In the Globe: Toronto’s membership-based maker spaces (like Site 3, Hacklab, Interaccess and the new Tool Library) give people access to tools, drill presses, 3D printers, laser cutters and community.
Buying Your First Home
In the Grid, an exhaustive and (I hope) helpful guide for first-time home buyers.
The Booze Issue
Another stellar turnout at the Ethnic Aisle: this issue, we’re all about booze. From Asian clubs and Greek metaxa to Hennessy, enemies and a rant about St. Patrick’s Day, you can check it all out here.
Toronto’s multicultural theatre is not having A Moment
In the Grid, some thoughts on the latest batch of over here/over there plays, which are funny, thought-provoking and packing the theatres (including Pomme is French for Apple, pictured at right and starting a run at the Young Centre tonight, February 28).
Make Mine a Lowball
There’s lots of condos, and way less buyers. In the Grid, a roundup of units that might just go for a lowball (you know, an offer under the asking price).
More Ashbury coverage
Toronto, you’re making me blush
Probably I should settle down and come up with an editorial specialty, but then I wouldn’t get to do fun one-offs like this. In the Grid, a roundup of makeup made by Toronto-based companies.
Scandal!
Thanks to the Ottawa Citizen for a pretty interesting last-minute assignment: the disciplinary hearing for two Ottawa teachers from a fancy private school accused of covering up a case of sexual assault among their students.
Before Sunrise
My time slot on Metro Morning seems to be moving later and later, which I’m going to take as a compliment. This morning, I discussed multiculturalism with Matt Galloway and Doug Saunders, kicked off by Doug’s column on whether children-of-immigrants find the term or concept outdated.
Career Change: Nicole Barry and Teresa Chang
For Canadian Business’ Everyday Hero column, two former accountants on starting their dream businesses:
Nicole Barry is a Winnipeg woman who started a craft brewery
and Teresa Change is a Torontonian who opened a shop selling the fermented dairy product kefir.