The Art of Road tripping
T here is an art to road tripping that is both gritty and glamorous. Requiring a willingness to embrace the unknown and forego comfort, road…
Features
Just another day at the beach
In the shadow of what could very well be North America’s largest oil disaster — certainly constituting much more than a spill — a look…
Hydro’s green wash shows signs of fading
Hydroelectric power is generally promoted as a renewable, green source of energy. In Manitoba, hydroelectricity provides for the bulk of our energy needs and acts…
Carnival food
What’s faster than fast food, twice the price and triple the calories? If you guessed carnival food, you are correct. Strolling through the midway amid…
For freaks, by freaks
Vomit inducing rides, deep-fried everything, sugar and utterly unwinnable games. This is the anatomy of the modern carnival. Now relegated to semi-trailers lined up in…
The current state of carnival culture
It’s opening day at the Red River Ex in Winnipeg and of course, it’s raining, but isn’t that what the weather is supposed to do…
From the ferris wheel to the mega drop
Move over ferris wheel and Polar Express. The Mega Drop is now in town and its taking all the attention. When it comes to carnival…
Jumbo attraction
In the late 19th century, P.T. Barnum traveled across the United States revolutionizing the American circus with the act he dubbed “The Greatest Show on…
From circus maximus to mall parking lots
Just over 1,900 years ago, in the first century AD, the Roman poet Juvenal was composing scathingly honest impressions of the state of life in…
Letting the big ones get away
Somewhere in the last quarter of the 20th century, between the fuel shortage crises, global warming and the irreversible devastation of fragile ecosystems as the…