Your last words
How dangerous is it to text while driving? MPI’s Driving and Texting Simulator reveals the potentially catastrophic consequences.
Grassroots giving alive at UWinnipeg
The University of Winnipeg’s Foundation is the first Manitoba university to launch a crowdfunding site to make it easier for people to support research, students and projects on campus.
Canada’s prescription opioid crisis
The misuse of opioids has grown exponentially with devastating consequences.
Clearly what we have here is a failure to communicate
Can we please agree on a form of communication that most of us can accept as ‘important’ and urgent?
Shift to mobile robs Google of millions in revenue
As more people turn to wireless handheld devices to search the internet, many have abandoned Google as their engine of choice.
EQ trumps IQ when it comes to success, happiness, leadership
Intelligence Quotient has long been the focus. Now, a University of Manitoba School of Medicine graduate encourages developing Emotional Intelligence instead.
Innovation motivation: App-building brothers find startup success as “code pirates”
The motto of Bold Innovation Group is #InnovateOrDie, and it’s a message the IT company takes to heart.
Computer geek squad saves the day (…and my laptop)
Customer service alive and well.
The dismal science of low oil prices
While the plummeting price of oil is good news for motorists, it’s a nightmare for ministers of finance who rely on this revenue to balance the books.
Winnipeg author advises doctors to have a little taste of their own medicine
Doctors are fallible. We get second opinions on things we buy every day – why not on opinions about our own body’s health?