For Robert Farrell, the world of guitar just isn’t the same without the greats. Fire-fingered soloists like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Clapton and the sort are long past their heyday, and there hasn’t been a new cohort that’s come to take their place. The younger generation […]
Young girls in Northern Tanzania are probably not complaining about heading back to school this September. “For many girls, going on to secondary school is not a reality,” says Virginia Taylor, adding that those who do get to attend certainly don’t take it for granted. Taylor, a member […]
By Adam Feibel – Zachary Dayler still has trouble keeping focused on books from time to time, but he’s gotten it down to a science. As a kid, it took him a long time before he finally learned to read. Since then, he says he’s needed books that […]
Even for someone in the top ranks of the arts industry, work and play are kept separate. That’s why for Christopher Deacon, managing director of the National Arts Centre orchestra, the reading he does at home and the reading he does for work rarely cross paths. “We all […]
Elaina Martin lost 100 pounds in 10 months because of one book. Not surprisingly, Eat to Live by Dr. Joel Fuhrman isn’t the kind that will sit on her shelf after one read. Martin, who founded Westfest over a decade ago, first read the book 10 months ago and […]
Cory Levesque is nervous. He’s only been interviewed once before — years ago — and it didn’t go so well. Levesque has never been a huge talker, having often gone several days without uttering more than a few words. Here, sipping a pint at the Elmdale Oyster House, […]
By Adam Feibel – When Westboro’s John Robinson suffered a stroke nearly two years ago and endured a number of complications in its wake, he ended up spending a lot of time in the hospital. He spent a year recovering at Saint-Vincent Hospital. His wife, Jacqueline Tetroe, took […]
By Adam Feibel – The many artists and small businesses of Hintonburg will come together for the first-ever Hintonburg Happening celebration in June, and the organizers say it’s already been a success. It’s a festival that merges the ideas of Summer Baird and Anne Tessier, two active members […]
By Adam Feibel – The Highland Park Lawn Bowling Club might be a familiar sight to Westboro residents, but most people probably don’t know the club has been around for twice as long as Tim Hortons. The history of the club extends back to 1914, when a group […]
By Adam Feibel – Sometimes it can be a challenge to convince a kid to borrow a book from the library — but what if you swap out the book with a person? Students at Hilson Avenue Public School put down their textbooks and learned directly from workers […]
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