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Defecation is something that everyone deals with. Although we don’t often talk about it, it plays a role in every person’s day-to-day life. We use a variety of words to describe it: shit, crap, feces,...

Along with the swift arrival of spring comes Winnipeggers’ worries about sewer overflow. Overflows occur when, during heavy rainfalls or rapid snowmelt, drainage exceeds the capacity of combined sewer systems, which are designed to direct...

For much of the Western world, the toilet is a modern convenience taken for granted on a day-to-day basis. Modern plumbing, water treatment, and sewage systems are perhaps some of the most important inventions...

There was a brief period, from the late 1990s to the early 2000s, when Canada was a major supplier of bootleg toilets to the United States. As Canadians we are blessed with a fairly abundant...

Feces aren’t something everyone is readily willing to talk about. But everybody poops – varying in frequency, degree, and form. Chronic bowel diseases and disorders are a reality for a large number of Canadians. In...

Who hasn’t got a personal toilet story? Crappy humour has plugged humanity for eons. I grew up experiencing some rustic outhouses and have had some plunging good times during a few shitty janitor jobs....

On Tuesday, Feb. 10, during the last minutes of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart announced that he would be resigning from his position as the show’s host sometime in 2015. In his brief speech to...