Bright Lights, Small City

The bright afternoon sun illuminates the crimson and gold autumn leaves of October. Massive white clouds-the kind that often take the shape of animals and people-slowly drift across the bright blue sky. Fairport Marine and Tackle, a weathered, powder blue and white building with a red, hand-painted “Minnows” sign, sits beside a gently flowing river.… Continue reading Bright Lights, Small City

After a Refashion

Inside the conference room at CB Media Ltd., Art Johnson, editor of Canadian Business, leans back on his chair and puts his hands behind his head. His greying, wispy hair is carefully combed to the side and his blue-grey eyes seem to hide under his dark eyebrows. The room has a low ceiling, dull lighting and… Continue reading After a Refashion

”Ah, that a man should live so well”

At last spring’s convocation for the University of King’s College, the keynote speaker was the 62-year-old publisher and editor of the Prince Edward Island weekly Eastern Graphic: a man renowned for journalistic bravery, who forbade his reporters to attend press conferences, regularly scooped the dailies and insisted on paying his interns. On May 14, 1998, Jim MacNeill… Continue reading ”Ah, that a man should live so well”

”Lights! Camera! Action!”

Standing in ankle-deep snow, Peter Lynch, director of Project Grizzly, had a vision he wanted to portray. The documentary he was filming focused on Troy Hurtubise, a self-professed mountain man whose quest was to find a grizzly bear and grapple with it, wearing a handmade suit of armour. Rather than following Hurtubise around for weeks… Continue reading ”Lights! Camera! Action!”

Battle for Survival

Blissfully sleeping for about five hours in a tent pitched on snow as hard as concrete, Jerry Kobalenko isn’t disturbed by the 24 hours of daylight and -15?C air of the polar desert. The writer, drawn to Arctic exploration, has travelled all night and is halfway through a 500-kilometre trek, camping on Ellesmere Island, the… Continue reading Battle for Survival

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