Features

Pilaka Colaka

The bar is packed. Everyone laughs while they nurse their beers and down their shots. The bartender is on duty, attending only to the drink…


Grub’s up

To live is to eat. In this feature the Manitoban explores the conventional food system and looks at some alternatives to it. Some experts have…




Foraging for food

We all have to eat; we might as well eat well. Eating well can be more than a strict fixation on carbs, sugars, gluten, or…


Futuristic edibles

It’s common knowledge that human beings, especially those living in the industrialized world, have seriously impacted the Earth’s environment. We know that the cars we…


In the spirit of Halloween

The history of Halloween has been linked to ancient Celtic origins, when people would ward off ghosts with costumes and bonfires. Once designated as a…


Death on the syllabus

Most students at the University of Manitoba wouldn’t consider death to be part of their curriculum. But for medical students, death is just that. In…


A guide to modern-day embalming

Death can be a very ugly thing. With dying comes decomposition, germs, and general grossness. So if you’ve ever seen a serene-looking dead person (or…


Three minutes until midnight

The Doomsday Clock provides a symbolic measurement of how close humanity is to its own annihilation. Established in 1947 by the Science and Security Board…