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Matthew Kemshaw | Mar 15
Cyclists during the Olympics enjoyed carless streets lined in Olympic green and blue clad “security” fences. Weaving through seas of nationalism effortlessly, as the meaty, sweaty masses piled endlessly into public transit in an attempt to appease the common interest. With all the traffic on the Skytrain, the roads presented blocks of “open ice” to the itinerant cyclist.
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Feel Good Letter of the Month Hi, my name is Caitlin Howard and I am a first year student at the U of M. I was just emailing you because I was wondering if I would be able to get a little thank you letter posted in the Manitoban. On Wednesday, October 7, I was really nervous because i was writing my first midterm (It's kind of lame, but I'm new to this whole university thing). Anyways my head was in the clouds and when I was washing my hands in the downstairs bathroom of Tier, I took off my rings, which one of them was my grad present, and one was from my sister. After washing my hands I...
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Shawna Finnegan | 10/12/09
I was preparing to turn onto University Crescent when I felt a sharp pain on the back of my leg, and saw a side view mirror tumbling across Pembina Highway. I stumbled, but managed not to fall off my bike. After sufficiently reaming out the driver that hit me, I thanked Lucifer that I had survived another run-in with a driver with only a few bruises.
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Kevin Doole | 9/7/09
The moral of this fairy tale is that cycling in Winnipeg is not what it could be. After recently returning from other more bike-friendly cities, the problem seems ever more visible. We just don’t include biking in our general transportation mentality.
