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
Assessing Prairie Power, Part One: Alison Redford and the fracturing of Alberta conservatism
As Albertans prepared to vote in a provincial election earlier this year, an unabated Progressive Conservative dynasty that had existed virtually unchallenged for 40 years was preparing to implode. Read More
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
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
Peg City Car Co-op: Invest in Less
Want to know what it’s like to drive a $50,000 vehicle for $3/hour? That’s what sharing assets and awesome partnerships can do. Read More
Why the Liberal Party of Canada is dead on the Prairies
As for the Liberals' culture of arrogance and slimy politicking, look no further than their last three leaders (as well as their current leadership front-runner). Read More
Church Cops: Episode 2
This exclusive series will follow the Church Cops in their relentless mission to rein in the wayward sheep and mete out good old-fashioned punishment to the sinful. Read More
Artist/former city planner Louis C. Bakó on nudes, soft drugs and the destruction of Winnipeg
“If you look on aerial at downtown, it’s like a mouth with a bunch of teeth missing.” Read More
Why isn’t Manitoba the hipster capital of the planet?
The more I look at publications like Kinfolk magazine, or its masculine blogging counterparts A Continuous Lean, A Restless Transplant, and The Standard Edition, the more I think that hipsters would love it in Manitoba Read More
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
Phoenix Sinclair inquiry and the failure of minute-by-minute news
But more importantly, the inquiry is about the Phoenixes yet to be saved, and even those yet to be born. It is about trauma, and the bloodstains of a howling pain that taint successive generations. Read More
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
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
One way or another, Manitoba NDP should stop endorsing municipal candidates
With Sam Katz gripped by a massive scandal that has hugely eroded public confidence, the NDP have a substantial opportunity in the 2014 election Read More
Social Beef: I got no reply; ethics of modern day communication
A friend of mine recently applied for a job via email. After submitting a proposal, a yellow envelope was delivered to his inbox. Read More
Two Centuries on Point Douglas, Part Two: 1912-2012
This is a brief and selective timeline of the people, places, and events that helped shape the Point Douglas neighbourhood of today. Read More