Let the Manitoba Derby dollars flow
The biggest day of horse racing in Manitoba takes place on Monday and Assiniboia Downs has put together a doozy of a Derby card that will...
Celebrating agriculture on Food Day Canada
Happy Food Day, Canada. What started this same weekend in 2003 as a national barbecue to support beef producers besieged by blocked borders has turned into...
Mechatronics programs coming to Manitoba colleges
Picture walking into a grocery store. Often, an infrared light hits you, causing a sliding door to automatically open. You’ll get hit with a blast of...
The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Opinion Welcome to another beautiful August long weekend in Manitoba. If you are reading this online, outside of Manitoba and perhaps outside of Canada, I want...
Changing drunk-driving laws
Opinion Darned right it doesn’t sit well. Wednesday, 23-year-old Braedon Lee Gordon pleaded guilty to his fourth alcohol-related driving offence, and was sentenced to 35 months...
First-time camper thrives thanks to Sunshine Fund
For Sarah Gingras and her nine-year-old daughter Lily, summer camp seemed like an impossible dream. Gingras, who didn’t have the chance to attend camp as a...
Gigantic Jenga
While doing a lazy backstroke in the lagoon pool, my eyes gravite to the constellation of lights reflected in the mirrored ceiling five storeys above. At...
Transportation, the north, and the future
Opinion Transportation in northern Manitoba received scant attention under the Brian Pallister and Heather Stefanson regimes. Based on terrain, the North is hard to plow. Based...
The August deadline
Opinion When you spend four years writing a book on climate change, you get to know most of the leading players. I have never seen them...