Ten days of screenings, special public events, master classes, question and answer sessions, meet-and-greets, red carpets, parties, press conferences, junkets, the almighty barbeque and people watching have come to a close. One thing remains for #TIFF16 – the presentation of the awards! TIFF’s Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey announced the best of the best today at TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto…. View Post
With 75% of Canadian women being a size eight and up, it is now more than ever that the media landscape needs curvy women on the scene. Body acceptance and fat shaming have been all over the news in 2016, with the extremely thin, Selena Gomez, being called ‘fat’ in photos taken while on vacation and Ashley Graham, a plus-size… View Post
Maudie (Dir. Aisling Walsh) Nova Scotia primitive artists Maud Lewis’ was born “crooked” and in some ways it shaped her destiny. She was treated like an outcast in her small village and a slave by her aunt who kept her against her will, but didn’t want her. Maud was fiercely independent and had a lot of smarts and common sense,… View Post
The War on Drugs must end. Its fundamental objective has been stymied: suppression of the drug trade. To the contrary, many aspects of that trade have flourished. A worldwide illegal market, dominated by gangsters, abounds, with only sporadic and limited interference by national and international authorities. The War has also imposed great social and human costs: massive imprisonment, tinged by… View Post
This event is born from our inner desire to help other woman live purposefully in the comfort of their own skin. Many women, feel imprisoned by their reality, lacking the ability to find purpose and opportunity in their current circumstance. Our objective is to help women identify and lock into their purpose by understanding the uniqueness and power of their S.H.A.P.E… View Post
As we sat down to our last meal in St. John’s, Newfoundland, after a busy week of activities and exploring in the city as well as around the Avalon Peninsula, I asked my 17 year old daughter if she would recommend Newfoundland as a family vacation spot for her friends. “Only my adventurous ones”, she said. Newfoundland is unlike any… View Post