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.
Twenty years since I smoked my last cigarette
I still occasionally have dreams in which I’m smoking. I wake up and for a few brief seconds, I imagine that I have a sore throat. That is truly a powerful psychological addiction.
Trudeau seeks open, trusting partnership with First Nations
Walter Spence drove two hours from Peguis First Nation Wednesday night to a hall in Lorette where 200 people listened to Justin Trudeau speak about the government’s responsibility to aboriginal people.
Trudeau in Lorette to welcome Liberal candidate for Provencher
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau spoke to party faithful last night in the Lorette Parish Hall where Terry Hayward was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate in Provencher’s upcoming federal byelection.
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.
Free The Spirit Festival a success
“It’s a very visual fundraiser so people who may not know what happens inside the walls of St. Amant actually can see who lives here and what the people who live here are like.”
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.
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.