The art of being an artist

By Angel Agbontaen On this cold February day, the air of the Toronto Metropolitan University’s (TMU) Black Student Lounge (BSL) is stale with the only source of ventilation the standing fan at the corner of the room. All the chairs and tables had been moved around to make space for the huge sheet of canvas…

Life with pets

Pandemic pet owners heading back to work or school are considering whether they have the time and money to continue looking after their pet By Steven Buttar As Brock Duke turned the key to enter his Toronto condo, he could hear his Siberian husky’s paws pattering the door. Duke remembered the first day he brought…

Reading some fine print

By Sabrina Scroppo With his nose buried in the pages of a fantasy classic, a thick Scottish accent surfaces without warning. “Harry – yer a wizard.” The smoky tone of Rubeus Hagrid’s voice lingers in the McNally home. Crisp pages land together and the ruby red hardcover is shut, the fictional nighttime adventure finally put…