Category Archives: thrifty
A very beery few months
Last night I dreamt about beer, again. This time I was at a beer club meeting (I’ve recently joined not one, but two beer clubs — WAY better than a book club), and one of our five members was organizing … Continue reading
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San Francisco Part I: Beer & Bay Boys
I was commenting on the sheer number of gays and lesbians in the fair city of San Fran, and my new (gay) friend Richard agreed, “Here, it’s like throw a rock, hit a homo,” he laughed. As our car rounded … Continue reading
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
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
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Why anyone under 40 should never move to Vancouver
My friend Danica moved out West to go to university — and never came back. Ever since she’s been bugging me to go out there. And finally, because of a work trip, I did! My only question once she’d toured … Continue reading
