Bison Briefs
Basketball On Nov. 24, the Bisons basketball teams went to the Duckworth Center at the University of Winnipeg to play their crosstown rivals, the Wesmen….
November 2011
Rallying for first place
The Bisons men’s volleyball team find themselves in a tight race at the midway point of the Canada West season. After getting off to a…
The new Winnipeg workhorse
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers left Toronto back in week 13 having lost a pivotal game to an East rival, but more importantly having lost the…
For the record lover
When it comes to collecting vinyl, everyone is different. Whether it be a passion for 45s, imports, or collecting the entire catalogue of a particular…
Talking Heads re-imagined
A group of musicians and graduates of our U of M jazz program have recently begun a fantastic series of concerts wherein classic pop albums…
Putting a price on biodiversity
Despite the fact that we are in the midst of a global ecological crisis, conservation efforts around the world continue to face an uphill battle….
Manitoba’s cougar
Are there resident breeding populations of cougar in Manitoba? “The answer is a resounding . . . maybe,” according to Bill Watkins while presiding over…
Bird’s eye view
As new research demonstrates how an artificially mutated a strain of avian influenza can spread in at unprecedented rates in ferrets — and possibly humans…
Mates and moustaches
You probably have a pretty good idea about what Movember is, but do you know how it came to be? Let me enlighten you. The…
Movember, A Mo-emoir.
Haven’t been without a beard in more than a decade. My face is furious for thrusting it into this cold bright world unprepared.The wife has…