Category Archives: journalism
TV, beer and Aldo Lanzini
Three of the things I’ve been up to this month. TV My fiance, Conor McCreery, a comic book creator and screenwriter, has been appearing on the Charles Adler show as a commentator on all things pop culture. Last week they … Continue reading
Filed under beer, journalism, love, Toronto
Royal Ontario Museum Sleepover — a scary experience
Taking my 4-year-old nephew to the Royal Ontario Museum’s dinosaur-themed sleepover seemed like the perfect plan to win me the Favourite Auntie Award. Not so, it turns out, if your nephew has an unnatural fear of just about every animal … Continue reading
Work, work, work
That’s what 2011 has been all about for me so far. Well, that and a big fat engagement ring. (Yeah!) But seriously, apart from shoving the gold and emerald band on my fat knuckle (thanks recreational basketball) I’ve hardly felt … Continue reading
Filed under family, journalism, Toronto
No such thing as freedom of the press in Indian country
“There is no such thing as freedom of the press in Indian country,” she told the Royal Commission of Aboriginal People in 1993. When I interviewed Lynda Powless, the editor and publisher of Canada’s only weekly aboriginal newspaper with a national scope, she said that her 17-year-old statement still holds true. You can the full profile in this month’s More magazine. Continue reading
Filed under journalism, news, thrifty
Canada’s oldest industry gets hip
After three days spent trapping beaver on icy lakes, north of Sudbury, and not one, but two years visiting the North Bay Fur Harvester’s Annual Convention, I think I have a handle on the modern day fur trade here in … Continue reading
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