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…
health
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,…
Let the man take ‘the pill’
Fifty years after “the pill” became available for women, the male birth control pill is approaching its final stages of development. This new method of…
Boom-shaka-laka!
On Sept. 18-19, the NBA will be bringing their Jam Session festival through the heart of the prairies and setting up shop at the Forks…
Benefits of cranberry juice
In addition to its great taste, cranberry juice has numerous health benefits many of us may not be aware of. While the majority of us…
Downward facing dumbass
I’m standing on my left leg, with my right leg in the air and my sweaty right hand clasping my right foot. My left arm…