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  • Condo refugees

    The new condo showroom across the road is doubling as a nightclub.[rssbreak]Yesterday a jogger became enraged when I challenged her ownership of the sidewalk. I...
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  • Stealing gold

    Downtown eastside, Vancouver - I've got my window open a crack to preserve the cheese sitting on the sill of my room in a sweet,...
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  • Rumpled regals

    The radio announcement that admission to the royal opening of the annual Royal Agricultural Winter Fair would be free on Friday, November 6, has me...
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  • Achoo all over you with swine flu

    The Calabrian music program on CHIN Radio is interrupted for an urgent message in English. Sneeze into your sleeve![rssbreak]This bizarre bit of advice has picked...
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  • Grey dog blues

    Uncounted country and blues songs refer to riding the grey dog out of town. Itinerant musicians depend on Greyhound buses to get around. Lots of...
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  • My feral cat fairy tale

    Al of Vangkewver, BC, has always been wary of even speaking to me on the phone for fear of getting sucked into what he calls...
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  • Blessed by Buffy

    The mere rumour that buffy Sainte-Marie was coming to Peterborough sent me off to the bus station to buy an $18 one-way ticket to that...
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  • Science friction

    Upon entering the lobby of the Ontario Science Centre, I am magically swept up in a wave of instant depression that transports me back to...
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  • First they come for people on social assistance…

    Sitting in the multi-faith centre at U of T waiting for the forum We're All In This Together to start, I notice the backlit ceiling...
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  • Tracking the trickster

    Perhaps the coyote in the beaches ravine is no longer giving interviews. [rssbreak]The gleaming, thick-furred creature posed briefly for photos a few weeks back, shortly...
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  • Vexing Virgin

    I'm not a faithful listener, but I happened to catch Catholic Radio when the dial stayed at AM 530 after a morning show playing Bollywood...
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  • Near voyages

    Of my many repressed desires, wanderlust must be the strongest. In dreams, I am often on a train. Rivers, shores and oceans regularly recur. Trying...
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  • Just not my bag

    The economy is making its typical headlines, raising alarm bells, etc. Like its killing cousin, War, The Economy is manly, irrational and presented as natural...
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  • Spanish cowboys and sensible shoes

    A guitarist I know told me off more than twice for the faux pas I made in his direction. I rotary-dialed a call to his...
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  • No holiday at this inn

    Framed in little display win.dows at the Royal York are "green" suggestions like purchasing "carbon offsets" to make up for your jet-setting, and "Ask yourself...
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