The Maple Leafs (Finally) Blow It Up
By: Chris Dagonas Mike Ehrmantraut famously said in a parable to Walter White, “No more half measures.” Sure, he was talking about the murder of White’s partner (and stand-in son) Jesse […]
Category Archives: Urban Affairs
The Hot Dog Cannon: A Friday Night With The Brampton Beast
By: Chris Dagonas The teenaged girl in the navy blue golf shirt glanced at my ticket, and smiled sympathetically at me. “Sorry, sir, you’ll have to go around the arena […]
Life In The Time of Ford Nation
By: Bernhard Isopp I do not exaggerate when I say that the last four years have produced the most formative political experience of my life. I have always been mindful […]
TIFF 2014: Absurd In Any Language
By: Daniel Reynolds It’s all done. 11 days, 10 films. More lines than I’d care to remember. This year’s festival started off in panic, and ended up coming together fairly […]
This is Jennifer Castle’s City
By: Scott Alic She stands alone on stage, armed only with a deep-red, large-bodied guitar: a 1969 Harmony Rocket that she has described as “well-loved, despite being almost nothing but […]
TIFF 2014: Here We Go Again, My Friend
By: Daniel Reynolds Were you as surprised as I was to learn that the 38th Toronto International Film Festival starts today? Perhaps surprise is the wrong emotion. Let me explain. […]
Fan Expo-sé: A Noob’s Guide to Comic Conventions
By: Susan Howse There’s this place that exists where people dress up in elaborate costumes, sci-fi and horror genres are cherished, nearly every comic book created is available for purchase, and […]
Is It Good? The F Word
By: Daniel Reynolds With so many new TV shows, movies, books and music coming out these days, sometimes staying culturally literate can be exhausting. To help sift through it all, we […]
Life is Like a Box of Glory: The Leafs’ New Bench Statue
By: Dan Grant In 2017-18, the Toronto Maple Leafs franchise née The St. Pats née The Arenas, will turn 100 years old. In preparation for this anniversary, MLSE management has […]
They Are Who We Thought They Were: The Jays In July
By: Dan Grant I’m going to start this off by saying that I’m currently on vacation (the honeymoon, no less!) and since I’m on vacation, that means Regular Dan and […]
