, large tumors invaded much of his body. His prognosis was bleak — to say the least — yet he had not given up...
To the appendix, from the heart
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Dearest Appendix,
We need to talk. The vibe between us has been kind of, I don't know, "off" lately. You know what I'm talking about. The stilted conversation, the furtive glances. I feel like you...
Better know a prokaryote
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This column, which will be switching off with Leanne Grieves’ “Zoological investigations,” will strive to pique your interest in the world of the microscopic, bringing you strange tales of wonder and amazing diversity, but...
The dance revolution keeps on revolving
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I’m at the gym, I’m wearing my runners, all the Lululemon gear I can afford, and I’m shakin’ it to fantastic music. This cannot possibly be considered a workout, can it? Zumba is the...
