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Where does the time go? It seems like last month, my managers started to talk about starting a glossy lifestyle magazine. As a journalist, I am always a skeptic. Magazines seemed to be on the same path to oblivion that the soothsayers predicted for newspapers. I am happy to say the magazine business is very [...]

Update, June 23, 2011: CBC Radio’s Age of Persuasion, a weekly program exploring the world of advertising, has won five awards, including a Grand Prize at the 2011 New York Festivals International Radio Awards. How does a boy who grew up in Northern Ontario when TV and radio airwaves were mostly empty spaces become a nationally recognized [...]

Secrets of Sudbury #1Web exclusive: Secrets of Sudbury. A is for Architecture.Summer 2011  A few of the city’s heritage buildings have missed the wreaker’s ball. Here are some favourites: The former CPR telegraph and ticket office, Elgin St. at Elm St. W. This building was constructed in 1914 and served as one of the largest [...]