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Buttons, Yoga and Social Justice
The 541 Cafe, a non-profit, found a novel way to do just that.
Land Has Stories, We Have Choices
For the past twenty years Sally Miller has worked in, researched and taught about alternative food in Canada and the U.S. Mostly recently she's spent her days interviewing farmers across Ontario. The news isn't good. As she writes in her new book Belongings: The Fight...
Steampunk at Fan Expo Canada
Steampunk is a shapeshifter. A sub-genre of science fiction, it can wrap itself around any genre form of fandom you can name. Steampunk Batman? No problem. Steampunk Harry Potter? Yep. Steampunk Pride and Prejudice? Done that. Steampunk imagines a world where...
The Lure of Lavender
Ian Baird has no reason to be blue. The hot, dry summer which has plagued home gardeners and farmers across Ontario has been a welcome zephyr to the owner of the Terre Bleu Lavender Farm near Milton, Ontario. That's because lavender, a Mediterranean plant, loves to be...
Keeping Juiced in Camp
Summer is a time when many of us head to mountains, woodlands and seasides hoping to unwind and recharge. But when we head out on vacation with our smartphones, tablets, cameras and radios we find recharging them daily more challenging than keeping deer flies at bay....
The Cycle of Life
Yvonne Bambrick has been on a bike since she was a baby. On the back of her father's bike, a few decades back. But now she gets around Toronto under her own steam, and in her own words. Bambrick is the author of the Urban Cycling Survival Guide. It's an introduction...
The Hive Mind of Anthony Pasto
Anthony Pasto considers himself just a sales and marketing guy. In a former life Pasto ran a ball hockey league with a 100 staff members. These days his colleagues, almost all female, number in the millions - working away in 100 hives scattered across Southern...