Paddling Whistler’s River of Golden Dreams
Toronto Star, Sept 14, 2016, WHISTLER, B.C.—Picking your paddle is one thing, but for this canoe ride — down Whistler’s River of Golden Dreams — it may be more important […]
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Hey bunny! Furry pick-me-ups
Calgary Herald, Sept 5, 2016: “It’s like we live in a zoo,” my son said one day as we stood watching a hare and a couple of squirrels frolicking on […]
Next stop for that old T-shirt …
Calgary Herald, Oct 3, 2016: I don’t know what to do with my Scooby Doo T-shirt. I had forgotten all about it until I found it at the bottom of […]
Talking to Americans Nov 9
Calgary Herald, Nov 7, 2016: One more sleep until the U.S. presidential election. I don’t know about you, but I haven’t looked forward to something ending this much since childbirth. As […]
Swingin’ (or not) at Club Med Sandpiper Bay
Toronto Star, August 13, 2016: PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. — It may have been the panic in her voice as the woman on the trapeze announced: “I want down.” Maybe […]
Seeing the good in a bad ‘hood
Toronto Star, August 6, 2016: VANCOUVER, B.C.-The man is dancing and watching his reflection in the window, humming to music only he can hear and oblivious to the small group […]
Groovin’ to the Gros Morne soundtrack
Toronto Star, July 7, 2016: BONNE BAY, NEWFOUNDLAND—The guy driving the water taxi is the same guy singing about whale bones on the CD playing over the speakers as we […]
Rotterdam: Innovation bobs on the water
Toronto Star, June 24, 2016: ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS — Twenty skinny trees are bobbing in the harbour like it is the most natural thing in the world. As their roots stretch […]
A few stories and storytellers in St. John’s
Toronto Star, June 6, 2016: ST. JOHN’S, N.L.—This is a city of storytellers. Writers, actors, musicians, even the cabbie who tells you the word “sex” is spelled in the lights […]
What me worry? 6 hacks
Calgary Herald, August 2, 2016: There are so many things to worry about these days, it can be a challenge to fit them all in. A quick back of the […]
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