The Ocean that rocked the boat
During the first week of July, two high-profile figures in the public eye revealed they are either gay or have been in a same-sex relationship….
July 2012
Green… Grass… Dot…
Ewa Tarsia is bringing a taste of the outdoors into the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Throughout the summer, the local artist is showcasing her latest exhibit,…
Prairies, Pens, and Poets
From Willa Cather to Guy Maddin, the Great Plains provides inspiration, madness and solace for artists. For decades the Manitoba Writers’ Guild has given support…
Folk Fest Rewind
For almost 40 year now the Winnipeg Folk Festival (WFF) has provided Manitobans, as well as many other proximal neighbours, with a quality music event…
Quite a show
Expectations are a tricky thing. You expect something and it becomes organized, ordered, defined, even routine. Worse, you expect something and if that thing in…
Notes from the Northern Boreal: A wandering bird biologist’s field journals
My ‘birder’ origin story My name is Bryce Hoye, and I am a “birder.” We come in a variety of morphs, us birders: some are…
Legends of the periphery: Martin Strel
From time to time, even some of the greatest and most prolific heroes in all of sports fall through the cracks of obscurity and are…
Stadium anticipation continues . . .
When the Winnipeg Blue Bombers play their first home game of the 2012 season on July 26, I’ve got a song suggestion for them to…
Bison hockey continues to evolve
Macaulay plays with future Jets; two new prospects announced
O, Manitoba!
Manitobans heading to Olympics have quite a legacy to live up to