It’s a classic tale: the little guy fights for survival as big business encroaches. Except in Michael Hingston’s latest novel The Dilettantes, the little guy is The Peak, a university newspaper that talks and operates more like a zine, blitzing readers with a combustible cocktail of no-punches-pulled editorials and scrap-worthy comics, reviews and news pieces. […]
Though the day started off a bit overcast and cool, by the time the first chords were struck by Yukon Blonde on the Stawamus stage, the sun was back in full force. No one was wishing they could be home right now instead of lying on the grass listening to the Kelowna rockers at Squamish […]
The 2010 death of SeaWorld Orlando trainer, Dawn Brancheau, was initially reported by the media as an “accident” due to “trainer error”. Unsatisfied with this explanation, director Gabriela Cowperthwaite began to investigate the history of Killer Whales held in captivity and used for the purposes of “entertainment”. What she unveils is not necessarily surprising but […]
It’s a classic tale: the little guy fights for survival as big business encroaches. Except in Michael Hingston’s latest novel The Dilettantes, the little guy is The Peak, a university newspaper that talks and operates more like a zine, blitzing readers with a combustible cocktail of no-punches-pulled editorials and scrap-worthy comics, reviews and news pieces. […] 