For those of us who struggle in the art of finance, Bank Of Victoria is here to make it all right. The cheeky brainchild of Montreal’s Victoria Stanton, the project got its start as a way of helping a friend in debt. “I hated seeing him suffer like that. Credit cards are killers,” says Stanton. […] More »
can’t seem to keep up with things all the day to day things that demand attention like laundry groceries phone bills cleaning the endless dirty dishes the nonstop dust and debris take out the recycling take the vitamins keep the teeth flossed and gray out of the hair shave the pits and legs and water […] More »
The Americanization of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, is driving up land prices in this hippie hideoutand inspiring long-time residents to take matters into their own hands
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The Vertical Struts, named from a photo of the remaining stubs of one of the World Trade Center towers, are a two-man (Raymond Biesinger and Trevor Anderson), ’50s-style garage-rock combo from Edmonton. They are self-proclaimed throwbacks with songs about boys who love boys, boys who love girls and socialism. They recently released their first single—recorded in Edmonton by Veal’s Nik Kozub—solely on seven-inch vinyl.
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For the current and former mental health patients who make up the Workman Theatre Project, acting is a step toward healing—a way to take control of their minds and bodies
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If you want a picture of camp, imagine a sneaker stamping on a human facefor a whole summer. How one middle-class kid not only survived the Orwellian experience of self-improvement camp, but lived to tell the tale
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Yes, the scandal was sleazy. It was offensive to Quebeckers. It wasted $100 million (over four years) that could have been spent on much, much better things. It probably had criminal overtones.
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