News Media

Sharing Toronto Magazine

A popular urban lifestyle magazine, Sharing Toronto is a news site that focuses on telling the stories most relevant to the people of Toronto.  Their journalism hopes to create an active and informed online community. The founders of the magazine have a great attitude-  unlike other Toronto based organs of the press, which try desperately to…

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The Northern Star in Prince George

northern star blog, explore BC

Will Lewis is a loud voice, west of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. He’s an alternative media print publisher in Prince George, British Columbia, with a well trafficked website and blog. Because storytelling runs in his blood, he writes news, comedy and political satire. His mother was one of the first aboriginal women in all of…

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Midnight Poutine in Montreal

midnight poutine in Montreal

Unlike other domains profiled here, Midnight Poutine is not someone’s personal blog, but rather, a blog collective. The writers get some of the revenue paid by advertisers. Midnight Poutine is a tasty dish. The picture below is very indicative of the raw citizen journalism that doesn’t wait for snow removal or police barricades to come…

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Gigababy in Ontario

gigababy

Cindy Smith lives in Bowmaville Ontario and works Monday to Friday in downtown Toronto. She’s a commuter, in her late twenties, married with one child. And If I told you she’s also a blogger, you might expect a personal diary full of home cooked recipes, pet anecdotes and pictures of her kid. But no, Gigababy…

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Outdoors in Muskoka Ontario

muskoka sunset

Bill Anderson was raised in Huntsville Ontario and grew up hunting and fishing alongside his father, and grandfather. He remembers when Muskoka wasn’t such a glamorous holiday destination, and there were more loggers than cottagers in Gravenhurst. Hiking outdoors with a rifle, crossbow, or rod (and sometimes all three) is an Anderson family tradition that…

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Canadian Heroes

Canadian Heroes

A digital cenotaph,  this is the best place online to remember and honour the Canadian soldiers that have died during Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan. Each fallen hero is presented in some detail, and eulogized as he is laid to rest.  But this respectful Canadian blogspot is also filled with pictures of the living. In some…

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