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Mukbang: Eat, shoot, get rich

02/24/2015 By the editor Leave a Comment

By Jim Henshaw We’ve all had the (pleasure?) of having someone use Instagram, Twitter or Facebook to send us an image of what they’re about to have for lunch. Or dinner. Or breakfast. Or at 3:00 am after their local has closed and kicked them into the street. It’s an affliction I’ve never quite understood. […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Asia, Facebook, food, Instagram, internet, online media, social media, television, twitter

On the open road

10/10/2014 By the editor Leave a Comment

By Rod Mickleburgh Last month, I walked 335 kilometers in 16 days, covering a good chunk of the historic, pilgrims’ trail that winds through France and eventually all the way to Santiago de Compestella in Spain. Our party of four was booked into small hotels along the way. The deal also provided breakfast and dinner […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Europe, France, recreation, Spain, travel

Rehtaeh: A father’s questions

09/23/2014 By the editor 2 Comments

By Glen Canning This morning I sat in a Halifax courtroom and listened as one of the young men involved with my daughter’s case changed his plea to guilty. He is guilty of producing child pornography. He is the person who clicked the button on that cellphone, and as simply as that, he ended her […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: child porn, children, family, Halifax, law, Nova Scotia, police, pornography, RCMP, Rheateah Parsons, schools

Vancouver’s dark flaw

09/23/2014 By the editor Leave a Comment

By Jim Henshaw I spent a couple of days in Vancouver this week and on a sunny day, it’s probably the most beautiful city in the world. It ain’t half bad looking on a rainy day either. And as the locals say, “Wait twenty minutes” and you can observe it either way. It’s hard not […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: books, British Columbia, cities, crime, drugs, police, poverty, urban life, Vancouver

B’s first day

09/03/2014 By the editor Leave a Comment

By Frank Manfredi Today, my youngest started a junior disability program at Queen Victoria public school at Dufferin and King streets in downtown Toronto. I met him at the schoolbus drop off point to support him as he starts at a new school, unfamiliar teachers, and new kids to get to know, befriend, be wary […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Canada, education, family, good behavior, Toronto

Lament of the lonely ovaries

07/15/2014 By the editor 1 Comment

By Rachelle Stein-Wotten Poor Auntie Amy. Her four nieces and nephews adore her. She takes them on fun excursions to places like the dinosaur museum. She buys them designer clothes their parents won’t dress them in, and buys them snacks their parents won’t let them have. So why is Auntie Amy so sad? Because corporations […]

Filed Under: Living

Garbage in, garbage not so out

06/12/2014 By backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Drew McLachlan 2014 is gearing up to be a big year for Canadian garbage. Last year, the Conference Board of Canada reported that we generate more waste per capita than any other country in the world (777 kg per citizen in 2009). But while you might suppose most of the news this year would […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Canada, Edmonton, energy, environment, Nanaimo, Phillipines, Saskatoon, Vancouver

Eating like your ancestors

06/11/2014 By the editor Leave a Comment

BY TJ Dawe It’s Farmer’s Market season, and that means it’ll be that much easier to shop and eat locally, and in season. Fresh fruits and vegetables are unquestionably good for you, but some are better than others. How can you tell which ones? By buying and reading Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: books, food, health

What I have to tell Rob Ford

05/14/2014 By the editor Leave a Comment

By Dave Brindle Rob Ford has finally hit his rock bottom. You have to, before you get enough of a grip to get out. It can be a slow fall or a freefall, bouncing against the jagged edges of the hole, or hard and fast, straight to the bottom. It’s black. It’s lonely and silent, […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: addiction, Alberta, Canada, Grande Prairie, Rob Ford, Toronto

Toronto puts on the gloves

05/10/2014 By the editor Leave a Comment

A BoB Short Now that Rob Ford is (allegedly) stowed away in rehab and (thankfully) out of the public eye, Toronto Public Health has announced a new plan to inspire immature jokes. Meet condomTO, the city’s own brand of prophylactic. Though the official unveiling will occur on June 4th, local Twitter users have already beaten […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: health, LGBTQ, Pride, sex, Toronto

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