The Magazine News Archive

May 1, 2017 — 
The Bentwood Box sits in a sunny alcove overlooking the Red River and easily commands the attention of the room, as it has done throughout the emotional journey that brought it here.

May 1, 2017 — 
When he was younger he wanted to invent things, and he also enjoyed making arguments. His parents said he should pursue law, but he chose philosophy.

May 1, 2017 — 
Winnipeg holds the record for the largest Canada Day living flag. And each person in red or white brings with them a personal connection to this land.

May 1, 2017 — 
“We can make Canada even better.”
 This was a statement I heard repeated many times, and from many people, at Converge 2017.

May 1, 2017 — 
150 for Canada, 140 for the University of Manitoba. 50, a new label for me to wear.

May 1, 2017 — 
When Ari Cohen [BA/91], who stars in the CBC series Shoot the Messenger, first stepped on stage with the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre—and got paid—he realized: Hey, maybe acting is a viable career.

May 1, 2017 — 
Chimwemwe Undi [BA(Adv)/16] loves to see quirky misspellings on Twitter, like Pre-Madonna. While grammarians get mad, the 22-year- old linguistics grad—a rising star in Canadian spoken word poetry—gets excited.

May 1, 2017 — 
When I see someone shoot up, licking their arm first to clean the skin, the nurse in me urges them to use alcohol instead.

May 1, 2017 — 
As we hit the 140-year mark, we look at what was and what is.

May 1, 2017 — 
As the nation marks a big birthday, the Queen’s representative in Canada—one of a select 28 since Confederation—wants to know what your gift to this country will be.