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Essay

Wednesday 9th of July 2025
Essay

If Stephen Harper came to visit

I'd ask him if he's making Canada a better place to live for rich, white men or for all people, everywhere. Read More
City & Politics, Essay

Buying in, stepping out of dominant roles: Experience and relationship in Winnipeg

Kate Sjoberg: This is a stab at offering a bit more of how my meditation and yoga practices connect to my ideas of anti-colonial work. Read More
City & Politics, Essay

Testing, prodding the Winnipeg of the South

The bars and the coffee shops are a little too conceptually bang on, leaving you with little to yearn for in your pestilent prairie heart. Read More
City & Politics, Essay

A song for the sleepless

I sit in the chair and Amy marks spots on my skull and temple, applying whitish goop so the electrodes will adhere. Read More
City & Politics, Essay

Are we warm yet?

The curious tale of one man's adventure down the mighty river, and the wondrous warming huts and amateur Stojkos there discovered. Read More
City & Politics, Essay

Honey, Nazis, and the Manitoban identity

The point here is not just about the intriguing stories scattered throughout history, it’s about the intriguing stories scattered throughout history in our own backyard. Read More
City & Politics, Essay

A bin full of death

I took a picture of a bin full of dead, frozen pigs. It's not an indictment of the hog industry. It's not strong commentary. It's not even an expose of a heinous act. Read More
City & Politics, Columns, Essay

Social Beef: Guide to Christmas holiday tipping

Here's our first official "Social Beef: Guide to Christmas Holiday Tipping" on who to tip what to tip and what kind acts deserve our tips. Read More
City & Politics, Essay

The Social Beef: Rules & Regulations

Elevators, bubble gum, PDAs and more. Read More
City & Politics, Essay

The Social Beef: Laundry manners

Is it rude to remove someone’s clothes from the washing machine when they aren’t in the room? Read More
City & Politics, Essay

So… I guess we’re in a fight?

Tiffy Thompson: In response to the Balderdash that is Fox’s hilarious bluffing game, I call bullshit. Read More
City & Politics, Essay

The Social Beef: The dental exam

Then I saw the dentist lurking in the background, circling around his empty space like a Great White shark. He looked, shall we say, displeased. Read More
Art, Arts & Life, City & Politics, Essay

Our perfect Alcatraz

It was an inspired idea – sometimes a notion is just so big that you think it must be the gift of a Higher Power – and it arrived as I watched Vic Toews defend something or other on the TV news. Read More
City & Politics, Essay

Tie The Knot: The fight for marriage equality in America

I followed the American election quite closely. All the while I had people ask me why I, as a Canadian, cared so much. My answer was quite simple: what happens in the states affects us in Canada. Read More
City & Politics, Essay

The quick drop of video rental

Movie night at home in Winnipeg (or anywhere else, really) ain’t what it used to be. Read More
City & Politics, Essay

The Social Beef Q&A: Pyramid Schemes and Tipping

This week two readers sent in queries on how to deal with a friend involved with a pyramid scheme and the etiquette behind tipping a homeless man offering to dry your hands inside a bar bathroom Read More

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