By MARY FRAN McQUADE You’re not a real gardener if you hang up your trowel in September. The blazing hot sun isn’t beating down on you anymore. The days are sunny and cool. The pesky bugs have moved on or died off. It’s a great time to be out in the garden. Wage war on […]
By NATHANIEL ERSKINE-SMITH As we manage a second wave of COVID-19 and as our federal government resets its agenda, it’s important to reflect on the lessons we’ve learned so far. Here are 10: First, we face an economic crisIs because of the health crisis, so the best economic response is also a public health one. […]
By MIMI LILIEFELDT Lately there’s been much discussion of how to find our way towards racial equality. With so much information out there, it’s hard to know where to look for the right answer. Darien List believes we need to start with role models in our communities.Darien is the owner of our neighbourhood’s wildly popular […]
By ANN BROKELMAN While I, of course, love all the seasons, I truly believe that now is the best overall time for everyone, expert and amateur alike, to get out and enjoy nature. Take a walk and look around, go down to the waterfront and sit on the beach or on some of the big […]
By ALAN CARTER With COVID-19 case numbers creeping up right across the country, it’s time to ask ourselves some serious questions about how we will react if a true second wave comes crashing down upon us. After a gorgeous summer where it often seemed the pandemic was just some collectively shared fever dream, the numbers […]
By BERNIE FLETCHER It’s 2020 and yet people around the world still need to fight for basic human rights. Three made-in-Toronto TV shows highlight the struggle for equal rights for women over three different eras. The Emmy Awards (on Sunday, Sept. 20) will be acknowledging the strong performances by talented women in each of these […]
By CLYDE ROBINSON My first introduction to the Beach was in June of 1973. A school mate of mine asked me if I wanted to go to the beach. I said what beach, there’s no beach in Toronto? We skipped school and I remember for the first time seeing Lake Ontario in a different way. […]
By MIMI LILIEFELDT If you’ve lived in the Beach for any length of time, then you know Tex Thomas, owner of Pro League Sports. Even if you don’t know his name, you recognize him from his reliable presence on Queen Street. Tex has a calm demeanor and easy smile; he’s a father of three kids, […]
By JACQUELINE CORRIGAN We all have memories when we remember where we were at a time for a significant event in our lives. For me it was the moment I wanted to learn more about wine and become a sommelier. It happened while I was travelling in Italy at what was at the time, very […]
By BERNIE FLETCHER “We have to deal with prejudice and injustice or we will never understand what is good and evil, right and wrong; we need to feel how ‘the other’ feels.” (Norman Jewison in This Terrible Business has been Good to Me.) Times of crisis bring out the best in people …and the worst. […]
