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Carolin Vesely
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Doc's memoir portrays ERs as frantic, funny, frightening ... but never dull
Medical dramas like the classics St. Elsewhere and ER, and the more recent House and Nurse Jackie, have done a lot to de-romanticize the image of doctors as warmly pleasant, always calm and ever-composed miracle workers that was created in the 1960s by shows such as Marcus Welby, M.D. Yet in the process of humanizing the healers, these realistically gritty and gory programs also tend to portray emergency rooms as theatres of non-stop, life-or-death drama and heroism. Or at least every patient who enters through the sliding class doors seems to have something exotic or interesting wrong with them.View Full Column | 05/21/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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At this community art auction (volunteer) time really is money
After purchasing a house last year, teacher Ben Shedden and his wife, Eden, a full-time student, didn't exactly have a stash of cash with which to adorn its "drab" bare walls. So the Winnipeg couple went to a silent art auction and successfully bid on two paintings by local artists.View Full Column | 05/18/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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Explore Desire seminars to 'push the boundaries'
They wanted more. And the sexologist delivered. Six months after his women-only sexuality seminar drew a sold-out crowd to the Radisson Hotel, Winnipeg's Dr. Reece Malone is back with three new workshops aimed at helping both genders Explore Desire.View Full Column | 05/16/2013 9:28 AM | 0
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He works hard for the Monet
It's been said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Stephen Borys's journey of 10,000 kilometres began in Newfoundland in the autumn of 2011 with a single oil painting. It was an art collector's dream road trip. And by the time it ended in Victoria 18 months later, Borys had visited 30 museums and galleries in 20 cities and arranged to bring 100 works of art home to Winnipeg.View Full Column | 05/11/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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Facebook a forum for students to share touching (and troubling) secrets
'I like sneaking books into people's bags so that the alarm goes off on them when they leave the library," reads one confession. "I VW'd (voluntary withdrew) all my classes. My parents don't have a clue. I've been leaving the house during my said classes to go sleep in my car," says another.View Full Column | 05/7/2013 6:57 AM | 0
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Who's the CEO of this family?
Kids say the darndest things, and one of the most timeless and universal -- and least likely to elicit an "aww" from any adult -- is the phrase, "You're not the boss of me." In terms of parental unpopularity, this declaration of defiance rates right up there with "No!" and "You can't make me!"View Full Column | 04/23/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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App will anonymously tell bullies, boors and blowhards the error of their ways
Boring someone to death isn't a crime. Nor are answering your cellphone during dinner, chronic lateness, blaming others for your mistakes, swearing like a sailor, gossiping and burping in public. What these behaviours are, at least by polite-society standards, are ill-mannered, inconsiderate and annoying.View Full Column | 04/16/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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The reluctant bachelor
To say that Harold "Hal" Spielman's life changed when his wife of 32 years died from cancer five years ago would be an understatement. "I was alone for the first time in my life. I felt lost. I didn't know where the chequebook was," Spielman, 85, recalls from his home in suburban New York.View Full Column | 04/9/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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Chemically altering emotions to prolong relationships
This month marks the 15th anniversary of a heart drug that accidentally launched a sexual revolution. Since it was approved for sale in the United States, Viagra has helped more than 25 million men get and keep an erection, according to Pfizer's website.View Full Column | 04/2/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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Lullaby and good night...
Good morning. How did you sleep? Hopefully you did not wake up every couple of hours, hungry, craving attention and crying for your parents, with no idea whether it was day or night.View Full Column | 03/26/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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Retying the knot
When Cheryl Sinclair married her high school sweetheart in 1985, she walked down the church aisle in a long white gown with five attendants. There had been a "big-hall shower" and a social. More than 200 guests attended the wedding reception, which was largely planned by her parents, who even chose the menu.View Full Column | 03/19/2013 9:51 AM | 0
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Four strong decades: The Winnipeg Folk Festival
It was to be a one-off, free weekend of outdoor music at Birds Hill Park to help celebrate Winnipeg's 100th anniversary. Bruce Cockburn would be there with his "warm blend" of folk, jazz and blues, as would Sylvia Tyson with her "bristling vitality," along with neo-vaudeville crooner Leon Redbone and 50 or so other folk musicians from around the world.View Full Column | 03/16/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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Rejection or rapture?
In the spring, it's been said, a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love. The age-old, all-season challenge -- and not just for men -- of course, is how to turn those thoughts into action and find someone with whom to build a healthy and lasting relationship.View Full Column | 03/16/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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Leonard's legacy 'doodles' on exhibit at Mayberry
We know him as a poet, a singer, a novelist, a philosopher, a fedora-wearing ladies man and a robed, shaven-headed Buddhist monk. Now Winnipeggers will get to see a whole other side of the multi-hyphenate known as Leonard Cohen: visual artist.View Full Column | 03/9/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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The choice to adopt a married name has become increasingly complicated
What's in a name? Well, for the single-monikered superstar who recently kicked off The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour, maybe a clever marketing opportunity.View Full Column | 03/5/2013 10:37 AM | 0
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As self-publishing thrives, it's easy -- but expensive -- to put 'author' on your resumé
Theirs is an enduring love affair, but writers and readers no longer have the traditional relationship they once did. More and more of them are meeting electronically, for one thing. And, as with Internet dating, self-publishing is becoming increasingly mainstream and acceptable, so a growing number of would-be authors are bypassing the literary matchmaker altogether.View Full Column | 02/26/2013 10:48 AM | 0
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At-home euthanasia eases discomfort for pets, families
‘A FAVOURITE spot in front of the window is very common,” says Winnipeg veterinarian Dr. Larry Adelman when asked where his clients most often carry out pet ownership’s most painful ritual. Last December, after enjoying one last Christmas together as a family, Derek Foreman and his wife said goodbye to their beloved Buster on a blanket on the kitchen floor. Buster's best canine buddy, Nano, was also present and let out a single bark when his owner carried the blanketed bundle out to Adelman's car.View Full Column | 02/12/2013 11:08 AM | 0
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Triskaidekaphobics believe 2013 will be the unluckiest year of the century
Like the Otis Elevator Company and Ireland's motor industry, Winnipegger Teresa Sztaba is very familiar with the term "triskaidekaphobia." It's a fancy word for a morbid fear of the number 13. Folks who dread Friday the 13th in particular suffer from "paraskevidaphobia" -- just like Sztaba's mother did at one time.View Full Column | 02/5/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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Beyond polar bears
Before there was Inuit art, there were "Eskimo carvings." That is, long before Nunavut sculptor Jamasie Pitseolak began turning the colourful stone of Baffin Island into motorcycles, guitars and high-heeled shoes, his ancestors were using their carving skills to craft weapons and tools.View Full Column | 01/26/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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Spoken-word artists drop the gloves in audience-fuelled poetry competition
One is meant for the page, the other for the stage. A poem by any other name is still rhythmical composition, but when it's part of a "poetry slam" or a "Haiku death match," there's certain to be less reading and more performing. Not to mention some heated competition.View Full Column | 01/22/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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A day to remember
While some people are still paying off their Christmas credit card debt, there are those who are about to enter another shopping season -- one where boughs of holly will be woefully inadequate when it comes to decking the hall. Try decorative trees and "culturally inspired tablescapes."View Full Column | 01/15/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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Novel approach to Asperger's
Connor, who is in Grade 3, is having "a few issues" at school. "My teacher, Mrs. Winters, and I don't see eye to eye," is how he puts it. Connor is a sweet kid and a brilliant student who strongly dislikes hugs and has an intense interest in math, dinosaurs and dogs -- factoids about which he loves to share with everyone he meets. His "issues" arise around his interpretation of school rules, attempts to read body language and facial expressions and his, well, honesty.View Full Column | 01/8/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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Tribute for a guiding light
She was a classically trained ballerina and feminist who literally let her hair down in the '60s when she left the precise and ethereal world of tights and tutus for the earthy, visceral realm of modern dance. Rachel Browne may have broken ground for generations of dancers and choreographers, but the revered founder of Canada's oldest contemporary dance company wasn't finished blazing her own trail when she died suddenly last June at the age of 77.View Full Column | 01/3/2013 1:00 AM | 0
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To their art's content
In 1912, Winnipeg was booming. In just four decades, it had grown from a trading post on the banks of the Red River into Canada's third-largest city -- a cosmopolitan hub of commerce and culture nicknamed "Chicago of the North." Winnipeg had bankers, businessmen, millionaires and socialites. It also had art lovers and professional artists. What it did not have was an art gallery.View Full Column | 12/15/2012 2:10 PM | 0
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Cull 911! Moving tips for second-time-around couples
Anyone who has been around the romantic block once or twice is bound to bring their share of leftover baggage into a new union. And not just the emotional kind, as Winnipeg professional organizer Lorraine Mitchell can attest.View Full Column | 12/11/2012 1:00 AM | 0
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