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February 09, 2026
Our backyard window was piled high with snow last week. School was cancelled and I was…
“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition,” Carney said at Davos. I’m…
Drips of water falling into our bedroom from the attic was the last straw. We called a…
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Love Local. Hate Local.
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No French wine
It was my mother-in-law’s birthday. We went shopping for food at No-Frills. Meandering in…
Deadly dental
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It’s happening to us
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Elegant Eglinton
Eglinton West is the Broadway of Toronto. Not that it has massive marquees or neon…
I, dad
Whether I liked it or not, I was replacing my dad—taking on his projects, walking in his…
Densification nation
Each morning, I climb into a taxi and join the torrent of traffic surging through Quito Sur.…
Body snatchers
After watching my father lie motionless for two weeks in the ICU, tubes pressed against his…
I rode the LRT
I had butterflies in my stomach as I neared the LRT station and took the elevator down…