Posted Forget Paving Paradise, Let's Just Dig a Giant Hole in It to Torontoist
The farmland of Dufferin County looks exactly the way you'd imagine: softly rolling hillsides, the landscape dotted with old clapboard barns and quaint country houses, wooden fences neatly marking off the lots. Nestled in...
Posted Harlan Clark, 1922–2009 to Torontoist
Harlan Clark was one of those small, quiet, essential Toronto institutions. He and his wife Norine started a Port Perry chicken farm in 1946; one year later they began selling eggs at St. Lawrence Market....
Posted And The Giller Goes To... to Torontoist
Linden MacIntyre! His novel, The Bishop's Man, is a complex, nuanced portrayal of a Catholic priest dealing with the aftermath of sexual abuse scandals, and bested the four other short-listed authors to take home the...
Posted It's Giller Time to Torontoist
The clock is ticking, usually reticent authors are primping, and in a few short hours Canada's literary establishment will be donning tuxedos and evening gowns in preparation for tonight's Giller Prize black-tie gala dinner...
Posted Sign of the Times to Torontoist
Photo by Michael Chrisman/Torontoist. Late last night the City's proposed new billboard bylaw and tax [PDF] cleared a major hurdle, unanimously passing through the Planning and Growth Management Committee on its way to a...