Hockey Night
He shoots, he scores and— We forget all about melting ice caps and rising sea levels, freak weather, famine and nuclear disasters, and all the horrible things that we should be doing...
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Clotheslines Against Blue Skies (Let’s Talk About the Weather)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’s new album History of Modern is blaring from the stereo as the snow starts to fall outside my window. We’re expecting 15-40cm in the next 24 hours, which...
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Clothesline
It’s hard to believe but clotheslines were banned in certain parts of Toronto until a couple of years ago because some developers and homeowners felt that they were eyesores that caused real estate...
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Stand By Me
When I was growing up, scenes like this were the norm. Boys would get curious about abandoned buildings and other forbidden places and would gather up in groups to go exploring. These days,...
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20-Minute Makeover & Community Cleanup.
Yesterday marked the seventh annual 20-Minute Makeover here in Toronto. Ordinary citizens were encouraged to stop what they were doing at 2 PM and to go out and pick up the litter wherever...
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Adrianne Rubenstein, Douglas Coupland and Bee Colony Collapse Disorder
It’s strange how bad news fades from the media spotlight. In late 2006, we started hearing reports that bee colonies across the planet were collapsing. Everything from farming and bee keeping practices to...
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