Arts & Culture

Apple Cranberry Pear Crisp

By
Shawna Finnegan
Adapted from La Dolce Vegan by Sarah Kramer Filling: 1 cup frozen cranberries 2 medium apples, peeled, cored and chopped 1 pear, peeled, cored and chopped ¼ cup of sugar 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon flour 2 teaspoon lemon juice Topping: 1 tablespoon...
Features

Winter Cycling

By
Shawna Finnegan
I hate taking the bus. I absolutely despise it. I’ve lived in Winnipeg for 22 years and yet, no amount of Winnipeg Transit experience prepares me for the pure misery I feel as I...
Sports

Skating the river trail

By
Shawna Finnegan
It’s that time again. The holidays are over, Winnipeg is covered in several feet of snow and the deep-freeze has set in. We’ve got at least eight more weeks until Winnipeg looks even remotely...
Arts & Culture

How to peel a banana

By
Shawna Finnegan
A few months ago I began to notice that the bananas I bought were becoming increasingly difficult to peel. While I could at one time easily break the stem of a banana with...
Comment

Give what you can

By
Shawna Finnegan
What would you say if someone asked you to donate 10 per cent of your income every year to charity? Well, if you’re a student, you’d probably tell them to go suck an egg....
Editorial

Body size, health and fatphobia

By
Shawna Finnegan
With the health-care reform debate gearing up in the states, there has been a great deal of controversy over the current system of health insurance. Last month, a four-month old baby in Denver was...
Arts & Culture

Very Special Ed.

By
Shawna Finnegan
An Education is set in 1960s suburban London and tells the story of a teenage girl whose life is changed when she falls in love with an older man. Adapted from a memoir, the...
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