summer

With the arrival of Memorial Day weekend, and with it the return of recreational swimming in neighborhood and community pools across America, a curious thought crossed my mind. Whatever happened to adult swim? It’s a memory now as distant…

The telltale signs of May approaching have been cropping up all week: dandelions blooming, pollen-covered windshields, and grocery stores stocked with Mother’s Day cards. If you’re stumped on what to get for your mom (or the mother of your…

IQALUIT – For many years, it has been common practice for Canadian senior citizens to travel south over the winter, seeking warmer climates, limited contact with anyone born after 1956, and the opportunity to drink a Tom Collins at an…

MONTREAL – As Canadians face another scorching hot summer, Coppertone has announced a new extra-potent sunscreen line that banishes the sun back behind the hills and mountains from which it dares to emerge and harass us. “Even the strongest…

HALIFAX – Another August long weekend is upon us, and whether you’re a Manitoban celebrating Terry Fox Day, a Vancouverite getting ready to enjoy British Columbia Day, or a Nova Scotian ringing in Natal Day, we have some great ideas to help…

“See the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet — America is asking you to call…” The opening line from this advertising jingle, made famous when sung by Dinah Shore in the 1950s, speaks to the America of the postwar era. In those years following World…

Summer tourists in New York City face unprecedented lodging costs as hotels throughout the city are being repurposed as migrant housing. The average price for a hotel room in the city, based on 2023 data, is a record-breaking $301 per…

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As a child in the late ’90s, I associated summer with a greater connection to community. In our suburban neighborhood, everyone emerged in May like groundhogs, very pale and slightly shell-shocked, after the interminable Pittsburgh winter.…

EVERYWHERE, ALL AROUND YOU, ALL THE TIME ― A report conducted this summer by the University of Guelph has found that 97% of reported cases of temporary insanity in Canada are triggered exclusively by the infuriating buzzing of fucking…