Alcohol and your body
Whether you enjoy a glass of wine with dinner, you’re a Friday night kegger fan, or you’re abstinent and happy, here’s the rundown on what…
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Winnipeg brewing
My footsteps in the arena of local beer lore are child-sized compared to those of Bill Wright and Dave Craig. Their recent book 300 Years…
Our Flatlander’s favourites
Two Manitoban editors got a chance to check out the Flatlander’s Beer Festival. By no means beer experts, Fraser and Marc were given a simple…
Three reasons why we drink
Drinking is an age-old custom. Archaeologists have found evidence of fermented alcoholic beverages’ existence in China as early as 9,000 years ago. Intoxicating liquor runs…
Colour Me Rad rundown
A number of Winnipegers were stained different shades of the rainbow this past Saturday and Sunday in the Colour Me Rad charity run at the…
UMSU council will move ahead with Health and Dental Plan vote following delays
Big changes may be coming for the University of Manitoba Students’ Union’s (UMSU) Health and Dental Plan (HDP). UMSU councillors, representing undergraduates in all faculties,…
Nutritional scientist Susan Raatz talks about satiety and weight management
Dr. Susan Raatz, a nutritional scientist with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) from the Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, gave a lecture…
Going Deep with Jodie Layne
Can porn be feminist? It depends who you ask. Porn, along with sex work in general, continues to be one of the most controversial and…
Let them eat steak? Researchers question guidelines on feeding infants solid meat
Should six-month-old infants be fed solid meat products? According to Health Canada’s recently updated guidelines, infants at this age “should be served meat, fish, poultry,…
Bird flu research to resume: New guidelines published by U.S. regulators
Two new sets of guidelines dealing with potentially dangerous biological research have just been published in the U.S. These guidelines follow the publication of a…