i originally posted this op ed piece back on december 2nd, but with the tenuring of a contract to heather watson for the position of mayoral assistant, i figure a revisit is fine: a lesson in optics **UPDATE: after his first unbelievable hire, it gets worse. he has since fired the executive assistant for the […]

Go Wild: Try Winter Camping With the snowshoe article off to the publisher, it got me thinking of other outdoor adventures. Here’s a blast from the past: last year’s Winter Camping article for Peterborough Kids, Northumberland Kids, and Lakeridge Kids Magazines. It’s everything you need to know about winter camping with the kids in your […]

Now featuring incredibly cute kid photos, courtesy of Alana Callan. A Winter World at Your Feet: Snowshoeing for the Entire Family It’s a mild winter day at Petroglyphs Provincial Park and Alana Callan, her husband, Kevin, and 6-year old daughter, Kyla, are taking a break from snowshoeing. The sun is shining. It’s been a lovely […]

all good things must come to an end. the small print holidays included. i will be out of town and on the road to toronto for the bulk of the week, but i shall try to blog my way through. happy 2011!

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A Winter World at Your Feet: Snowshoeing for the Entire Family It’s a mild winter day at Petroglyphs Provincial Park and Alana Callan, her husband, Kevin, and 6-year old daughter, Kyla, are taking a break from snowshoeing. The sun is shining. It’s been a lovely morning. It’s been even more lovely because they’ve been moving […]

odd to have back to back on “the game.” tomorrow: snowshoeing in central ontario. featuring interviews with local parents, as well as experts.

I’m going to go on record here as saying that I don’t give a flying puck about the fate of the Toronto Maple Leafs. At least not from a hockey standpoint. On a purely economic front, well… They do capture a bit of my attention. My wife, you see, is a teacher. And there is […]

today in the blog, a repeat of sorts. new to you, old to me. i wrote this back in the fall of 2002. i dashed it off when a local publication asked me for a piece on hockey. i composed it in an hour and a half — without time for an edit — and […]

my coverage of the trent northern studies colloquium can be found here. “While the weather outside of Traill College was chilly, there was a feeling of warm camaraderie inside during the wrap-up of the Trent northern studies student colloquium on Thursday, December 9, 2010. An enthusiastic audience packed Bagnani Hall to celebrate the research of […]