Stories: We All Got ‘Em
Canadian actor/director/singer Sarah Polley recently revealed that her father isn’t really her father. Her mom, who died of cancer when young Sarah was only 11, had an affair. Why is this important?...
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Winnipeg vs. Toronto for Neil Young
The man himself bending a string or two. I admit that I’m kind of an asshole when it comes to music. I don’t dance unless I like the song, which means that at the vast majority of wedding receptions...
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Things People Say When You’re Engaged
1. “Finally!” 2. “I once went to this wedding where _____. It was the worst! But don’t worry — I’m sure yours will be perfect.” the bride kept everyone waiting for an hour before the ceremony started,...
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Life After Winnipeg’s The Royal Art Lodge
A man sits on a chair in an empty room, a sock puppet extended from his left hand. The caption reads: “He would win back the children.” Elsewhere, a bearded man stands beside a black box propped up on...
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The 50 Greatest Canadian Albums of All Time
So I told my friend in Portland, Oregon, that I was writing a list of great Canadian albums, and he responded by suggesting that the whole darn thing should be filled with The Band and Neil Young. Of...
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Norm Macdonald’s Weird, Wonderful Twitter Book Club
Justin Bieber receives somewhere between 60 and 100 Twitter mentions per second. So in the time it took you to read that sentence (and now this one), hundreds of hopeful dispatches have crossed his...
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Losing It: On Women With Short Hair
Back in the first century A.D., the Apostle Paul wrote, “But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her.” Even now, in a world unfettered by religious maxims and traditional gender roles, long,...
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