For our Sept/Oct issue, we unveiled the magazine’s brand new look—now on newsstands. The result is a more fun and playful This Magazine, with better use of colour, graphics and typography, as well as a complete overhaul of the magazine’s cover. Readers can still expect the same fiesty content—in fact, we’ve added more awesome stuff. […] More »

Last fall, a local Ontario organic apple and pear farmer in my area let our community come and harvest apples for free.  A whole bundle of folks trekked out to the orchard, loaded kids in wagons and wheelbarrows,  and chose our implements of choice – ladders, milk crates, long sticks with burlap bags on the […] More »

Column of Heaven are one of the several projects that rose out of the ashes of The Endless Blockade (along with Farang and the now-defunct Slaughter Strike)– and holds the distinction of being the most distressing, in the best possible way. The Endless Blockade created truly deranged powerviolence; Column of Heaven builds upon a similarly noisy, chaotic […] More »

Here’s a preview of our exciting September/October issue. Looks a bit different, doesn’t it? The issue features our brand new look, as well as our first annual Corporate Hall of Shame. We’re really excited about the issue and can’t wait to hear what you think. The issue will be on newsstands across Canada next week. […] More »

Traditional heavy metal band Black Moor, who hail from Halifax, NS, play the kind of bold, bombastic, anthem-driven heavy metal that defined the genre in it’s heyday. Lethal Waters is their sophomore album, following the critically acclaimed The Conquering which was released in 2009. That first album was a bit of a bittersweet victory for […] More »

Well, it’s nearly August and Margaret Wente’s abrasive views notwithstanding, I am still standing by my local Community Shared Agriculture program in this raging drought. (If you’re looking for a fight, check out her column from earlier this month where she says, “[locavorism is] the most wasteful, inefficient way to feed the human race you […] More »

You Don’t Know that You Don’t Know, How Canada’s Corporate Elites Make Money, and Private HealthCare Noam Chomsky once wrote in Manufacturing Consent that people don’t know that they don’t know what’s going on; such is the illusory effect, but real power, of institutions such as the mainstream media. Chomsky says that this works on […] More »

Leslie Vryenhoek is a writer, poet and communication consultant based out of Newfoundland. Her work has appeared in various Canadian and international publications. Leslie has received numerous awards for her poetry, fiction and memoirs including the Winston-Collins Descant Best Canadian Poem 2010 prize, two provincial Arts and Letters Awards, the Eden Mills Festival Literary Competition and the Dalton […] More »

I sighed loudly when I read the “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” cover line on the latest issue of The Atlantic (July/August 2012). When done sighing, I wondered what the “all” was now. I hoped the “all” was a nap because I was exhausted before I even opened the issue and read Anne-Marie […] More »

It’s grounding to read about permaculture from my garden, which was, as my neighbours don’t hesitate to tell me, once a “prize winning garden” until the former owner let it “naturalize.” Naturalize here is not said with an optimistic smile but rather a raised eyebrow in the direction of the golden rod and wild grape […] More »

Yesterday, I learned that Kyle Scanlon, a well-loved and respected member of the trans* activist scene in Toronto, had died. Kyle committed suicide last week in his Toronto home. He’s not someone I knew well, but I’d reported on a couple events featuring Kyle’s presence in the past. It was a shock to think that […] More »