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Last week I had the opportunity to attend Newstrain, a two-day touring journalism workshop aimed towards editors, department heads and other journalism management. If you’re wondering why the only photo I have from the two days is an obscure shot of a printing press, that’s because the event took place at the Toronto Star Press Centre and I was … [Read more...]
Pick up a July edition of Vaughan Today and you'll be transported to the historic Village of Kleinburg. And take my word for it when I say you won't regret the trip. As mentioned in the first (and until now, only) blog post I've written for Multicom Media, I consider myself an astute observer of Vaughan. I don't actually live in the city (I … [Read more...]
Where would we be without the internet? For one, we'd have a lot less reading material. For those of you that know me, it won't come as a surprise to you that I have a borderline unhealthy obsession with serial killers. And not just any serial killers - only the most twisted, depraved, bizarre serial killers ignite my curiosity. Think Jeffrey … [Read more...]
I was seeking inspiration on what to write my first blog post on, but everywhere I looked all I could read about was freaking Joseph Kony. I've yet to watch the actual video but have read probably about a dozen blog posts on it, not to mention the countless tweets, Facebook posts, ramblings of the eccentric guy on the corner, et cetera. So I … [Read more...]
As he brings the flute to his lips, he is extremely focused. An elderly man, his eyebrows are thick and bushy, and the lines on his face illustrate a long life. I watch in interest as he plays. He concentrates hard, but for nothing. His performance is seen by everyone, his music heard by all — and yet almost everyone walks by heedlessly, not … [Read more...]
We came for the free food and cheep drinks. We stayed for the tweets. The City of Vaughan was all in a Twitter at the 1st annual #VaughanTweetup. If you don’t know what that is, have no fear. You’re not alone. As I walked into Alice Fazooli’s, thumbs and eyeballs appropriately glued to my mobile device, I overheard a conversation from … [Read more...]
The city of Vaughan has many claims to fame: home to Canada’s Wonderland, the fastest-growing municipality nationwide, the largest without a hospital, and a spot to find a damn good veal sandwich. But all of these fine traits are often eclipsed by the mammoth that is Vaughan politics, a rancorous beast if there ever was one. We’re now in the … [Read more...]
This column originally appeared in the Vaughan Citizen. This week on Newstalk 1010, during a discussion on Israeli Apartheid Week, a caller denounced the demonstrations and their hosts, saying, "These are not schools of thought, these are schools of the thoughtless". Israeli Apartheid Week started in 2005 in Toronto and has since spread … [Read more...]
This column originally appeared in the Vaughan Citizen. This week, the Canadian Press published a story about a recorded locker room fight. The video, which was posted on Facebook, featured two teenagers from the Vaughan Panthers Minor Midget A team. The story cited a report that likened the bout to a "fight club". When I first heard the … [Read more...]
This unsigned editorial originally appeared in the Feb. 18 edition of The Vaughan Citizen and is written by Omar Mosleh. Here in Vaughan, we are facing an alarming lack of affordable housing. A recent York Region study found that more than 3,400 households are waiting on housing geared toward low-income families. About 10 per cent of our … [Read more...]
RT @InklessPW: I feel a great disturbance in the Force.RT @Ramboshaw: Star Wars will always be superior to Star Trek.RT @ddale8: As a wise political writer once said: Can't a brotha get a little peace?You don't even need to tell me ... :p RT @metz730: Why do I always need to tell my computer twice to shut down. I only need to be told once.RT @metz730: @OmarMosleh I haven't read it yet...
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