Tough times for northern water quality
The Mackenzie River system winds over 4,000 kilometres through northern Canada. It is the second longest river system in North America, after the Mississippi, and…
Sheldon Birnie
Another winter of discontent
Well, shit. Winter is back, kicking ass and taking names. Outside, it is wet and cold as fuck. There was snow last night, and the…
Fishing turds from a backed-up shitter
The date of our municipal election is upon us. Many Winnipeggers have already taken to the advanced polls, and soon our mayor and council will…
Lucky fuckin’ Lager
“Let’s get some Lucky Lager and howl at the moon!” – Brad Pitt as Early Grace in Kalifornia. Yeah they call me Lucky, what the…
U of M without a drop to drink
Students and staff at the University of Manitoba are still without a place to wet their whistle on campus, following the closing of Wise Guys…
Welcome to Guantanamo
Jello Biafra, outspoken punk rock auteur and censorship activist, is coming to town with his new group, the Guantanamo School of Medicine. Biafra is the…
Tories can’t seal deal on long-gun registry
On Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, MPs voted to scrap a controversial private members bill by a margin of 153 to 151. Bill C-391, put forward…
Friends helping friends
Friends are a valuable resource and a lot of fun. Without them, who would help you renovate your kitchen? Who would be there to look…
Stick and poke
I got my first tattoo when I was 20, living in Kelowna, B.C. I was playing in a band at the time called The Tups…
Know thy artist
With many questions about legitimacy and safety still lingering in the tattoo world, professional tattoo artist Andrew Triebel of Triebel Tattoos — working out of…