Chef Tips 101: Decorating Easter eggs without chemicals

Melissa Hryb / Thursday, March 24th 2016March 24, 2016

I love decorating Easter eggs! Maybe it is my Ukrainian heritage, but every year I am itching to decorate eggs and be creative with it. I have tried many different methods including the traditional Ukrainian way of wax and colored dyes. It was a lot of work, but the finished […] Read More

Food & Drink, Recipes

Embracing Easter Treats: Cookie edition

It’s that time of year: the pastel colors are out, the snow is melting and there are chocolate Easter treats everywhere you look. Take those… Read More

Art, Arts & Life

Breath in a Box: Cluster Festival 1

For the first of five concerts in the Cluster New Music and Integrated Arts Festival, the audience at Winnipeg’s West End Cultural Centre on March… Read More

Food & Drink, Profiles

The Candid Chef: Sean McKay

The chef life. Slinging plates, doing prep, and yelling “behind,” every third sentence. In the last few years, pop culture has convinced us the people… Read More

Food & Drink, Food Comment

The 411 on Maple Syrup

Maple syrup season is upon us once again in eastern Canada. This exciting time of year brings us maple sap, which is turned into the… Read More

Arts & Life, Sports

First Annual Winter Wind Derby at The Forks: Winter’s last hurrah!

The first annual Winter Wind Derby took place on Saturday, March 5 at 1:00 p.m. at the junction between the Assiniboine and Red Rivers on… Read More

Food & Drink, Food Comment

The World of Squash

The world of squash may seem overwhelming: What variety should I buy? How do I cut it? How do I cook it? How do I… Read More

Arts & Life, Columns

Spill the Beans: Is it spring yet?

When I moved to the farm after 13 years of living in the city, my grandmother suggested I start small. You know, small garden, only… Read More

Arts & Life

Letting go: Examining euthanasia and physician aid in dying

With Canada poised to implement a law allowing terminally ill people to choose the time of their death, while also allowing for doctors with families’ permission to offer euthanasia, the old familiar outcry of those opposed has once again gathered force and volume. Read More

Arts & Life, Food & Drink

Chef Tips 101: Hosting an outdoor party in winter

Summers are filled with camping, bonfires, BBQs and outdoor parties, why can’t winter be the same? Well, at least when it comes to an outdoor… Read More

Food & Drink, Recipes

Tourtiere: A Festival du Voyageur favourite

Tourtière is a French-Canadian meat pie that dates back to as early as the 1700s. It is named for the type of dish it was… Read More

Arts & Life, Movies

What the Academy Award nominees for Best Picture are telling us

Ranking the 2016 Oscar contenders Read More

Arts & Life, Food & Drink

An Eater’s Guide to Festival du Voyageur

We welcome another Manitoba winter in 2016, which means we once again embrace all the great outdoor activities our province has to offer: skating, skiing,… Read More

Arts & Life

Rescue Me: El Senor Hops, Oprah Winfrey and Brittany

The decision to adopt an animal from an animal shelter or rescue is not only a brave decision, but an incredibly important one. Every day,… Read More

Food & Drink

Food is for the soul

For me, the memories of gathering every Sunday in my grandparent’s house are the sweetest - the smells of potato soup simmering on the stove, a fresh batch of bread coming out of the oven, and a chicken roasting for dinner. Read More

Arts & Life, Music

Report from the Winnipeg New Music Festival – Evening 7: Give yourself to it

Stamina is involved when you take in every concert at the WNMF, and perhaps naps, and also careful planning, especially if you have a kid… Read More

Arts & Life, Music

Report from the Winnipeg New Music Festival – Evening 6: Sound never dies

Sound never dies. That’s what the audience at the Pan Am Pool for WNMF concert six was told, and this helped tremendously with an approach… Read More

Food & Drink, Recipes, Trends

Chef Tips 101: 10 easy steps to make dinnertime a breeze

Life is busy! We are constantly trying to eat healthier and fit more into our schedules. Making a homemade meal is easily put on the… Read More

Arts & Life, Music

Report from the Winnipeg New Music Festival – Evening 5: It’s about time for the theremin to show up

By the fifth day of the WNMF, new music fatigue is in evidence. Is this what it feels like to be an entrant in a… Read More

Arts & Life, Music

Report from the Winnipeg New Music Festival – Evening 4: Just people and music

“What is twenty-first century music?” This was the question briefly debated by composer Derek Charke and conductor/composer Gary Kulesha during the Tuesday, January 26 program… Read More