Grand Parade skatingThe bitter cold has Haligonians using their imaginations again. What better way to celebrate the season than to lace up and enjoy a leisurely skate outdoors? On Grand Parade perhaps? Believe it or not, our winter fantasies are attainable. Andy Fillmore, urban design project manager for the city, says the short-term possibility for […]
Michelle Kay
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Quick on the draw
Lucas Ridgeway is the bear-suited man you may have seen around town. OK, so he’s not literally running around dressed in fur, but if you’ve seen paintings of a little guy in a bear suit, you’ve seen some of Ridgeway’s work. The bear-suited man, as he calls it, is Ridgeway’s fuzzy mascot, a self-portrait of […]
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Behind The NeoCraft Conference
“If you’re going to be a feminist, you’re going to pee right here with the rest of us. Standing up,” one taunting co-worker told Sandra Alfoldy. It was the dead of winter in the interior of British Columbia. She was the only woman among a group of eight men working for the Minister of Agriculture, […]