You know all those cheery, frost-hewn Canadian landscapes and delightful little snowmen that adorn most store fronts around Brandon in the winter? I’m sure each one of you has seen many of them over this holiday season, but what you may not have known is that they are done by...
As the rest of the nation gathered around their television sets, gripped in Olympic fever, watching the opening ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver games, I sat belly to the bar in a pub downtown. On Friday, February 12th Clancy’s played...
Music, philosophy, kindness and a plan. All FOUR of these walked the stage on January 22nd. This day marked the first annual Yazewpalooze, brought to you by Jimmy Legs and The Funk, and the mastermind behind it all, Sean Mitchell,...
Located at 1608 Princess, Hurl’s Food Mart is easily accessible to BU students, especially those in residence. Because of its proximity to campus, we wanted to find out more about what the store offered students, and spoke to owner Murray Hurl about it.
In no meaningful order: Nine. One of the newest cats on the block is of course the Ginger Cat Café. The Ginger Cat emerged on the scene in recent times as venue for music and art. The legitimacy of this...
BU’s English and Creative Writing department welcomed a Mexican poet to its roster of creative resources to offer feedback and guidance to Brandon’s burgeoning writing community. Emma Ari Beltran filled the position of Aboriginal Writer in Residence which began in December and will last a period of nine months.
When thinking about New Years resolutions, and the fact that we’re going weekly. We decided to look at The Quills from the past to see how they managed to produce papers not twice a month but once EVERY week. We figured this would be a great way to both start off the new year with our own ideal New World...
Land of Despair I have been in the land of treeplanting despair, I tell you, and I can honestly say without hesitation that finding berries of any sort in the land is fucking awesome. One may be nearing heatstroke and...
The arbitrariness of a foreman’s powers causes not a few planters to ponder theories of land acquisition. Although the character of a piece of land is hard to tell from where you are dropped off, one is prone to blame the planting gods, karma, or the foreman for their good or ill fortune. It hardly matters, your crew boss is...
Arial View of Devils Lake, 2009 www.geospectra.net/ kite/n_dakota/n_dakota.htm
11/10/09
Features
by Tim Banman
On the day of the NDP leadership convention that appointed Greg Selinger as premier of Manitoba, I met with provincial Liberal leader Jon Gerrard in a downtown coffee shop in Brandon. While I had intended to quiz the leader on the debacle of my hometown lake (please see ‘A Special...
Brandon’s downtown resembles other prairie cities with turn of the century architecture and an ambiance which manages to be both enigmatic and enchanting at the same time. After a period of boom and decline, Brandon’s downtown is reinventing itself to...
The perceived lack of attention to Killarney Lake’s notorious algal blooms received some respite in the last sitting of the Manitoba Legislature. Provincial Liberal leader Jon Gerrard introduced a matter of urgent public importance on the increasing problem of toxic...
Characterizing an organization chartered to help downtown renewal such as the Brandon Neighborhood Renewal Corporation (BNRC) is no easy task. The BNRC is one of the foremost organizations mandated to improve the quality of life for downtown residents.I met with...
A bush camp is a lot like prison camp – with some key differences. You can’t leave either – and in both you are wholly dependant on its staff for every morsel of food and drop of water you receive.
Close your eyes. Close your eyes and shut down your memories of everything past. Take away your hopes for the future. For just a second, concentrate on being. Feel your heart beating against your ribcage and the flickering of your eyelids as they defend you from foreign particles. Feel the...
