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Fred Schick was the big brother of RoseAnna Schick and her many siblings. This is Fred and RoseAnna when she was a little girl.

Losing my big brother: His name was Fred

This story originally appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press in 2002 as a tribute to my big brother and the oldest of our clan,...
A curling rock sits next to a curling brush on the ice, waiting to be thrown down to the waiting house.

Coed curling: A woman’s right to sweep

Women in Manitoba celebrated a milestone anniversary in 2016 – earning the vote 100 years earlier. Indeed, we’ve come a long way, baby. Gender...

So long TV, you’ve been a good friend to me

I love TV. I really do. But we’re breaking up. It was a snowy Saturday afternoon last winter when I had an epiphany. There I...

What I learned from broken glasses in Grade 4

I recently got new glasses. And in fact, they’re the biggest glasses I’ve had since the days when I had big glasses. Since those...

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