Tag: Vancouver

  • Into the storm

    Into the storm

    STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID Even though work emails had been pouring in, nothing could have painted a picture of what awaited her back in Brampton. Kathryn Trojan Stelmaszynski’s red-eye flight from Vancouver landed early Monday morning in Toronto. And she went straight to work, stopping only to pick up her car, which was parked on…

  • Handmade with love, the art of DIY

    Handmade with love, the art of DIY

    STORY BY BRITTANY MCAULEY & DANA BOYINGTON Over the holidays, our hearts fill with joy but our wallets fill with mothballs. These innovative few went from concept to commerce with their do-it-yourself creations. Ruth Steinback brightling works Ruth Steinback goes by brightling or brightling works online where she sells her homemade jewellery, which she began…

  • Media Arts student prepares to take the stage for the Miss World Canada 2014

    Media Arts student prepares to take the stage for the Miss World Canada 2014

    STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID PHOTOS BY SAM TASKIE Kristin Kamila Bingham still remembers the day her grade-school friends rated all the girls in their class on their appearance: everyone else got an 8, 9 or 10, she got a 3. But when the director of the Miss Canada World 2014 pageant gave the 22-year-old Jamaican-born…