There but for a roll of the dice
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Yesterday I saw sure-fire evidence that winter has passed, and summer is on its way. Out front of the Osborne LC I saw a pair of drifter-types. Two mean looking customers in filthy coveralls,...
Dog turds, piss puddles and thawing puke
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Snow is melting, ice thawing. The whole city is covered in mud and filth. Canada geese are returning. The other day, I caught a couple squirrels fucking at the base of an elm tree....
A long, cold road to justice
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Fourteen leaders from Manitoba’s Sayisi Dene First Nation made headlines in Ottawa last week. The elders, along with MP Niki Ashton from Churchill and the group’s lawyer Arne Peltz, staged a sit-in at the...
Concentration of print media in Canada
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W hat do you get when a country of over 30 million people get their news from a handful of corporate news providers?
The short answer is media concentration, where popular opinion and easy...
Won’t somebody think of the children?
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People are up in arms about a little known hallucinogenic herb called salvia divinorum. Local MP Shelly Glover recently made the announcement that the federal government will soon be listing salvia under the Controlled...
What’s my excuse?
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We were born here, what’s your excuse?
having moved to Winnipeg almost five years ago from my hometown of Dawson Creek, B.C., this is a question I am often asked to answer. This slogan greets...
Leave the lettuce alone!
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“Please tell the man I didn’t kill anyone, I’m just tryin’ to have me some fun.” — John Prine
As you read this, our federal government is pushing for House approval Bill S-10, a bill...
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