Selected Articles

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Features

"Adam's Fall" - The Coast, February 8, 2008.

Halifax's landmark Macdonald Bridge has long been a hotspot for suicides. The recent, tragic death of 19 year-old Adam Cashen raises a vital question: would a suicide barrier save lives? This investigative article takes a look at the matter.

"The Whig Standardized" - Diatribe Magazine, April 2006.

Canada has lost most of its independent newspapers. Kingston already has. The story of how Canada's leading small-town paper became just another link in a chain.

"Prohibited by Law" - Diatribe Magazine, November 2005.

Drugs: they're illegal, but plenty of students are doing them - and a few are selling them. Student drug dealers tell their stories.

Travel

"African port in a storm" - The Toronto Sun, February 18, 2007
Cape Verdean city of Mindelo offers a quiet harbour and a friendly greeting.

"In Brittany's Bunkers" - The Toronto Sun, September 17, 2006
In Camaret-sur-mer, history wears her broken heart on her sleeve.

"Antilles of the North" - The Toronto Sun, August 13, 2006.
Nestled just 35 km off England's southwestern tip are islands you'd expect to find in the Caribbean.

"Ireland pulled in two direction" - The Toronto Sun, July 30, 2006.
Cruising the Emerald Isle's coast.

The rest of my weekly columns for the Toronto Sun can be found here.

Arts

Anew Airship - The Coast, January 3, 2008.
Folk-popsters Anew Airship have lift-off, thanks to a Los Angeles production deal for singer-songwriter Jeremy Francis.

Elizabeth Hay - The Coast, March 27, 2008.
The Giller Prize winning novelist talks about her latest book, and dishes on her craft in general.

Andru Branch - The Coast, January 24, 2008.
Although his tapes were stolen twice, Andru Branch's second roots reggae album sticks to themes of love and spiritualism.