"Standing in that blizzard at 2:30 in the morning, wearing a baby-doll nightgown, holding a pink Princess telephone while my Volvo was pulled out of the snow, it occurred to me that this was the logical end of something."
-Don Gillmor in "The Events Leading Up to Sir Norman Foster"
Our Sisters: Stories of Homeless Women in Canada by Susan Scott Broadview (2007), 210
Want to know how a city used to work? Talk to the dead
Half of the world’s population now lives in cities. How do they make it work?
Capturing the essence of a city. » View Photo Gallery «
Bravo! The Special Arctic Issue (November) is a richly nuanced and varied entrée into northern life and issues.
Is Toronto being taken over by hucksters,
fauxhemians, and the “knowledge economy”?
As the debate over “the reasonable accommodation of
minority groups” indicates, diversity in Canada is troubled thing
A British architect, oil barons, an urban vision, and creeping liberalism: what is the future for Cowtown?
Why following the urge to buy big might not make you happy
Optimism, slowness, and why comic books still pay better than contemporary art.
Urban Meltdown: Cities, Climate Change and Politics as Usual by Clive Doucet New Society (2007), 251 pp.
Our author meets Bob, the former carnival ride operator from Vancouver
Can the urban spaces handle legions of retiring boomers?
The Culprits by Robert Hough Random House Canada (2007), 303 pp. Strange hands
