In Paris, the so-called radiant city, Matthew Bowles, freelance journalist, suffers a dark time. Holed up in a bare apartment in the 8th arrondissement, he’s recuperating physically, though not emotionally, from injuries sustained in a shooting in Hebron. His memory of the event is murky, and alt...
Greenjeans Grocery chain. It was half an hour’s drive along the highway in the dark before dawn. He had to be careful of three things: drunks, dozers and deer. Because the traffic was sparse, he could usually spot a drunk weaving from a long way off. Dozers were more problematic. A guy could be d...
It was a different neighbourhood back then. Lots more little shops, family run and a little scruffy. On Yonge Street a few corner stores still eked out a living, and two of them were owned by Poles, who lived in the Roncesvalles area but kept shops here for unknown reasons and had something of a ...