Limitations yield creativity in Sargent & Victor & Me
Debbie Patterson’s one-woman show, playing Feb. 27 to Mar. 9 at the Asper Centre for Theatre and Film, examines a community on the brink.
Mother Nature went out of her way for Actif Epica
This year’s Actif Epica ultra-marathon demanded that all contestants dig deep and draw from their intestinal fortitude. Pushing the limits for all involved was the teaching lesson of the day.
Louis Riel Day celebrated at Festival du Voyageur
Monday being Louis Riel Day and a holiday for many, and mother nature co-operating by giving us beautiful weather, people came to Voyaguer Park in droves.
Losing it is just half the battle
Before you congratulate me for losing 15 pounds, maybe wait another year, because getting that excess weight off is only half the battle. The other half is keeping it off. And I’m not confident this time will be any different from other times.
A reach for respect in sports
When it comes to abusive and violent hockey parents, a zero tolerance or one strike policy is needed. A parent who throws a punch would forfeit the privilege for their kid to play hockey for the season.
Putting ‘Winter’ back in the Olympics
Perhaps it’s an optical illusion, or the hallucinations of a prairie boy who’s fed up with living in the polar vortex, but is that a palm tree I see before me beside one of the venues in Mother Russia?
Reaching new heights at Festiglace
Held during the same time as Festival du Voyageur, passers-by cannot help but stop and look at this magnificent waterfall of ice protruding into the sky with people climbing it.
Local theatre company to host lively, humorous fundraiser
“So You Think You Can Act” will feature several local celebrities, famous for things other than theatre, testing out their acting chops in front of a panel of judges and a live audience.
Rethinking what governments can actually do
Every day in Canada there are demands on our federal government to take action about something, but recent experience suggests that Ottawa’s power is not nearly what we think it is.
Fight back against food giants who lure you to “do their bidding”
Here’s your chance to discover the tactics multi-national companies use to get you to eat processed foods, and to put yourself on an even footing with the $3 trillion a year industry.