Someone I’ve been thinking about a lot these past few days is my grandmother. Not because we were particularly close — in fact, I barely knew her, growing up in another province — but because in moments like this, it feels natural to reach back. To draw a line between ourselves and the generations before us who endured uncertain, transformative… View Post
From Heaven to Hell, Palm Springs, Argentina, Hollywood, Scarborough, and a Toronto Library.
By Anne Brodie Misericordia (“compassion or empathy”) is an unsettling, unobvious thriller, a quiet but gale force knockout that may leave viewers gasping. Alain Guiraudie’s adaptation of the novel Stranger By The Lake, the French, Spanish and Portuguese co-pro is extraordinary – clever, sneaky and perplexing. Its intricate psychological portrait of a close-knit, claustrophobic village is frequently dark, visually; you… View Post
Make Politics Boring Again: Why I’m Craving Calm, Competent Leadership
More than anything, I just want politics to be boring again. I long for headlines so dull they barely register. “Minister Attends Meeting, Leaves On Time” is the dream. I want a government so functionally beige that I forget who’s in charge, because everything is just…working. No daily drama. No emergency press conferences interrupting my funny dog videos on Tiktok…. View Post
Why Parks Canada Matter: A Call to Protect Our National Treasures
I’ve long felt that Parks Canada matter, but this morning I read an article in the National Observer that Parks Canada is facing a massive $450 million in cuts and lapsed funding over the next two years. It made my stomach drop. I may be especially sensitive about this subject right now because I’ve been anxiously watching the damage Trump… View Post
Is Danielle Smith a Traitor? What Her Breitbart Interview Reveals
Is Danielle Smith a traitor? That question exploded across social media after her recent interview with Breitbart — yes, that Breitbart, part of Steve Bannon’s cartoonishly villainous empire. And with it came the T-word: treason. Treason feels like such an “old-timey” word though, doesn’t it? Like we half-expect someone in revolutionary garb to march a traitor up to a wooden… View Post
Ann Kaplan Mulholland’s Incredible Dream Come True. Her Very Own Castle. Gobsmacked. And Now a Reality Show!
Flamboyant Canadian billionaire and empty nester Ann Kaplan Mulholland and her husband, renowned plastic surgeon Dr. Steven Mulholland embarked on a colossal adventure two years ago. They relocated to England and bought a new home, the thousand-year-old Lympne castle in Kent, a wee fixer upper: 27K square feet, 27 buildings, and 139 acres. And as Mulholland discovered, it came with… View Post
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