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Crickets or cheers
I’ve always known that it takes more to be a successful stand-up comic than being deemed funny by your friends.
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Skull and stones
For Andi Motley, a bad shopping trip was a source of inspiration.
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Streaming consciousness
Winnipeg is home to a number of locally produced podcasts.
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Beef on a blade
When I told my friends I was going to Carnaval Brazilian BBQ, they all made this enthusiastic moaning noise and told me how lucky I was.
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Moving forward and promoting healthy community
Winnipeg singer-songwriter Rob Waddell remembers his very first time playing to an audience. It was a two-song performance some five-and-a-half years ago during an open mic night at what was then the Academy.
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The spirit of radio
In an era where free media reigns supreme, the original mass communicator, radio broadcasting - which began transmitting signals globally as early as 1901 - is still the cheapest and easiest way to discover new music.
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Bringing it back to The North
It’s tough to leave Stars out of any discussion concerning Canadian music.
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Believe it or not
Seated on a sectional couch with a bowling ball between them at their “communal living/jam space,” guitarist Marshall Birch and drummer JP Perron of the Unbelievable Bargains await bassist Steve Basham’s return home from work.
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Alone with everybody
Hayden sounds a bit overwhelmed when we connect. The Toronto singer/songwriter is navigating South By Southwest - unbelievably, his first time at the Austin, Texas music festival.
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Your UWSA executive
Fultz, a fourth year international development and human rights student at the University of Winnipeg, brings a breadth of experience to the presidency, having served as a volunteer for the UWSA as well as a director on its board of directors.
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UWSA general election brings out low number of voters
Voter turnout remained flat in this year’s University of Winnipeg Students’ Association general election, as 1,396 students showed up to mark a ballot.
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International News Briefs
Journalist freed after interviewing rape victim; U.S. teens convicted of rape that was documented online; Brazil town cracking down on ‘ghost employees’; Cyprus imposing new bank tax to avoid bankruptcy
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Local News Briefs
War brewing between African Mafia and B-Side Gang, court hears; Winnipeg bidding to host Canada Summer Games; Feds moving to demolish ELA site buildings
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Unwanted attention on Winnipeg women
Street harassment against women and the LGBT community in Winnipeg is a big problem, and a local organization aiming to end it says it has proof.
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U of M unions cry out against privatization on campus
The increasing privatization of management services at the University of Manitoba is leading to increasing frustration among faculty and staff and causing irreparable damage with contractors and employees, union leaders say.