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 […]
A Tale of Three Kitties: Cats allow cafés to come to Canada
A BoB Short Cats and cappuccinos may not seem the likeliest combination, but the idea has stirred the pot for several entrepreneurs across the country. The concept is simple: Come in for a coffee and play with a few cats while you’re there. The first “cat café” opened its doors in Taipei, Taiwan in 1998. They’ve […]
The Video: Is this Canada’s biggest pothole?
Who was that masked pothole filler?
A Bob Short New York has Spiderman, Gotham has Batman, and now Saint John, NB has its own face of vigilante justice. Meet Mike Defazio, 60-year old auto body shop owner, one-man road repair crew, and local hero. Defazio’s origin story is simple — driving home from work on Saint John’s Broadway Avenue, his vehicle […]
Bad first compression
A BoB Short When residents of a Northwest Saskatoon neighbourhood heard their street was slated to receive its own piece of public art, many were ecstatic. But when the big reveal finally came last November, the piece was greeted with overwhelming confusion. The result of the city’s $4300 investment, titled Found Compressions One and Two, […]
