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...trends, after an aborted fictional project that featured dialogue written in gibberish, Brown turned to "Louis Riel," yet another audience-challenging work. "Riel" is Brown's interpretive biography of Louis Riel, a real-life 19th-century French-Indian mystic who defied the Canadian government's annexation of what became Manitoba. Crystallizing many of Brown's themes of religion, anti-authoritarianism and madness, "Riel" has become a critical and commercial hit, selling out of its first printing in two months. This past weekend, the 2004 Eisner Awards have nominated it for both "Best Graphic Album - Reprint" and "Best Publication Design." Chester...
...extinction by rampant fur trapping and forest clearing, beavers are colonizing large swaths of North America where people don't remember seeing them. Since Massachusetts banned lethal leg-hold traps in 1996, the state's beaver population has tripled, to 70,000. North Carolina may have half a million, Manitoba twice as many. From Maine to Alaska, California to the Carolinas, the beaver's numbers are exploding...
This veteran Liberal member of parliament from Manitoba may wear his Crimson colors proudly, but he is not an actual descendant of John Harvard himself. In fact, he’s named after an airplane...
...only products that have been proved to help people avoid mosquito bites are insect-repellent sprays or creams containing 35% DEET (10% for kids). But a new report from the University of Manitoba in Canada warns of dangers associated with using DEET and sunscreen at the same time. Applying them together may increase the skin's absorption of DEET, leading to side effects ranging from skin rashes to changes in blood pressure. For the safest use, apply either sunscreen or DEET first, then wait half an hour before applying the other. Folks who want to avoid DEET should look...
...also a Crimson editor, will spend a month this summer in northern Manitoba to research how dams built in the region have caused ecological damage and unemployment...