Timeline: Rob Ford’s Life
Archive 2016 Mar 22, 2016
Diwali’s different lights shine this weekend
Archive 2013 Oct 31, 2013
This weekend, when the moon is nowhere to be found in the night sky, thousands of Hindus and Sikhs will be lighting up candles, lamps and fireworks. Literally the “festival of lights”, Diwali is celebrated by Hindus and Sikhs in late October or early November, the exact date being the 13th day of the dark lunar fortnight. This year it falls on November 3.
Read moreI’m Scared of Cyclists
Archive 2013 Oct 17, 2013 0
Driving down Lakeshore Boulevard on a Tuesday morning, I find myself shouting (from behind closed windows, of course) at cyclists who bike beside my car. It’s usually because I’m scared of killing them.
Read moreHidden Graffiti
Archive 2013 Sep 26, 2013
Graffiti is something people normally associate with big cities like Toronto, where catching a glimpse of graffiti or tagging is as easy as walking along Bloor Street. Within the suburbs that constitute the GTA, it is much harder to find graffiti, whether in art form or as teenaged vandalism. Nevertheless, you’ll find it, plastered on to box cars and electrical transformers.
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