Sports & Fitness
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U of W Collegiate girls volleyball team exits provincials early
The University of Winnipeg Collegiate Wesmen girls’ volleyball team have finished their season after being knocked out early during the Nov. 27-28 provincial tournament at Balmoral Hall.
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Eat, drink and be merry without adding notches to your belt
Holidays signal a break from work, spending time with family and… food. What would the winter holidays be without bowls of butter-smothered vegetables, crispy turkey skin, creamy eggnog and decadently rich desserts?
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Wesmen women win against Bobcats while the men get mauled
The University of Winnipeg Wesmen women’s basketball team came out victorious Saturday, Nov. 21 in their home game against provincial rivals the Brandon University Bobcats.
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Wesmen volleyball player is looking forward to second half of the season
Leah Brezinski began playing volleyball in middle school after being encouraged to do so by her gym teachers. By the time she was in Grade 9, Brezinski was playing club volleyball with the private Winnipeg club team Winman.
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Never been in a fight? Join the club
If you fused Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger and Simon and Garfunkle’s introspective The Boxer together, it might make for a perfect soundtrack to Osborne’s United Boxing Club; a beginner-friendly, but competitive club, whose members are a well-balanced group of both men and women, young and old, competitive boxers and first-timers.
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Amanda Grant gives the raw deal
On Thursday, Nov. 12, Winnipeg’s own raw vegan Amanda Grant held a private raw food preparation class. The purpose of the class was to demonstrate how raw food can be incorporated into a healthy lifestyle.
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University of Winnipeg Collegiate varsity girls volleyball team earns spot in provincials
The University of Winnipeg Collegiate Wesmen varsity girls volleyball team defeated the Calvin Christian Eagles on Monday, Nov. 16 for a birth into the AAA provincials. The Wesmen girls varsity team is comprised entirely of Grade 10 and Grade 11 students, making their victory all the more impressive.
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Wesmen veteran happy team is back to full strength
Peter Lomuro, a fourth-year forward for the Wesmen men’s basketball team, is looking forward to having the whole team injury free and healthy in their upcoming games.
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Wesmen volleyball teams struggle against Bisons
A long-standing rivalry was alive and well over the weekend as the men’s and women’s Wesmen volleyball teams struggled at home against the University of Manitoba Bisons.
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Wesmen trampled by U of M Bisons
It was a bad weekend for the Wesmen, with both the men’s and women’s basketball teams losing handily to the University of Manitoba Bison’s Saturday night.
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How to strengthen your core
The core is the entire middle section of our bodies. It is vital to stabilize and balance ourselves. Strengthening the core contributes to increased flexibility and effectiveness in everyday activities. Without a strong core, we may have difficulty in daily tasks. Walking, carrying objects, crouching down and even standing all engage the core to some degree. Because we need our core in order to perform a variety of activities, it is an incredibly important muscle group that everyone should focus more on.
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Dieting, exercising and competing
Next year, Winnipegger Amanda Lee will be travelling to B.C. to compete for the championship in one of the World Bodybuilding Fitness Federation’s (WBFF) largest competitions.
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One win out of four leaves Wesmen wanting more
The Wesmen basketball teams had a tough weekend, with the men losing both games and the women pulling off one win.
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Wesmen volleyball teams split in Alberta
The Wesmen men’s and women’s volleyball teams took on two teams from the University of Alberta in Edmonton last weekend, each managing to come away with a win.
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Recruitment call changed Wesmen veteran’s future
When the phone rang in May 2007, Kaitlin Rempel had no idea that her whole life was about to change.
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Food excess versus food access
Food can be found everywhere you go. Coffee shops, cafeterias and grocery stores line the streets. Gas stations, airports, movie theatres and shopping malls all supply a variety of options to satiate our hunger. But are we really always that hungry? Do we really need that much food?
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Wesmen head to Calgary for mixed results
The Wesmen made their way to Calgary this weekend and faced the Calgary Dinos for some heated competition.
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Filipino all-stars play Duckworth Centre
International and local stars of Filipino basketball came out on Friday, Oct. 30, to play three exhibition games and scout talent for the Philippine Basketball Association.
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Veteran volleyball player pumped for new season
Third-year student Alix Krahn has always been passionate about sports. Inspired by her volleyball-loving family, she began playing the game when she was 12 years old.
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Good nutrition is a fundamental necessity that not everyone in Manitoba gets
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, 1.02 billion people around the world go hungry every day. That’s one in six people that are starving on a daily basis.