Sports & Fitness
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Double header, double winner
Both Wesmen Volleyball teams defeated the University of Saskatchewan Huskies in their away games Saturday, Jan. 16.
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2005 Silver Heights graduate finds a home with the Wesmen
Craig Penniston is in his third year at the University of Winnipeg and his first year with the Wesmen Men’s Basketball Team.
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League of extraordinary dictators
The 20th century has witnessed the growth and spread of freedom throughout the world. It is generally accepted that human beings live better lives when they are free to live and think as they please. The idea of a totalitarian system of government is so abhorrent to us that we fought the Second World War over it, if I may oversimplify.
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Get out in the not-so-frigid world
If there is a silver lining to global warming it is that those of us enduring another January here in Winnipeg can at last make the most of winter.
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Finding your own delicate balance
Balance is essential to a healthy lifestyle – and nutrition is no exception to that rule.
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Outgoing basketball captain reflects on career with Wesmen
The University of Winnipeg Wesmen women’s basketball team’s fifth-year captain Randie Gibson cannot believe it is her last year with the program. She says she will miss her team when she moves back to her hometown, Regina, Sask., when she graduates with her Bachelor of Business Administration in the spring.
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Another win for the Wesmen
The Wesmen Women’s Basketball Team finished off a 64-41 win over home team the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades on Saturday, Jan. 9.
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Get out and walk it off
It requires no equipment, is both free of charge and friendly to the environment, and can be easily performed by the majority of the population. It reduces your risk of heart disease, diabetes and obesity among other health concerns.
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Wesmen volleyball teams sweep Thompson Rivers
The University of Winnipeg Wesmen volleyball teams swept their at-home series against the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack Nov. 28 and 29.
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An uneven weekend for the Wesmen basketball teams
It was two very different stories for the Wesmen men’s and women’s basketball teams Nov. 27-28.
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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.