Random Acts of Kindness

Digging out a kindness

I’d like to give a huge shout-out to my neighbor, Garrett Janzen (pardon me if I’ve spelled your name incorrectly.)

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Under the Dome

Energy savings: if it’s such a no-brainer. . .

Interesting blog on the Washington Post highlighting the work of research group E2e.

View Full Post | 06/19/2013 6:06 AM | 0

Nick Martin: Telling Tales out of School

Babinsky circus obscures crucial issues

Mike Babinsky would try the patience of a saint. Dale Carnegie would probably tell Babinsky not even to bother buying the book. Will Rogers would have shaken his head and walked away.

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Mike McIntyre: Mike on Crime

Was "evil rapist" doomed by circumstances?

Grave. Serious. Vulgar. Horrific.

View Full Post | 06/13/2013 12:36 PM | 0

Mia Rabson: The Capital Chronicles

Haircuts and cupcakes

House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer is mulling over a point of privilege calling on him to let the House of Commons decide whether Manitoba MPs Shelly Glover and James Bezan should be allowed to sit and vote in the House until their dispute with Elections Canada over their 2011 election expenses is settled.

View Full Post | 06/11/2013 11:22 AM | 0

Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson: The Grape Nut

Q&A: Wes Pearson, Dodgy Bros.

In reviewing my email interview with Wes Pearson, a former Winnipegger now making wine in the McLaren Vale under the Dodgy Bros. label, I realized I had a lot of good stuff that couldn't possibly fit in the dead-tree version of the Winnipeg Free Press.

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Bob Cox

Why following the journalism is important

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Dan Lett: The Sausage Factory

Ontario's 'Big Move:' pay more to get more

The debate in Manitoba over infrastructure funding is still pretty heated, two weeks after the NDP government announced it was raising the sales tax by one-point to essentially double the annual cash contribution to capital projects. When fully implemented, and combined with current cash-to-capital contributions, in theory the proposal will generate about $560 million annually for infrastructure (based on current PST yields).

View Full Post | 05/7/2013 12:48 PM | 0

Gabrielle Giroday: The Back Story

More than a victim

I couldn't believe it when I woke up yesterday morning to a stack of emails about an alleged serial killer. For years, there has been rampant speculation about a serial killer in Winnipeg. What has been a highly sensitive issue for policing -- in the constant roller-coaster of First Nation/policing relations -- had shown up at the forefront, at last.

View Full Post | 11/6/2012 3:37 PM | 0

Tyler Walsh: Star Wipes

Cranking iPhone video up a notch

In my neverending quest to make the iPhone a legitimate tool in our newsgathering arsenal, I may have found a device that finally resolves all audio concerns.

View Full Post | 02/24/2012 3:28 PM | 0

Mary Agnes Welch's Gripe Juice

Thanks, baby

Normally, I use this space to gripe about government types. This time, I am full of love.

View Full Post | 01/15/2012 6:10 PM | 0

Neil Babaluk: A(sessippi) to Z(ed Lake)

Asessippi

This blog is titled Manitoba Parks: A(sessippi) to Z(ed) Lake. I travelled to Zed Lake early on in the journey, but after visits to 75 provincial parks I still had not been to the “A” park from the title, Asessippi Provincial Park. That all changed the weekend before Christmas, when my odyssey to visit all of Manitoba's road-accessible provincial parks came to an end with a trip to Asessippi.

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Gary Lawless: Wake-up Call

Calm before storm on draft day

LOS ANGELES - All quiet on the Western front.

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