Writer & Business Reporter
On the night of Saturday, June 2, I was sitting at home when news of the Eaton Centre shooting broke. I follow a lot of journalists and editors on Twitter, and details of the event started to flood my Twitter stream.
About three hours after the first 911 call to police, I tweeted about the “strange, sudden urge to organize a vigil” the next day at Yonge-Dundas Square.
I had no idea what I was about to get myself into.
On Saturday, April 28, 2012, I attended a panel on business journalism at the CAJ National Conference. There was a lot of complaints. There was a lot of yelling. But when it came time for questions, I found myself yelling back.
When I signed up to do the Inca Trail, I didn’t really know what Machu Picchu was, I didn’t know much about Peru, and it was more than 10 years ago since I last did any real hiking.
Sometimes you don’t have a lot of room in your bag or you’re trying to reduce the number of things you’re bringing. Multi-purpose travel items help you manage both. They might cost you a little more, but their usefulness and practicality are often worth the difference.
Almost two years ago, I signed up for the Canadian Securities Course while employed at a bank. I never cracked open the textbook. I figured I had lots of time. I even renewed it last year for a 12 month extension, figuring it would be helpful in a future journalism career.
Now the clock has almost run out,
For the last few days, I have often thought about baking something. I have all the supplies needed for various cookies, brownies or cakes. But then I looked at my computer, sat down, and start working again.
The logic was simple: I could bake something. Or I could do something that would help me get work and pay my bills.
A few nights ago I was looking at a new Longshot Radio project when a thought popped into my head, “Whatever happened to the documentary on Longshot Magazine?”
After a little bit of Googling, I found it.
That’s when the memories started rushing back.
My last serious boyfriend met my parents for the first time at my grandmother’s wake. It didn’t mean to happen that way, but the night showed me how race played a role in so many of my relationships whether I had noticed them or not.
Grace Lahive is a second-year McGill Arts student who has already published a novel called Rocketry Absurd. In an interview with Leacock’s, she gives out some sound writing advice:
“I think the most important thing is that you have to write every day. […]”
If you told me two years ago I would become someone who regularly climbed 60 foot walls, owned Lululemon clothing and actively ate meat-free dinners before 6 p.m. I would have looked at you like you were crazy.
Now I am happily that person, intent on encouraging more people to check out this amazing sport.
Here are my top 10 reasons why you should too.
Karen K. Ho 