Winter Cycling
I hate taking the bus. I absolutely despise it. I’ve lived in Winnipeg for 22 years and yet, no amount of Winnipeg Transit experience prepares…
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A critical analysis of facilitated communication
The use of facilitated communication (FC) on Rom Houben, a 46-year old Belgian car crash victim, contributed to his recent diagnostic change from being in…
A critical analysis of facilitated communication
Locked-in syndrome is a terrifying condition where an individual’s senses, such as sight, hearing and touch, are intact, but they are physically paralyzed — they…
Everybody in the theatre getting tipsy
The costumes are outlandish, the cast even more so — welcome to the 1920s and the case of The Drowsy Chaperone. It’s about the corniest…
Eating The Dinosaur
Many people would find the idea of rationalizing the writing of the Unabomber manifesto or comparing Kurt Cobain to the cult leader David Koresh absurd,…
Stethoscope:
I’m stopped at a red light, right toe grazing the pavement. “What’s in your bag!?” the cyclist behind me screams. I jolt, tipping myself toward…
Drawing a line between exercise and addiction
As most gym junkies can attest, the gym gets noticeably busier in January. Not only are more people visiting the gym trying to purge the…
Dutch elm vaccine tested in Winnipeg
With H1N1 causing all the hype in the news these days it’s easy to overlook other vaccination projects — especially when the vaccine is for…
Mediocre bike shops beware
Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) started selling mountain climbing gear from a single store in 1971. The company has grown to become a giant in the…
Up in smoke
When I was a young kid, my father told me that when he started smoking he and his friends always said they would quit once…