Detour
Lights out
At one time, drive-in movie screens lit up Manitoba, but gradually their flickering glow has been extinguished
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Lights out
By Stuart Thickson Jack Black, with drunken bravado, stares out at the forgotten, fortified island looming up through the mist. He's searching for a relic from another age, a living fossil towering over the landscape, something from the past that's inexplicably locked in time. Just when he thinks the beast is extinct, a glimpse of the creature cuts through the darkness and my kids scream and spill all their popcorn on the back seat of "Petey," our PT Cruiser. <Continued> -
Comfortably numb
This City / By Bartley Kives There are several dozen blogs that chronicle various aspects of life in Winnipeg, but only one of them has a perfect name: Slurpees & Murder. <Continued> -
Location, location, location
Sitelines / By Ian Tizzard A downtown condominium salesman has a plan to bridge a gap he sees between people who are moving to the Exchange District and the community of artists that's already there. And like some other successful entrepreneurial schemes, this one is part marketing and part community service. <Continued> -
Purple reign
By David Sanderson Yes, it's true that Andy Szczepanik owns 400-plus Deep Purple albums in every conceivable format, including vinyl, reel-to-reel and eight-track tape. <Continued> -
Hot dogs
By Cheryl Binning It's hard to keep up with the changing trends in fashion -- one year skirts are short, the next they are long. Well, when it comes to dogs, people's tastes are just as fickle. <Continued> -
Pets of the week
Tika / Siamese cross / 1
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