Why I'm more excited for Raptors basketball than ever before
Toronto Star, December 2020. Find the original article here. The NBA came back in a flash. On Wednesday, just a couple of months after...
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A Volleyball Star Who Raps As Kofi
The New York Times, December 2019. Find the original article here. Name: Daenan Gyimah Age: 21 Hometown: Toronto Now Lives: In a...
My mullet or a grown-up job? I had to make a choice
The Globe and Mail, April 2020. Find the original article here. A few months ago, while searching for a job after finishing graduate...
Beers, bulls and honky-tonk: An insider recalls Ranchman's glory days
Calgary Herald, September 2020. Find the original article here. Most people got their introduction to Ranchman’s Cookhouse and Dancehall...
The artist works in isolation. But what's the point when ‘all art seems inconsequential right now?’
Toronto Star, April 2020. Find the original article here. The artist works in solitude, or at least that’s what the age-old myth...
Chance meeting with literary idol allows writer to realize own worth
Calgary Herald, September 2019. Find the original article here. A few months ago, while working at a New York-based magazine, I got an...
The 'Beard Bros' of Beach Volleyball are Winning Online and in the Sand
Bedford + Bowery, June 2018. Find the original article here. The McKibbin brothers are changing the game of beach volleyball, though not...
Austin Rogers Doesn't Want to Be Jeopardy! Guy, Despite the Groupies
Bedford + Bowery, January 2018. Find the original article here. Photo: Courtesy Neil Hamel Austin Rogers is working behind the bar at Gaf...
Secrets of the Rat Cave: How René Dreifuss Became a Radical MMA Sensei
Bedford + Bowery, May 2018. You can the original article find it here. Photo: by Mathew Silver Through the front door of a slightly...
In This Scrappy Street Hockey League, a Deaf Referee Helps Keep the Peace
Bedford + Bowery, May 2018. In the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge, a group of plucky amateurs were facing off in a game of street hockey...
Ai Weiwei's Archway Art Gets Green-Lit and Christmas Tree Move Has Villagers Seeing Red
Bedford + Bowery, September 2017. Find the original article here. Photo: Courtesy of Kickstarter The Christmas tree that usually resides...
Siksika Nation Member Being Sued for Erecting Blockade to Protect 'Way of Life'
Metro News, October 2016. Find the original article here. Photo: Courtesy of Jennifer Friesen Ben Crow Chief has been living in a tepee...
The New 'Jumanji' is Everything Wrong with Movies
Dash of Mind, January 2018. Find the original article here. I remember sitting cross-legged on the carpet in my living room as a...
On a Bus with Ai Weiwei, Or So I Thought
Bedford + Bowery, October 2017. Find the original article here. Photo: Courtesy of Mathew Silver Is there going to be food on this thing?...
Karl Hirzer: Meet the Red Velvet-Clad 27-Year-Old Making his Mark with the CPO
BeatRoute, May 2017. Find the original article here. Photo: Courtesy of Twitter CALGARY – I’m awaiting the arrival of Karl Hirzer, the...
Calgary Sprinter Brings Home Bronze
Metro News, August 2016.Find the original article here. Photo: Courtesy of The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn Amidst all of the uncertainty of...
Country Music Star Changes Name to 'Urban Keith'
Dash of Mind, July 2016. Find the original article here. In what appears to be an ill-fated attempt to reach a different demographic,...
Denzel 2020? BeatRoute's (mostly not serious) Oscar Predictions
BeatRoute, February 2017. Find the original article here. Photo: Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CALGARY —...
Joel Plaskett and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra meet in the middle
BeatRoute, January 2017. Find the original article here. Photo: Courtesy of Joel Plaskett CALGARY — Long before Joel Plaskett was a JUNO...
Surviving the Cage: A Newbie Steps Onto the West 4th Street Courts
Bedford + Bowery, September 2018. Find the original article here. Photo: Courtesy of Mathew Silver The West 4th Street Courts are some of...