The evolution of wrestling
With wrestling back in the Olympics for now, the sport has made several rule changes that have improved the matches considerably. For the sport to maintain it’s status, it will need to continue evolving.
Fat cats not so funny
Cats are a social media phenomenon. And with their pillow-like bodies and pudgy faces, fat cats are among the most popular. But having an overweight pet is no laughing matter.
Winnipeg dental team brings hope to Zambia
A trio of dedicated, hardworking volunteers from Winnipeg donates their time, expertise and equipment to those in need of dental work in the African village of Kitwe, Zambia.
For the love of the game
Hard as it is to believe, there was a time when football players could make more money in Canada than they could in places like New York and Chicago.
Giving voice to Winnipeggers
Over the past year, I’ve heard so many stories in my ventures through broadcast journalism. Sometimes you go in thinking you are going to hear one story, and leave hearing so much more.
Airships touted for moving cargo to remote locales
For more than a decade, a Manitoba transportation expert has been the most prominent promoter of using airships fuelled with hydrogen as a more efficient and economic way to move goods.
Dirty Donkey raises money
The second annual running of the Dirty Donkey saw a 50% increase over last year despite it being a race through a hilly course in wet sloppy mud, where you crawl under barbed wire, through tunnels and climb over and under obstacles.
Quebec an anomaly in Canada’s mosaic
The more we read and hear about the proposed Charter of Values in Quebec, the less sense it makes out here on the prairies, or anywhere else in Canada, for that matter.
Report reveals mine on shaky ground
The Wilderness Committee is calling on the Manitoba government to fix an underground mine on the verge of collapse under Bernic Lake in eastern Manitoba.
Crash kills Arctic researcher
Dr. Klaus Hochheim, a respected climatologist and research associate with the Centre for Earth Observation Science at the University of Manitoba, has died tragically in a helicopter accident in the Canadian Arctic.