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
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.
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
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
IDEA MAN It always makes me wild with rage when the complexities of a federal election are idiotically reduced to a single issue for voters. The major parties, and the mainstream media, seem to assume that people have the attention span of three-year-olds. Then along comes Jack Layton’s Speaking Out: Ideas That Work for Canadians, […]
MASCAR dads have become the swing vote in this fall's US presidential election. But to understand the man, you must first try to understand what drives him
First they stole our land, then our methods of water transportation. Cultural appropriation aside, is it too much to ask that weekend warriors give the canoe and kayak some respect?