Winnipeg Free Press back issues from November 2008:
'Fall' in love with Florida
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Rosemary Beach a perfect autumn getaway for Canadiansface=-Bold; ROSEMARY BEACH, Fla. -- It's fall, it's warm, and the sugar-white beaches along Florida's northwest panhandle are looking very inviting. It's the time of year that Jason Bell is particularly fond of ....
Texas Hill Country
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Where cowboys and sommeliers meetface=-Bold; 1Dude ranches and country dance halls sit alongside wineries and haute cuisine. A hard morning on horseback can be followed by an afternoon of wine and cheese. And nobody minds a bit. Ask Brandon Stowe. The ...
Come back from conference as a star
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Preparation gives an edge on networking, learningface=-Bold; So, your boss has chosen you to attend a large business conference. Whether this is your first opportunity to attend such an event or it's old hat for you, it is important to realize that every conference is what ...
Fishnets and FURY
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Local women don skates and sharpen their elbows as they enter the full-contact, go-for-broke world of roller derbyface=-Bold; 44Roller derby is -- pardon the pun -- on a roll. First-time director Drew Barrymore is currently putting the finishing touches on Whip It, a ...
daily horoscope / by Georgia Nichols
Nov 01, 2008; ... MOON ALERT: We have the all-clear today to shop and make important decisions. The moon is in Sagittarius. ARIES (March 21-April 19) You want to do something different today. You want to blow this pop stand. If possible, travel anywhere, even a short trip. If it's not possible, at ...
A wide world of wine
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; World-class products from everywhere on the globe will be showing up on store shelvesface=-Bold; The wine world continues to grow by leaps and bounds, and it goes beyond the increase in wine consumption worldwide. Producers from more and more countries are making wines of ...
Marionettes and puppet theatres in Prague
Nov 01, 2008; ... PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- The curtain rises in a quaint theatre in Prague's tourist hub to reveal a sly libertine nobleman, Don Giovanni, trying to carry off Donna Anna, the Commandant's daughter. Anna resists and Giovanni escapes from the Commandant's palace, pursued by Anna, who wants ...
Note to readers
Nov 01, 2008; ... Note to readers DUE to the Free Press strike, this week's TV Plus could not be printed in time for your Saturday paper. So we are running the biggest and most comprehensive daily TV grids we can today and every day this week until next Friday. You can find today's expanded listings, plus ...
Compass Free travel health presentation
Nov 01, 2008; ... When planning your trip, what do you think of? Tickets, sunscreen, bathing suit, map, but what about vaccinations? Did you know that the federal government recommends certain vaccines prior to visiting many of your favourite destinations? Join Dr. Pierre Plourde, medical ...
HIGHLIGHT YOUR STRENGTHS Turn around weakness question
Nov 01, 2008; ... 2222A. When interviewers are asking a questions such as "what are your weaknesses," it signals that they are not very experienced and are using outdated methods. At the same time, you certainly can't tell them that so you need to figure out an answer. Use the strategy that any strength, ...
Homemade away from home
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Restaurants serve up hearty dishes at a price that will comfort your walletface=-Bold; 11If they're anything like me, they yearn for the foods that remind them of a simpler time. My own sense of comfort comes, not from newfangled creations or (even though my eating out is ...
Scam column triggers readers' questions
Nov 01, 2008; ... A few weeks ago, I wrote a column in response to readers' questions about scams around the world. It triggered so many comments and stories that I promised to do another one. Some scams can be detected relatively easily by the wary traveller. Others are much more devious and can cost you most of ...
Save those special travel memories
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Check out these special journals and pensface=-Bold; 11Besides, journals can be used for other things, like hiding your emergency money. Tape some cash inside the cover and conceal it by stapling an itinerary over it. Trust me, no one will want to steal your travel ...
'Til death do they part?
Nov 01, 2008; ... Q: I told my wife that when I die, I want to be cremated and have my ashes sprinkled at the beach where I spent every summer as a kid. She thinks we should be buried side-by-side in the cemetery at her church. I don't think we need to be physically next to each other in death, which she says is ...
Today ONTV
Nov 01, 2008; ... The Shining Jack Nicholson delivers a terrifying performance as a recovering alcoholic who accepts a job as the winter caretaker of a deceptively serene mountain hotel. A&E, 7 p.m. America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back Thirteen years after his last murder, a ...
It's like sweet comfort in a can
Nov 01, 2008; ... 11This sticky, ultra-sweet substance, invented in the 19th century as a means of preserving milk, persists as a pantry staple long after pasteurization and refrigeration made it easy to prevent dairy products from spoiling during the time it takes to get milk out of an udder and into your ...
Showbits
Nov 01, 2008; ... Showbits Today in music history In 1992, Flavor Flav of the rap group Public Enemy was charged in New York with attempted murder and reckless endangerment for allegedly trying to shoot another man in a dispute over a woman. A shot was fired but no one was hurt. Born this ...
Editorial - Bracelets still on trial
Nov 01, 2008; ... Bracelets still on trial 111Further, one youth was arrested for stealing a car while wearing the bracelet -- a more brazen act of non-compliance is hard to imagine -- and another was arrested for curfew violation. The good news: Six completed their probationary terms on ...
Walchuk adds Alberta flavour to curling scene
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Makes Burtnyk an instant contenderface=-Bold; Picture, if you can, Kerry Burtnyk wearing Alberta's wild rose on his back at a Brier. Tough to do, isn't it? Well, now you have an idea of what it would be like for Alberta curling fans to wake up one morning ...
African guitarist Loueke returns to city as leader
Nov 01, 2008; ... Highly touted jazz guitarist Lionel Loueke is in town next weekend for three sold-out performances. Along with his own group, Massimo Biolcati (bass) and Ferenc Nemeth (drums), he will be joined by singer Gretchen Parlato as the Izzy Asper Jazz Performances series continues its fantastic ...
New Music
Nov 01, 2008; ...Pink Funhouse (LaFace) AFTER the recent breakup of her marriage, Pink returned to the music scene in typical, tough-girl fashion with the song So What. The irreverent, in-your-face rocker oozes with attitude as she shouts lines like "So what! I'm still a rock star, I got my rock ...
Globe and Mail columnist Wente too far
Nov 01, 2008; ... Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente set off a firestorm last weekend with her column on the whole Dick Pound affair. She agreed the now chastised Olympics bureaucrat using the word 'savage' in an interview with La Presse was pretty dumb. But then she went on and said some pretty dumb ...
Straight shooter
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Shelley Hart rose to top old-fashioned way -- she earned itface=-Bold; Amid a decent amount of hoopla, history was made this week when Shelley Hart reached the upper echelon of what many consider an old boy's network. That history was, of course, her appointment as deputy ...
3 keys to victory
Nov 01, 2008; ... 1. WHAT HAPPENED IN MONTREAL DOESN'T HAVE TO STAY IN MONTREAL It's about last Sunday and, more specifically, what the Bombers did last Sunday in one of those 'Where-the-hell-did-THAT-come-from?' performances. Say what you will about there being absolutely nothing at stake in Winnipeg's ...
Whom police stop says a lot: expert
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; racial profilingface=-Bold; A racial profiling expert told the University of Manitoba law school this week that the Winnipeg Police Service, like many other Canadian police forces, should start keeping statistics about the ethnic background of people officers decide to ...
Plastic surgery required after Osborne Village attacks
Nov 01, 2008; ... THE victims of a recent robbery in Osborne Village will require plastic surgery to repair facial damage after allegedly being attacked by a marauding gang of young thugs. The two 26-year-old men were allegedly the final -- and most seriously wounded -- victims of an early morning crime ...
We're on the slave trade's MAIN LINE
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Rescue in Winnipeg may throw light on a hidden disgraceface=-Bold; 1Det. Sgt. Gene Bowers, a detective in the Winnipeg Police Service vice unit, said he can't provide many details of the current case but he said it involves victims brought to Winnipeg from another ...
Abusive sex as a stand-in for hockey
Nov 01, 2008; ... It is the winter of 1996-97 and your daughter's boyfriend is a junior hockey player. He lives with a bunch of other players and their coach in a hotel suite in Deseronto, Ontario. The relationship does not venture outside the hockey rink or the hotel but the coach is always there and he has a ...
So I voted... now I need a stiff drink
Nov 01, 2008; ... In my last voting virgin article, I wrote that a representative refused me voting rights. Thinking she was wrong, I sent in my ballot request. And I was granted the right to vote. So, someone give me a cigarette. I've finally lost my American voting virginity. Unfortunately, ...
Warm fall has Manitoban biathlete steamed
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Imrie's sights set on Olympics, and Mother Nature is in the wayface=-Bold; THE weather has been warm and Megan Imrie is not impressed. Imrie, a national team biathlete, is in Canmore, Alta., where unseasonably warm temperatures are holding up her final training ...
Top 10 stories of crazy '08 Five predictions revisited
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Just about everything that could happen, didface=-Bold; Watching a CFL season unfold, we've long maintained, is like tuning in to a six-month long, super-intense, multilayered reality soap opera. It's part The Young and The Restless meets Dallas, part Friday Night ...
Boy killed by fire in care of agency
Nov 01, 2008; ... ONE of the boys killed this week in a shed fire near The Pas was in the care of the Cree Nation child welfare agency, the same troubled agency embroiled in scandal this summer. Now, as part of new child protection legislation that kicked in Sept. 15, Manitoba Children's Advocate Billie ...
NCLE's release full of hot air
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Science shouldn't be about taking sidesface=-Bold; The press release from the University of Manitoba's National Centre for Livestock and the Environment last week spoke volumes. Unfortunately, it said very little about science. It said a lot about sensationalism and ...
Native casino near Brandon angers mayor
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Water sealed deal for adjacent RMface=-Bold; The province is rolling the dice for a third time in a bid to put a native-run casino in the Brandon area. The latest gamble, which has infuriated Brandon's mayor, involves building the casino on land just outside the ...
MCO expected to name Manson music director
Nov 01, 2008; ... The speculation in music circles is that the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra will annoint American conductor Anne Manson as its new music director early next week. The MCO has scheduled a press conference Monday afternoon to make a "big announcement" but is providing no more ...
Just one really tasty treat in Simpsons Halloween bag
Nov 01, 2008; ... IT's time for the annual Treehouse of Horror special featuring The Simpsons. This year's edition, number XIX, is like going trick-or-treating and getting a huge candy bar and two apples. There's nothing wrong with apples. It's just the other offering is much sweeter. As usual, the ...
Beckham is indeed bigger than his team
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Bigger than league too, for that matterface=-Bold; No one is bigger than the team. It's an old and oft-repeated adage. Coaches pull it out whenever a star player performs selfishly and fails to use his teammates. General managers use it for leverage when negotiating a big ...
Canada's schools No. 2 in world
Nov 01, 2008; ... Only Finland does a better job than Canada of educating its young people, the Conference Board of Canada declared Friday. Canada even jumped past Japan this year to reach second spot, the Conference Board said in its annual report on education in 17 major industrialized ...
A clean ESCAPE Gunnarson gives danger the brush-off
Nov 01, 2008; ... DEAN Gunnarson's latest Halloween stunt was wet and wild but hardly a washout. The escape artist made a clean getaway after being chained to the roof of an SUV that drove through an automatic car wash Friday. "My teeth have never felt so clean," a soaked and sparkling "King of ...
Cheers... 2nd wine festival on way
Nov 01, 2008; ... HAPPY NEWS IS HERE AGAIN ... Like everyone else at the Free Press, I was relieved to finally return to work this week. So in tribute to that happy event, I have a column full of happy news. Or at least what I think is happy. Starting with this Scoop du Jour. The ...
Ladies, prepare your smelling salts
Nov 01, 2008; ... IL Divo, the chart-topping "popera" quartet known for its lush vocals, natty suits and power to make middle-aged women swoon, will make a stop in Winnipeg on ...
Love, from rapture to rupture
Nov 01, 2008; ... It's taken 83 years for a locally written Cercle Molire play to be translated for the mainstream English theatre audience. That's a pity, given that Encore, the first script imported from St. Boniface to downtown Winnipeg, turns out to be such a clever, insightful meditation on love and ...
Editorial - Last call in the car
Nov 01, 2008; ... Last call in the car MANITOBANS will soon have to get used to turning off their cellphones while driving under new legislation the government is planning to introduce later this year. It's unclear at this point, however, whether the legislation will permit motorists to use hands-free ...
Of course he's drawn to dark side; he married Madonna
Nov 01, 2008; ... TORONTO -- In pop movies and pop music, timing is everything. And so it may be for Guy Ritchie, who, in the past few weeks, has had to see his name turned into gossip rag fodder as details -- real or more likely imagined -- emerge about his split with the missus: ...
On 2
Nov 01, 2008; ... Football weather It may be Nov. 1, but today should be a perfect day for a football game so why not swing over to Canad Inns Stadium and take in the Blue Bombers' last regular-season game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats? Today, 1 p.m., Canad Inns Stadium Playoff ...
Fund firm thriving in tough times
Nov 01, 2008; ... IT'S the little fund company that could. Value Partners Investments, a three-year-old mutual fund company based in Winnipeg, is swimming upstream and playing with the big boys during some of the most turbulent financial markets on record. The company posted net sales for the July ...
CRTC spoils Canwest's new-revenue dream
Nov 01, 2008; ... CANADIAN television broadcast regulators this week put a dagger in the heart of Canwest's hope for the significant new revenue stream for which it had been agitating over many years. Although the ruling Thursday did provide Canwest Global Communications Corp. with the opportunity to ...
Have Your Say
Nov 01, 2008; ... Do the math on nurses Re: ER nurses needed, Oct. 30. I read your article about the nursing shortage through gritted teeth, gritted with frustration at the system itself. From my perspective, the issue is far more critical than just nursing working conditions. The number of people ...
LETTER OF THE DAY
Nov 01, 2008; ... LETTER OF THE DAY Parental licences wrong Re: License prospective parents, Oct. 31. If somebody discusses parenting licences, I think the concept of eugenics must first be explained. Eugenics is the self-direction of human evolution. By issuing licences for parenting, it ...
City unveils bylaw enforcement team
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Process simplified in bid to get toughface=-Bold; Within a year, Winnipeggers could notice they live in a "much more attractive" city, Mayor Sam Katz said Friday, ushering in streamlined legislation to improve neighbourhood order and a new team of officers to enforce the ...
Little trust for banks, mutuals
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Global meltdown erodes image of financial institutions: pollface=-Bold; Just who do you trust in the midst of this financial meltdown? Certainly not Canada's major banks or mutual fund companies, according to the results of a new consumer poll by Winnipeg's Probe ...
CancerCare has treat for kids
Nov 01, 2008; ... Jesse Lytwyn is used to his monthly visits to CancerCare Manitoba, but Friday's trip was special for the six-year-old boy: spooky decorations, loads of candy and no chemotherapy. Decked out in a homemade robot costume -- a box over his torso covered with computer parts and his legs and ...
City man faces decades in jail over sex charges
Nov 01, 2008; ... A Winnipeg man faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty this week in an American courtroom to sex-tourism charges. Doron Waldman, 35, admits he travelled through the Unites States last year in an attempt to have sex with underage boys in Mexico. He will be sentenced on Jan. 9 ...
Game Day
Nov 01, 2008; ... BOMBERS- TICATS FYI VEGAS LINE: Bombers by 6. THE FORECAST: Straight from Environment Canada: Saturday: Increasing cloudiness in the morning. Wind south 30 km/h. High 10. TICKET COUNT: As of Friday afternoon, 24,000. TICATS VS. BOMBERS (SINCE ...
You'll have more fun nursing post-Halloween stomach ache
Nov 01, 2008; ... If you don't believe there's a certain institutional prejudice against horror movies, consider The Haunting of Molly Hartley. Like most horror movies, it was not screened for critics prior to its release. It has been classified 14A by the Manitoba Film Classification Board, ...
Power plays get more oomph
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; AHL's faceoff experiment becomes new NHL rule to boost goal-scoringface=-Bold; As the National Hockey League continues to try lure fans to their games in non-traditional hockey markets, the clamour for more offence grows louder each season. Sure, a 1-0 game may go ...
Manitoba shipping blood out to others
Nov 01, 2008; ... MANITOBA is exporting donated blood to help other parts of Canada facing shortages. Michael Hyduk, spokesman for Canadian Blood Services in Winnipeg, said Manitobans donated a lot of blood over the summer, so the province has not seen its blood supply drop to dangerously low levels like ...
Downtown parking rates shooting up
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; More workers, mainly Hydro, citedface=-Bold; A surge in downtown development is causing a dramatic spike in parking fees as workers cram lots in downtown Winnipeg. Vehicle owners are learning that the monthly charge to park is going up between 20 per cent and 40 per ...
Big play gives Crusaders shot at crown
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Naujoks hauls in touchdown pass to help St. Paul's past Kelvinface=-Bold; THERE was nothing special about the play, other than the fact it broke the Potter Division semifinal between the St. Paul's Crusaders and Kelvin Clippers wide open. The Winnipeg High School ...
Rifles QB in running for award
Nov 01, 2008; ... QUARTERBACK Khaleal Williams will represent the Winnipeg Rifles as a nominee for Outstanding Offensive Player of the Year in the Canadian Junior Football League. Williams, who is competing with Vancouver Island Raiders running back Andrew Harris and Hamilton Hurricanes ...
Motorists not wanting to pay more
Nov 01, 2008; ... Many downtown drivers are afraid they won't be able to afford parking when the prices at most lots and parkades dramatically increase. "It's so high already and if it goes up it will be difficult to cope," said Nerissa Browne while sitting in her vehicle. "I need a car because I have ...
Nothing to it but to do it Today's tilt vs. Tabbies just a dress rehearsal for next week's semifinal vs. Eskimos
Nov 01, 2008; ... It's a Friday practice in late October before a game that means absolutely diddly in the standings and Stanford Samuels, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers super-solid defensive back, is the last to return to the clubhouse out of breath and dripping sweat. "Just a little extra work is all," ...
Investment giant's Q3 profit drops
Nov 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; IGM Financial has 9% declineface=-Bold; Winnipeg's IGM Financial, the largest mutual fund company in the country, showed Friday it's not immune to the fear in the financial markets, reporting a nine per cent decline in third-quarter profit and a six per cent revenue ...
Wells scared by mild heart attack
Nov 01, 2008; ... ROCKFORD, Ill. -- Manitoba Moose assistant coach Jay Wells had a scare this week that had nothing to do with Halloween. It's been determined that Wells, 49, suffered a mild heart attack last Saturday while skating with Moose players at MTS Centre. The 18-year former NHL defenceman, who's ...
Nose bitten off in drunken dispute
Nov 01, 2008; ... A Winnipeg woman is recovering in hospital after having a large portion of her nose bitten off in what police are describing as an alcohol-fuelled dispute. Police were called to a small home on Alexander Avenue and found a disturbance in progress shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday. A ...