Show me your ticks: Spotting and removing the bulbous little demons
Careful removal of a tick is absolutely critical. Read More
How music makes sense of disaster
The musical side effects of the disaster were not fleeting, and the folkloric power of the flood lasted longer than the generation that witnessed it. Read More
Fringe Fest: A tale of two plays
Even with the wisp of a funnel cloud and a tornado watch in the air, the heart of Fringe was beating fast. Read More
Fringe Fest one third in: A beast untamed
If the Winnipeg Folk Festival is Manitoba’s soothing balm, the Fringe Fest is its wake up call. Read More
Mid-life newlyweds
Straight Shooters: Practical wisdom for couples: Marriage was city hall getting in our bed like a drunken freshman. Sign here, here aaaaand here. It’s easy to see why people are un-interested. Read More
Startup profile: Advolve Media
Bryce North, CEO of Advolve Media sits down with the Spectator Tribune to talk about his startup company and how they have made mirrors into an advertising medium. Read More
An ideal time to pretend
This sentiment is not unique at Folk Fest, but it’s also not trivial or needless to say. It’s important. Read More
Photo gallery: Winnipeg Folk Festival: Day 5
The Winnipeg Folk Festival is not utopia. But it’s close. Read More
Photo gallery: Winnipeg Folk Festival: Day 4 (and some of day 3)
The music functions as a high-level soundtrack to the many things that make the Winnipeg Folk Festival what it is. Read More
Straight Shooters: Wading through wedding webs (and other mixed metaphors)
Practical Wisdom For Couples: When, after twenty years of happily living in sin, he suddenly dropped to his knees and proposed, I was floored. Read More
Photo gallery: Winnipeg Folk Festival: The first three days
The festival deserves words, many words, but until it's over and lived, here's a photo gallery to placate: Read More
Theatre by the River brings you Morris Panych’s 7 Stories at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival
Hot off the success of their fundraiser Wine & Words, Theatre by the River will perform Morris Panych’s 7 Stories. Read More
Winnipeg typography part 2: The ’60s apartment block
While their facades are non-descript, these brick boxes fit very well into the quiet tree-lined streets of our older residential neighbourhoods and busy commercial thoroughfares alike, providing much-needed affordable housing and residential density. Read More
Photo Gallery: I like trains
If you haven't travelled by rail in Canada you owe it to yourself to do so. Read More
The Difference Between U.S.: After the clichés
In this series Johanu Botha, a Canadian studying public policy, and Noah Caldwell, a student of American history, will try to demystify the Canadian-American relationship through politics, culture, history and anything else that comes to mind. Read More
Navigating Netflix: Lost
Describing Lost as a phenomenon might be an understatement. Read More