Something old, something new, something borrowed and some loot

When I was assigned this story yesterday, I expected to get a few phone calls from people who thought the brides were rude and a handful of emails from people who were upset that The Spec considered the story front-page news.

Boy, was I wrong. Comments are going wild on TheSpec.com, TheStar.ca and Fark, and [...]

Weekend warrior

Warning – iPhone quality photos ahead. Sorry, I barely had time for a beer this past weekend. Forget about carrying multiple cameras.

First off, I spent all day Friday writing for a contract I’m working on right now. Saturday morning, I woke up before the actual crack of dawn so I could drive, through the [...]

Happy Friday

Two things today. Number one, I just found out I’m up for another Ontario Newspaper Award. This time in novice reporting along with fellow Spec reporter/pal o’ mine, Molly Hayes. Congrats to Molly who is the Spec vet of the two of us and who showed me many, many, many of the ropes when I [...]

Summer Job

Over the course of this summer, Spec writer Rhiannon Russell and I put together an arts series aimed at introducing readers to some of amazing artists in Hamilton.

It took lot of our time these last two months (not to mention photographers’ time – every one of the more than 100 artists featured had a [...]