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Legal Aid scramble
I consider The Law as dangerous, moody and capricious as the men who make it up. Accordingly, I decided a few years ago to arm... -
2 cents’ worth
Imagine what Toronto would look like if we had put librarians in charge of running the place a long time ago. Librarians would not have... -
Trippy rail ride
There it is, a sight destined to quicken the heart of any streetcar nut: the classic PCC, followed by the antiquey tram named for designer/engineer... -
The magic’s over
My un-air-conditioned blood boiled last week when I heard a pair of morning radio chat show hosts calling Honest Ed's an "eyesore." Eye of the... -
Crazy one and all
"You know everybody thinks you're crazy," a bass player kindly informed me the other day on what must have been a slow news day. Yes,... -
Spit spat
Down the Leslie spit, just east of Checkpoint Charlie, where the dump trucks sign in, there's a place as haunting and beautiful as a dream.... -
More ass, less gas
"You were born naked!" is a slogan I hear repeated at the annual Naked Bike Ride on Saturday, June 11, which commenced in the cool... -
Burn after reading
"If it works, break it!" could be Toronto's new motto.When it comes to libraries, we have a roaring success story: usage of our book havens... -
Ka-ching on King
Don't get much chance to look up at skyscrapers when I'm cycling through the financial district. Too busy watching the pavement doesn't come up to... -
Surface tension
Every day in Toronto, you can choose from a fascinating variety of ethnic papers. Only when my head needs a rest from deciphering Portuguese do... -
Midsummer dream
In the middle of a city summer, my little canoe is drifting merrily on a rare current of joy, and life is but a dream.... -
Emma at G20
"Toronto killed Emma Goldman," I'll be printing on T-shirts to tap into the ingrained shopping instinct that makes even a G20 protester want a souvenir.[rssbreak]In... -
Crude awakening
The uncapped spew of "expert" blarney and scientific blather about the mega-disaster in the Gulf of Mexico just injects another dose of slime into the... -
Forever Yonge
This here is a love song to a chunk of old Yonge Street north of College, south of Wellesley, full of life. Consider it a... -
Im a shoestring gourmet
The claim that sex is a necessity is false. One can go forever without it and not drop dead. Here I am.[rssbreak]But the one thing...
