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November is prize time for Canadian literature: the winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize is being announced this week, the Governor General’s Award in two weeks. These are the playoffs, the national championships of books. Everybody in the publishing industry is downing Ativans waiting for the big announcements, which will … Read More
You may have read in Eye Weekly last week an interview with our sociable editor, Russell, who likes to boast about his old clothes. In the embarrassing photo, he was seen clutching a martini glass containing a murky amber liquid. That, dear readers, is our new creation: it’s a cocktail … Read More
Last summer, XY Canada contributor Craig Macbride read every one of Shakespeare’s plays – so that you don’t have to. And now, monthly, he’s going to provide you with a quick and useful summary of each play, and what it teaches you about women. For teaching you about women, as … Read More
Next in our series of profiles of women in Toronto media (we choose them because they tend to be smart and beautiful). When Tracy Moore, Breakfast Television and Citytv reporter, breezes in to the Second Cup straight off a heavy morning shift of news she still looks like the woman … Read More
Porsche may be right that “There is no substitute”, but VW’s new GTI is nearly there – at half the price of a Boxster. Having read Road & Track’s April 2006 comparison test of the 197 HP Civic Si, the 207 HP JCW Mini Cooper S, and the 200 HP … Read More
