Winnipeg Free Press back issues from April 2007:
Sexuality researcher cuts to the chaste with look at virginity
Apr 01, 2007 ... Virgin The Untouched History By Hanne Blank Bloomsbury, 304 pages, $33 Reviewed by Julie Kentner ONE thing is for certain -- opening up a discourse on intercourse is sure to ignite all sorts of passions. And nothing creates more buzz than trying to ...
Pop-culture novel a minor work from a major writer... or is it?
Apr 01, 2007 ... You Don't Love Me Yet By Jonathan Lethem Doubleday, 224 pages, $30 Reviewed by Morley Walker THIS pop culture comedy feels like its author, one of the hottest writers in U.S. literary circles, is barely breaking a sweat. But looks could be deceiving. A ...
A thoughtful examination of a Turkish taboo
Apr 01, 2007 ... The Bastard of Istanbul By Elif Shafak Viking, 360 pages, $31 Reviewed by Üstün Bilgen-Reinart TURKISH author Elif Shafak got into trouble with her sixth novel, The Bastard of Istanbul, published last year in her homeland. She was charged with "insulting ...
Plain Jane gets extreme makeover
Apr 01, 2007; ... By Linda Rosborough JANE'S too plain, it would seem, for these glamorous times. Eighteenth-century English author Jane Austen is getting a makeover -- 190 years after her death. British publisher Wordsworth says the authentic image of Austen is "off-putting," and have ...
Youth worker 'was amazing'
Apr 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Mourners hold vigil for woman killed in horrific car crashface=-Bold; By Gabrielle Giroday SHE was a 22-year-old youth worker who climbed out of difficult circumstances and worked tirelessly with sexually exploited teen girls. She died early Friday morning ...
Death Notices
Apr 01, 2007 ...BIALEK, Robert (Bob). DE VRIES, John. DI CURZIO, Sebastiano. DONNELLY, Brian Earle. GEERTS, Adrian Peter. GERVAIS, Alvin Alfred. HART, Owen Michael. JOHNSON, Anne T. KIM, MD, Keith. LAPOINTE, James Donald ...
It's no joke!
Apr 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Snowstorm's in forecast face=-Bold; APRIL will come in like a lion in southern and central Manitoba today, with a roaring snowstorm in the forecast. Environment Canada issued a winter storm watch warning Manitobans to brace for another blast of winter today, and it's ...
Russian hockey team bows out of community celebration
Apr 01, 2007; ... By Nick Martin THE Russians weren't coming, the Russians weren't coming. A bitterly disappointed Sofia Barklon got that message Saturday morning, after spending weeks planning a community celebration Saturday night for the Russian women's national hockey team. Barklon ...
The right backdrops, spies part of the Harper strategy
Apr 01, 2007 ... National Report / Paul Samyn OTTAWA -- It used to be that if a government was going to make a big agriculture announcement away from Parliament Hill, the political spin doctors would put their boss on a farm in a barn near a tractor. But last week the Tories opted for the opulent ...
Rallies ramp up power play in Ukraine
Apr 01, 2007; ... By Mara D. Bellaby KYIV, Ukraine -- Several thousand Ukrainians held rival rallies in the centre of Kyiv on Saturday as the political feud between the president and prime minister deepened, increasing the likelihood that President Viktor Yushchenko would dissolve parliament and call new ...
Mistress Winemaker, enough... please stop; we're begging you!
Apr 01, 2007 ... Concertina The Life and Loves of a Dominatrix By Susan Winemaker Simon & Schuster, 306 pages, $28 Reviewed by Elizabeth Hopkins WHAT happens when an aspiring professional chef from Toronto moves to London, only to prove incapable of handling ...
A mother's love...for herself
Apr 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Rebecca Eckler frets about her figure after having a waddayacallit?Um ... baby, yeah, that's it; a baby!face=-Bold; Wiped! Life with a Pint-Size Dictator By Rebecca Eckler Key Porter Books, 312 pages, $23 Reviewed by Rebecca ...
Arctic mission takes its toll
Apr 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Ingenuity takes over when disaster hits on first dayface=-Bold; By Bob Weber EUREKA, Nunavut -- It didn't take long for the Arctic to take its toll on soldiers participating in an unprecedented snowmobile trek to enforce Canadian sovereignty. A week ago, on ...
Time for an attitude adjustment
Apr 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; A creative capital agenda puts value on individual talentface=-Bold; Growing Manitoba / Dan Overall IF the provincial budget is to set out a framework for effective change, it must begin by tackling attitudes head on, because we need to change ours in a number of ...
Take your imagination on a thrilling sci-fi adventure
Apr 01, 2007; ... By David Pitt NEAL Asher's The Voyage of the Sable Keech (Tor, 584 pages, $11) is the kind of science fiction that grabs your imagination and takes it on a thrilling journey far, far into the future. Taylor Bloc, who was murdered 200 years ago, returns to the deadly planet of ...
Language devolving into global Comspeak
Apr 01, 2007; ... By Silvio Laccetti and Dan Taylor IN George Orwell's powerful work 1984, totalitarianism enlists a new kind of language, Newspeak, to control thought. Today, we see an even more chilling situation: words without meaning, without associations, devoid of emotional content. Through our ...
More to Reagan than met the eye, historian says
Apr 01, 2007 ... Ronald Reagan Fate, Freedom, and the Making of History By John Patrick Diggins W.W. Norton & Company, 493 pages, $35 Reviewed by Graeme Voyer CRITICS of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan dismissed him as an "amiable dunce." However, American ...
How badly do you want NHL hockey back in Winnipeg?
Apr 01, 2007 ...MARK Olson was willing to pay for an NHL team then -- and he's even more willing now. A former world-class curler who organized a Save the Jets social back in May of 1994 that raised more than $200,000, Olson believes that a good percentage of Manitobans could be persuaded to pay some ...
'Go rest and be free, my brother'
Apr 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; For proud firefighter Tim Fraser, the charges against him were too much to take, his brother believes. So Tim killed himselfface=-Bold; The Free Press doesn't normally report on suicides or identify the deceased. When we initially reported Tim Fraser's suicide, we did not ...
Rabbi, 83, celebrates his bar mitzvah
Apr 01, 2007 ... CHICAGO -- Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf is 70 years older than most bar mitzvah particpants. The 83-year-old held the traditional Jewish rite of passage ceremony -- usually performed at age 13 -- on Saturday. The retired head of the KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation in Chicago's Hyde Park ...
Budgets, bogeys?
Apr 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Bah! It's about beating Boris!face=-Bold; In the Doug house / Doug Speirs I was going to write a comprehensive, user-friendly column today to help get you ready for the upcoming provincial budget -- but then I realized I really don't care whether you're ready for the ...
Chaplains: confessors in camouflage
Apr 01, 2007; ... By Kelly Egan OTTAWA -- There are 325 chaplains in the regular and reserve forces of the Canadian military, including one Muslim and one rabbi. At any time in Afghanistan, four or five serve on rotating duty. Here, in a brief but beautiful rendering, is what they do, in the words ...
Hindu community thanks couple
Apr 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Donated $600,000 to finish new templeface=-Bold; By Carol Sanders GETTING a bunch of people from different backgrounds together to build a religious or cultural centre can be a monumental task. The African and Sikh communities' plans are on hold till they can reach a ...
A real sharpshooter
Apr 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Hefford third Team Canada player to pot 100 goalsface=-Bold; By Ashley Prest IT'S an exclusive club within the ranks of Canada's national women's hockey team, with 100 reasons to belong but only one way to get in. Forward Jayna Hefford, a 10-year national ...
RCMP suspends deputy HR commissioner
Apr 01, 2007 ... TORONTO -- The RCMP has suspended its deputy commissioner of human resources, according to Saturday's Globe and Mail. Barbara George was suspended Friday and is being investigated for allegations she misled a parliamentary committee about her role in the 2005 ouster of an officer from a ...
Serena seizes second chance
Apr 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Bounces off the mat to beat Henin in finalface=-Bold; By Steven Wine KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- A forgiving net cord saved Serena Williams from defeat, and she made the most of the lucky bounce. One point from losing the final in the Sony Ericsson Open, Williams ...
A grieving brother does a service to many families
Apr 01, 2007 ... Lindor Reynolds IN paying tribute to his dead brother, Jamie Fraser offered comfort and companionship to hundreds of families he'll never know. He named his brother Tim's illness. He discussed his suicide. He made public a tragedy that too often lurks in the shadows as devastated ...
Highlight REEL
Apr 01, 2007 ... Manitoba 3 / Omaha 2 FIRST PERIOD The Knights come out with some pop and take a 1-0 lead as Winnipegger Dustin Boyd scores his 26th. Big Lee Goren ties the game midway through the frame with a power-play goal for his 24th of the season and Jesse Schultz makes it 2-1 for the ...
Biofuel makers dispute study's ethanol pessimism
Apr 01, 2007; ... By Terry Pedwell OTTAWA -- A group representing biofuel manufacturers disputes a report that suggests the federal government's massive investments in ethanol won't dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The study, by Frederic Forge of the Library of Parliament's science ...
Centres of attention sit out
Apr 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Ohio State's Oden, Hoyas' Hibbert spend a lot of big game on benchface=-Bold; By Mike Downey ATLANTA -- It was a big, big game. Greg Oden got a good seat. Roy Hibbert did the same. Unfortunately, they were the ones everybody came to see. Ohio State's ...
Around The Majors
Apr 01, 2007 ... Towers earns spot in Blue Jays rotation DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Josh Towers won the final spot in the Blue Jays' rotation, then beat a Cincinnati Reds' split squad in Toronto's spring training finale. Towers allowed four hits over six innings in a 1-0 victory Saturday, striking ...
In Manitoba, it's steady as she goes
Apr 01, 2007 ... Livio Di Matteo GOVERNMENTS and politicians in Canada are keen to measure accountability and performance in universities, hospitals and the school system but they too can be subjected to periodic quantitative assessment that is of benefit to voters. Manitoba since 1988 provides a ...
PGA rookie sets record as weather aids charge
Apr 01, 2007; ... By Chris Duncan HUMBLE, Texas -- Johnson Wagner has proven he can shoot low scores on the PGA Tour. Now, the 27-year-old rookie just has to do it on a Sunday. Wagner took advantage of a rain-softened course and calm conditions to shoot a course-record 8-under 64 on ...
Big-league dreams, small-town fears
Apr 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Winnipeg skated in the NHL once; if the city takes another shot, will it score?face=-Bold; CHAPTER III: 'PEOPLE SAY HOCKEY IS A RELIGION. IT'S BIGGER THAN THAT.' -- sports psychologist Cal Botterill Randy Turner DAVID Asper tells ...
Recycling? Do we need a red or green box?
Apr 01, 2007 ... Naomi Lakritz IF you're going to boast that yours is a world-class city, as Calgary's city council loves to do, then you should first make sure it has caught up with the rest of the world. Not that the mayor or council of any city ever stands up and says, "We're not world-class ....
Waxing poetic
Apr 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Aganetha Dyck's respectful collaborations with bees result in sculptures that set the art world buzzingface=-Bold;Morley Walker NOW that she's $55,000 richer, the question for Winnipeg's art world queen bee Aganetha Dyck is this: Will she be sharing that loot with ...
Deep South '60s no place to grow up gay
Apr 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Journalist recreates childhood, adolescence surrounded by incessant racism, homophobiaface=-Bold; Mississippi Sissy By Kevin Sessums St. Martin's Press, 305 pages, $31 Reviewed by Chris Vogel IN this fevered memoir about growing up gay in the ...
Tough evening for Manitobans
Apr 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Ehnes is province's only winnerface=-Bold; By Rob Williams SASKATOON -- Manitobans were one for nine at the Juno Awards last night. Internationally renown violinist James Ehnes was the only local to take home a coveted glass statue from the non-televised ...
Faith Briefs
Apr 01, 2007 ... Healing service Order of St. Luke Healing service April 1 at 7 p.m. at St. Aidans Church, 274 Campbell St. a healing service will be held sponsored by the Order of St. Luke with a speaker, prayer stations followed by fellowship and refreshments. All welcome. Call 475-5099 or e-mail ...
Be foolish: risk failure
Apr 01, 2007 ... Reflections / Karen Toole IN case you didn't notice, it's April 1st. As I sat down at the computer I pondered the question: "What would people like to read on April Fool's Day?" Oh, by the way, it's also in the Christian calendar, the beginning of Holy Week, the Sabbath day named ...
Socially responsible -- and lucrative!
Apr 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Holding companies to high standard can pay off for investorsface=-Bold;GEOFF KIRBYSON TERRY Martin would like more people to become disciples of Al Gore when it comes to their investment portfolios. You know, sort of how some people follow Warren Buffett, ...
On the Night Table
Apr 01, 2007 ... Randy Joynt General manager of Winnipeg's Trip Dance Company "I've recently completed Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel. Though I found it a bit dry, the synthesis of ideas was fascinating and I think Diamond succeeded admirably in his attempt to provide a "short history of ...
In Brief
Apr 01, 2007 ... Fixing nest tops list While homebuying intentions are waning, Canadians still want to renovate, says a survey. Only 10 per cent of renters said last year they were going to buy, compared to 14 per cent in 2004 and 12 per cent in 2005, says the FIRM Survey released by Altus ...
Passover seder: a holiday believers strive to make their own
Apr 01, 2007; ... By Stephanie Levitz VANCOUVER -- Why is this night different from all other nights? It's the question that will kick off Passover for Jews worldwide who will gather to observe the first night of the festival this Monday. The holiday commemorates the exodus of the Jewish ...
New in Paper
Apr 01, 2007 ... Book of Longing By Leonard Cohen (McClelland & Stewart, $21) This autobiographical collection from Canada's poet of despair was 20 years in the making. De Niro's Game By Rawi Hage (Anansi, $19) The ...
Howard off to roaring start
Apr 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Finnish skip rusty in opening draw; he's been busy helping run countryface=-Bold; By Bill Graveland EDMONTON -- Finland's Olympic silver medallist has given up running his curling club to help run his country. Markku Uusipaavalniemi has a lot more than ...
What size of area rug will suit room best?
Apr 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; An eight-foot by 10-foot area rug should suit living room nicelyface=-Bold; Creative Space / David Ferguson QUESTION -- As we do not have a family room, our living room is used often for entertaining and family gatherings, including watching television. The ...
Funny? You make me laugh
Apr 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Winnipeg Comedy Festival brings out the jokersface=-Bold; LAUGHTER filled the air as the CBC celebrated comedy at the 2007 CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival. Filling the Pantages Playhouse theatre on Friday night, Big Daddy Taz kicked off the festival's Super Gala Friday with a ...
ON 2
Apr 01, 2007 ... Mickelson serving Southern at champions dinner AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Phil Mickelson will be presiding over a Southern feast at the Masters champions dinner this year. The defending champion gets to select the menu for the annual Tuesday night dinner of past champions, and Lefty is ...
Sit and take in garden from cedar bench
Apr 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Easy-to-build bench seats two, looks greatface=-Bold; BUILD IT YOURSELF / DAVID MOULTON NO garden should be without a bench. Outdoor benches give your garden enduring beauty and invite you to sit and enjoy your surroundings. Surrounded by trees and flowers, two ...
Is new stick next big thing?
Apr 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Reebok's innovative technology praised by NHLersface=-Bold; By Michael Felberbaum DETROIT Red Wings centre Pavel Datsyuk has scored five goals in the past six games, helping his team clinch a playoff spot for the 16th consecutive season. And he may have a new stick ...
Lottery Numbers
Apr 01, 2007 ... In the event of a discrepancy between this list and the official winning numbers, the latter shall prevail. PICK 3 Winning number Saturday was 050. EXTRA Winning number Saturday for the main prize of $250,000 was 2734174. LOTTO 6/49 Winning ...
No sympathy for the devil
Apr 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl far from innocent, biographer arguesface=-Bold; Leni The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl By Stephen Bach Knopf, 388 pages, $38 Reviewed by Randall King GERMAN actress-filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, ...
Mets, Cardinals primed to open regular season
Apr 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Early matchup sparks memories of fiercely contested 2007 NLCSface=-Bold; By R.B. Fallstrom ST. LOUIS -- Jeff Suppan pitched the game of his life, light-hitting Yadier Molina muscled up for a huge home run and rookie closer Adam Wainwright froze the New York Mets' ...
The local scene
Apr 01, 2007 ... On the tube The Boys of Summer start their schedule in earnest today with Sportsnet carrying the lone game. New York Mets face the St. Louis Cardinals at 7 p.m. If curling is your bag, Canada meets Denmark at 9:30 a.m. as TSN covers the Ford World Men's Championship. TSN also has later ...
Shredding thwarts identity thieves
Apr 01, 2007; ... By Nick Martin Saturday was a bad day for would-be identity thieves -- tens of thousands of chances to swipe someone's personal information got shredded into confetti. Three mobile Shred-It vans sponsored by Capital One financial services company parked at major malls for the ...
Ochoa's meltdown opens door
Apr 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Pak grabs share of Nabisco lead, shooting to complete career Slamface=-Bold; By Doug Ferguson RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Lorena Ochoa had No. 1 in her sights until putting a seven on her scorecard. In a series of blunders that closed out a day of survival ...
Showbits
Apr 01, 2007 ...Inside the Actors Studio With the critical success of Dreamgirls, what better time to check in with the queen of the Motown girl-group frontwomen? James Lipton does just that in the two-hour episode Diana Ross. A singer on Inside the Actors Studio? Don't forget Miss Ross can act, too ...
Britain, allies are 'arrogant': Iranian leader
Apr 01, 2007; ... By Nasser Karimi TEHRAN, Iran -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted Saturday that 15 captured British sailors had been seized in Iranian waters, calling Britain and its allies "arrogant" for refusing to apologize, the country's official news agency reported. "The ...
Trump or McMahon will be bald after match
Apr 01, 2007; ... By James Bisson DONALD Trump and Vince McMahon won't step into the ring, but the duelling tycoons still have plenty on the line at Wrestlemania 23 -- specifically, their hair. Each of the big-money men will be represented by a wrestler tonight at Ford Field in Detroit ...
Foreign funds broaden your investment horizons
Apr 01, 2007 ...On Mutual Funds / Randy Reynolds GIVEN the spectacular performance of Canadian equity mutual funds since April 2003, it's not difficult to understand why some investors would be reluctant to put their money anywhere but home sweet home. After all, Canadian equity funds have ...
Latest pet-food recall sparks more confusion
Apr 01, 2007; ... By Michelle Lalonde MONTREAL -- As the list of recalled pet foods continues to grow, pet store owners across Canada were busy Saturday trying to reassure concerned customers about the safety of products on their shelves. Late Friday, pet owners were blitzed with at least two more ...
Affordable quality -- really!
Apr 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Home features open-concept designface=-Bold; By Todd Lewys WHEN it comes to new homes, the term, "affordable quality" can be an oxymoron. That's not the case with 1136 Fairfield Ave., a two-storey, 2,100-square-foot show home by Artista Homes. "The level of ...
Sometimes, the right answer is no answer
Apr 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Fireplace likely installed incorrectly, so fix that before insulating around chimneyface=-Bold; Ask the Inspector / Ari Marantz QUESTION -- I read your column all the time. The advice your give is always first-class. I have an out-the-window wood fireplace in my ...
Bush besieged
Apr 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Washington's game of chicken could prove tragicface=-Bold; The Economist IF opposition really were true friendship, as the poet William Blake averred, then George W. Bush would be a very popular man. Last week the House of Representatives in effect ...