Author: Marko
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For the love of the game
STORY BY MARKO WOLOSHYN PHOTO PROVIDED BY SAM HERMACK Most married and engaged couples have touching stories about the proposal – at the restaurant where the couple first met, at a baseball game projected onto a Jumbotron, or maybe on a sun-kissed beach during an all-inclusive vacation. Sam Hermack, 22, figured she would pop the…
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Bill begs for pit bull relief
PHOTO AND STORY BY MARKO WOLOSHYN Boss, an American pit bull terrier, will not only be wearing his argyle sweater for the rest of the winter – because of the pit bull ban he’ll be sporting another accessory. “Since Boss was three months old, he has had to be muzzled in public,” said Tara MacNeil,…
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Bell runs risk of phoning it in
STORY BY MARKO WOLOSHYN PHOTOS BY FRANK BUTTY In the wake of Bell Canada’s Let’s Talk day – which raised nearly $5.5 million for Canadian mental health programs – experts are encouraging Canadians to continue to address and elaborate on the issue. Last Tuesday, Bell raised $5,472,586 through an accumulated 109,451,719 tweets, texts, Facebook shares,…
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Middle eastern flavours soothe sullied stomachs
STORY BY MARKO WOLOSHYN PHOTOS BY FRANK BUTTY If you’re looking for a nightcap to remedy the six or seven other nightcaps you had at the bar earlier, you may already be on your way to Montfort. Montfort Mediterranean Cuisine opened in the early ‘90s and has not only remained an Oakville staple, but has…
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School house of rock
STORY BY MARKO WOLOSHYN PHOTOS BY FRANK BUTTY When recording engineer Nick Ginn decided to open a studio of his own, he didn’t think he would be going back to school. On May 1, Ginn opened School House Studios in Dundas, Ont. with the hopes of working with a diverse palette of artists ranging from…
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First it wrecked your life, now it reviews it
STORY BY MARKO WOLOSHYN With the advent of a new year, the online world has become inundated with reflections. People are taking to Facebook to share their own year-end retrospectives, highlighting the ups and downs of their year, but when does sharing become over sharing? Matt Hearn, a Media Arts student, says that Facebook’s year…