In Halifax, in the early hours of Tuesday, 17 April, Raymond Taavel was beaten to death. He was gay, and -- according to a witness -- the man who beat him to death shouted “faggot” while he killed him.
Four Questions for the PepTides
posted by Thought Out Loud
This one time, we asked this band that we knew to be incredibly weird Four Questions. Then we were surprised when they sent us some incredibly weird answers.
Life in the DTES
posted by Stephanie Frances
"I feel the best way I can contribute to causes I believe in is to document the people and their stories. It’s one thing to believe in a cause but another to live through it," says Tyson Fast. Fast is a documentary photographer working in Vancouver's Downtown East Side. Thought Out Loud's Stephanie Frances caught up with him.
Stanley Cup playoffs...
posted by Jonathan Cassidy Legare
Reprinted! Last year, Jonathan Cassidy Legare ran a playoff pool with his third-grade class, who universally predicted that the cutest team would win.
March! Madness!
posted by Bradley Prouse
March is here, and with it the recreational gambling tournament known as the NCAA College Basketball Championship. Our own Bradley Prouse is exploiting the season for personal gain. What? No? No! He's exploiting to raise money to eventually donate a car!
Young, smart, ethical, and leaderless
posted by Amanda Watson
What are they building in there? TOL's Amanda Watson joins a political party and goes into the belly of the, uh, conference centre for the NDP's leadership convention. She tells us about the group mourning of Jack Layton and the new face of the NDP.