Week four. Many of us didn’t believe it would last this long. Others think it’ll go on for a while yet. So much time to think on the line. Lately, I’ve been thinking about security. I’ve been on contracts of varying lengths at CBC for three years. My current contract is for 12 months; it’s […]
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Four score
On a cloudless September morning four years ago, hijackers commandeered two passenger jets and flew them into a showcase of American capitalism. The 110-storey twin towers of Manhattan’s World Trade Center collapsed in less than two hours. The American writer, Lewis Mumford once described those towers as dinosaurs, examples of “the purposeless giantism and technological […]
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Pot shots
Listing his occupation as Marijuana Seed Vendor on his tax returns, Canadian anti-marijuana prohibition activist, Marc Emery, has paid over $575,000 to Revenue Canada since 1999, with Revenue Canada never once raising the issue of whether the money was the proceeds of a crime. In 2003, Health Canada advised medicinal marijuana patients that seeds for […]
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A bigger barking lot
After a dog’s age in one location, the Halifax Veterinary Hospital is moving on to greener pastures. The pet care clinic plans to move its operation to the old Lawton’s space at Quinpool and Beech (6485 Quinpool), next to Great Ocean. “It’s got a great parking lot,” says Shelley Flinn, who was working the front […]
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To have and to hold on
Dear Dalton McGuinty, premier of Ontario, The one-armed boy’s yelling woke me up this morning. I poked my head outside to see if the pit bulls were at him again, and soon discovered what all the excitement was about. “There’s a boat coming, you,” he said. “Better get the frig down there, wha?” Although I […]
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Finding Fudge
The crowd is still the same, a group in search of a drink and a good time, and welcoming any gender, race and sexual preference. People still frequent the club for weekly events such as karaoke and dancing on Friday and Saturday nights. The renovations, new sign, and new ownership and staff indicate there’s been […]
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Book ’em
A school in Vail, Arizona, becomes this autumn one of the first e-book high schools, ditching real, live paper textbooks for the flat screen sheen of student-issue laptops, e-texts, online articles and an extensive WiFi network. I can already hear the apocalypse-prophesizing of book lovers everywhere. But come now. This isn’t the same disaster of […]
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Key words
I went to a lot of parties last weekend. The kind of parties at which the CBC lockout inevitably comes up. Maybe strangers are discussing how much they miss As It Happens, or maybe it’s someone who knows me, who asks how I’m handling the strike. “The lockout?” I say, “Oh, you know.” They respond […]
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T.C. Demaresq browses for business news
Centre Saege A new restaurant by Scanway, owner of Sweet Basil, Cheapside Cafe and Scanway Catering, is set to open at 5883 Spring Garden (at Carlton) in late September. Saege Bistro will combine the allure of fine dining with the relaxation of a family restaurant, in a bid to become “everyone’s favourite neighbourhood bistro.” “There […]
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Easy Rider
As I pulled onto the highway on my Harley Davidson in the early morning fog of June 13, I had a particular David Mann painting in mind. It’s called “Ghost Rider.” It shows a lone biker rolling down a highway, his hair whipped by the wind. Running beside him is the ghost of a cowboy […]
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Easy rider
As I pulled onto the highway on my Harley Davidson in the early morning fog of June 13, I had a particular David Mann painting in mind. It’s called “Ghost Rider.” It shows a lone biker rolling down a highway, his hair whipped by the wind. Running beside him is the ghost of a cowboy […]
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Space to Grow
On a lazy Wednesday night, a couple of volunteers from Seymour Green Organic Community Garden bring along plastic bags—there’s plenty of lettuce, perky and alert, ready to take home. The group chats, as some weed and others taste-test the produce. One volunteer crouches down to check beanstalks winding up a homemade wooden cage. A discussion […]
