East vs. west debate bipolar already
The Manitoba Hydro Bipole III east vs. west debate has being dragging on now for years. Bipole III is an electrical transmission line meant to…
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A long, cold road to justice
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…
Winning on and off the track
“I’m going pretty fast,” I think to myself as I race around the track at the St. James- located indoor kart track facility, Speedworld. Just…
No shelter from this storm
Classified by meteorologists as a “weather bomb,” Lake Winnipeg’s recent storm has left a chaotic clamouring that can be heard from many sides of the…
Committed to the wilderness
The landscape of northern Manitoba is both breathtaking and inspiring. The area around Fisher Bay is no exception. It is a large tract of pristine…
Just another day at the beach
In the shadow of what could very well be North America’s largest oil disaster — certainly constituting much more than a spill — a look…
Racism and poor decisions
Last month, Eric Russel Daniels was shot to death by the Winnipeg Police after refusing to release the machete he happened to be carrying. Also…
Babes, boats and Burts and Burts and Burts of beer
Summers in Manitoba are unparalleled. For anyone who has not seen the sun rise over a marsh in the middle of nowhere, or woken in…
Field trip
“Every year,” he started, “Macleans magazine puts out an annual review of Canadian universities. And every year, the University of Manitoba doesn’t do so great….
Looks like it’s time to buy a brew-kit
So. Beer prices in Manitoba have just gone up. I found this out the hard way, like a rube, when I hit up the Zoo…