Indigenous research centre open to the public
The University of Manitoba community welcomed its first research space dedicated to studying Indigenous communities to its Fort Garry campus last Wednesday. Mamawipawin, located on…
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Bornstein’s art moving to U of M
Thousands of people walked past Eli Bornstein’s “Structuralist Relief in 15 Pieces” when it hung in the old airport terminal and this summer many pedestrians…
Close SOPA and PIPA; OPEN the internet
Unlike SOPA and PIPA, The OPEN Act movement has a home on the Internet, where all the information regarding the bill is easily accessible.
Improve your life one week at a time
Monday Every week starts on Monday, no exceptions. Juice, beans, rice, coffee, oatmeal and, finally, quail eggs with a sprinkle of paprika — breakfast of…
The 5,000 yard club
From the NFL-AFL merger in 1970 until 2008, there had only been one athlete to ever pass for over 5,000 yards in a regular season…
The Iron Lady
The Iron Lady, starring Meryl Streep, is about the life of an icon, the first female British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. It is not at…
The times, they are a-changin’
The calendar, that trusty old grid of varying numbers of squares, is something we tend to take for granted. But for Richard Conn Henry, an…
Haier LCD L40F1180 TV review
I picked up a 40’’ Haier LCD television over Christmas break; we got it for $300, which was a steal. It seems that Haier television’s…
Moon-mapping
NASA’s latest Discovery mission has entered orbit around the moon. The Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral on Sept. 10,…
So, how ‘bout this climate we’re having?
On Jan. 5 record breaking temperatures swept over southern Manitoba. Winnipeg’s Richardson International Airport reached a high of 6.4 C, Portage la Prairie and Winkler…