It was two weeks before Halloween last year when a blockade organized by the Mi’kmaq Warriors Society was confronted by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The blockade in New Brunswick was in response to shale gas exploration by SWN Resources Canada, a Houston-based firm.
Many of this week’s Genderfest events offer opportunities to reflect on and discuss the meaning of gender, and Stylin’ I! is no exception. Self-billed as…
During the month of September, in the middle of the North Atlantic, a fishing boat sinks. The crew of six escapes into two dories as…
What comes to mind when you think of Point Douglas? Perhaps you know the area is named for the 5th Earl of Selkirk, who established the Red River Colony in 1812, or that it has the lowest family income and highest unemployment of any riding in Manitoba. Some people also insist the area’s crime rate is its most notable feature.
A carefully written and finely told story, at its very best, has the ability to draw readers out of isolation and into a sense of shared…
RAW:almond restaurant is warm not only in temperature, but also in spirit. Despite dropping mercury, Winnipeggers are cheery as they sit at the communal wooden…
We know Winnipeg-born Susie Moloney from her novels A Dry Spell, The Dwelling, and The Thirteen. Moloney, who currently spends time in New York, tends…
In a building constructed to hold more cars than were owned in the entire city of 1906 Winnipeg, a new 18+ venue is about to…
Our knowledge about safer sex usually includes reduction of risk and getting tested. We learn about the different kinds of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and…
He is the namesake of an American brigadier general and an English footballer, but local musician and visual artist Steve Basham represents neither war nor…