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City
Margo Goodhand

Under siege? Blame the media

DEAR Hon. Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety:

View Full Column | 11/03/2010 1:00 AM | 16
Doug Speirs

Me, lord of the dance? Try klutz of the class

Here's what I want you to do: First, stand up nice and straight. Next, while keeping your shoulders perfectly still -- you may need someone to hold them in place for you -- slowly begin to undulate your hips in a figure-eight pattern that will cause anyone watching to experience the first stirrings of a primitive passion.

View Full Column | 10/03/2010 1:00 AM | 2
Gordon Sinclair Jr.

If people want to rise, leaders must help lift

I felt sad this weekend when I heard yet another aboriginal man had been shot and killed by police.

View Full Column | 9/03/2010 1:00 AM | 14
Lindor Reynolds

No retribution for Gage's death

An unlikely trinity gathered at the Law Courts building Monday morning to learn the punishment for the woman charged for her role in the 2007 death of Gage Guimond.

View Full Column | 9/03/2010 1:00 AM | 15
Bartley Kives

Praise the pigeon

On my way to the North End last week, I saw a bald eagle fly over the Slaw Rebchuk Bridge.

View Full Column | 7/03/2010 1:00 AM | 1
Dan Lett

Too little dough, too little time

It is often said that you cannot have your cake and eat it too. Over the next five years, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will try to prove that, despite facing some long odds, it is possible.

View Full Column | 5/03/2010 1:00 AM | 3
Sports
Doug Brown

In football, there are simply no guarantees

Most everybody is aware that virtually all large professional sporting organizations in North America, save for the NFL and CFL, provide, in one form or another, guaranteed contracts to their players. But not everyone knows why this is the case.

View Full Column | 9/03/2010 1:00 AM | 6
Jerrad Peters

Owen hobbling into oblivion

Michael OWEN'S season, World Cup hopes and, in all likelihood, tenure with Manchester United came to an abrupt end just half an hour after his ninth goal of the campaign helped the Red Devils to their second successive Carling Cup triumph.

View Full Column | 6/03/2010 1:00 AM | 0
Entertainment
Kevin Prokosh

Cercle Moliere play its last before move

CERCLE Moliere opened its last play ever Théâtre de la Chapelle Friday night and will move into its new $9-million theatre next month.

View Full Column | 9/03/2010 1:00 AM | 2
Chris Smith

Put your hands together for this jazz duo

WHAT has two pianos, two musicians and seemingly way more hands than you'd expect?

View Full Column | 8/03/2010 1:00 AM | 0
Gwenda Nemerofsky

WSO show delights young and old

Centennial Concert Hall teemed with excited children and their parents Sunday afternoon as the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra hosted Ottawa-based Platypus Theatre and its engaging musical show, How the Gimquat Found Her Song.

View Full Column | 8/03/2010 1:00 AM | 0
Life
Wendy Burke

Nutrition mission

March is Nutrition Month and with winter coming to an end, it's the perfect time to re-examine and revamp the family menu.

View Full Column | 10/03/2010 1:00 AM | 0
Editorial
Gwynne Dyer

Facing threat of empty oceans

Everybody in the business knows that the Atlantic population of bluefin tuna is in worse trouble than the Pacific population, but how much worse? Well, here's one measure: Stanford University's Tag-a-Giant program is now paying $1,000 per tag to fishermen in the Atlantic and Mediterranean who return the tags after they have caught the tuna, whereas fishermen in the Pacific only get $500 for a tag. Trust the market to tell you the truth.

View Full Column | 10/03/2010 1:00 AM | 2
Robert Marshall

DNA data bank works

LATE this week, a jury was asked to decide if the past had caught up with Robert Kociuk. He's been on trial and facing the most heinous of allegations: that in May of 1984 he raped, stabbed and slashed a vulnerable, 48-year-old woman to death. Beverley Dyke had lived alone in Winnipeg's Wolseley neighbourhood.

View Full Column | 6/03/2010 3:18 PM | 0
Colleen Simard

Ipperwash: Here's to more happy endings

The story of Ipperwash is on the road to a happy ending.

View Full Column | 6/03/2010 1:00 AM | 1