erika g. simon

“The Highland Companies, backed by a multi-billion-dollar Boston hedge fund, has purchased over 7,000 acres of the richest farm land in Ontario, located in Melancthon Township, just north of Shelburne. Initially, Highland claimed that its interest was potato farming, which ...

This was my first year going to Nuit Blanche, downtown Toronto. Since I live down here now, I figured I didn’t have an excuse to skip it any longer. It was a cold night (for some reason it always gets ...

Art Battle 9 was a beautiful, art-filled evening and a fantastic experience. At the Great Hall, Art Battle 9 consisted of eight painters, three rounds, 10 final pieces and a purse of $500 (the first purse ever!). This being my ...

Car free day is a day where people are encouraged to take the bus, bike or walk, instead of using their cars. It is, to me, an opportunity to experience how our city would look, sound and exist without the ...

Last night I went to an ‘art battle’ at the Gladstone hotel in Toronto, which was the opening event for the Queen West Art Crawl. The art battle was a free event, except for my $7 glass of red wine ...

This is a pretty late update but I’ve been a little distracted. I kind of just want to post up how the Toronto FanExpo went this year, and what I did. So if you don’t know, FanExpo (fanexpocanada.com) is a ...

This was not written by me but it is an anonymous casual report of the Toronto G20 2010. I find it very interesting, more so than the general news reports you find online, and the links to other websites are ...