No more drinks for me
I started drinking at age 13. I know it’s young, but I suppose growing up witnessing alcoholism led me into a life of trying to…
health
What is UMSU smoking?
I was walking out of GPA’s on campus the other day, having just purchased some chips and an energy drink — healthy guy that I…
The philosophy of stress
You have two 5,000 word essays to write, six assignments to hand in, 10 chapters to read and it’s all due tomorrow. Here comes the…
Take back the night reclaims Winnipeg streets
Hundreds of people holding candles took to the streets of downtown Winnipeg on Sept. 30 for Take Back the Night, a worldwide march held in…
Migrant agricultural workers in Canada
Ralston White and Paul Roach, both migrant workers from Jamaica working on an Ontario apple farm, died from inhaling toxic fumes recently. Although an investigation…
Shaping up
The ads are everywhere, buy the new Sketchers Shape-ups and you can “get in shape without setting foot in a gym.” Yes, advertisements claim that…
Rivers fail piss-test
Researchers from the University of Valencia (UV) have confirmed the presence of several illegal drugs in the canals and irrigation channels in L’Albufera Natural Park,…
Ah . . . alcohol
Ah . . . alcohol. The wondrous and all mighty social lubricant available at hundreds of inebriation stations in a town near you. Whether your…
Essentially a playlist
With the recent Flatlander’s Beer Festival and the calendar about to bring us the annual gift of Oktoberfest, naturally a (not so) young man’s thoughts…
More than the sum of its parts
Higgins Avenue in Winnipeg is well known . . . for all the wrong reasons. The Graffiti Gallery, nestled between Waterfront Drive and Gomez Street,…