Self-medication
Twenty per cent of Canadians experience mental illness during their lifetime, and 20 per cent of those Canadians will at one time or another develop…
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Honing their draft
Even in the gift shop, adjacent to the room where the action actually goes down, Winnipeg’s Half Pints brewery has its own distinctive smell. It…
Alcohol and your body
Whether you enjoy a glass of wine with dinner, you’re a Friday night kegger fan, or you’re abstinent and happy, here’s the rundown on what…
Winnipeg brewing
My footsteps in the arena of local beer lore are child-sized compared to those of Bill Wright and Dave Craig. Their recent book 300 Years…
Our Flatlander’s favourites
Two Manitoban editors got a chance to check out the Flatlander’s Beer Festival. By no means beer experts, Fraser and Marc were given a simple…
Three reasons why we drink
Drinking is an age-old custom. Archaeologists have found evidence of fermented alcoholic beverages’ existence in China as early as 9,000 years ago. Intoxicating liquor runs…
Notable Deaths of 1993
Audrey Hepburn Date of birth: May 4, 1929 Date of death: January 20, 1993 (63 years old) Cause of death: Appendix cancer Occupation: Actress and…
10 songs from 1993: The 5 best, and 5 that make us thankful it’s not ‘93 anymore
For most music fans, the early 90s are a mixture of the good, great, and regrettable. The Billboard Hot 100 from 1993 is populated with…
Becoming an X-Wing pilot: The first time LucasArts invited you to join the Rebel Alliance
Star Wars: X-Wing, the first LucasArts video game based on the popular movie series, debuted in 1993. Set in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, the…
From Mosaic to Mozilla: The modern web browser’s journey
Before Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or even Internet Explorer, there was NCSA Mosaic, commonly referred to as just Mosaic. The NCSA acronym stood for the…