Year: <span>2025</span>

Well, Happy New Year. It feels almost unbelievable that we’re entering 2025. Did 2024 speed by like a meteor for you too? I have to say, though, that despite last year’s zoom-by, it had its issues. I deeply hope 2025 is better than last. I have my profound doubts, in part because of the upheaval...

When we were full bore in the holiday season, something strange passed through my brain while watching a Christmas movie. My wife, Sandy, and I try to watch one movie every night in December, leading up to Christmas. We typically get 10 or so completed. We have gone through the best of the Hallmark catalogue...

When Ken died in February 2021, we had an outpouring of messages from readers, with many telling us how much his columns meant to them. In light of that, we thought we would go back through our files and re-publish some of them. Ken would be flattered by the kind words readers expressed. We miss...

With 36 years in business behind it, Amigos Cantina on Dufferin and 10th Street just off Broadway had a big year in 2024. Accolades poured in. Amigos won the 2024 Western Canadian Music Awards (WCMA) Kevin Walters Industry Builder Award, presented at the BreakOut West Music Festival in September. Immediately thereafter, in early October, Amigos...