Burger Week Toronto: Have a cow, man!

A relatively new festival popped up in Toronto a couple of years ago, adding to an already jam packed spring/summer festival season. This one is nestled nicely between Hot Docs and the festival orgy that is June (Luminato, TD Toronto…

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Mr Mel’s scrambled eggs

I was always a smartass kid when I was young. I was a handful for any teacher. I was a bright kid with a lot of wit and maybe too comfortable exercising it with authority figures. I was never a…

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Spruce Grove

I will revisit Gunn and the County of Lac Ste. Anne (refer to my previous post) later. Firstly, I feel I must follow my geographic life in chronological order, and introduce you to Spruce Grove. As I grew up, it soon became…

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The magical Gunn General Store

My name is Greg Polak and I was born in the city of…wait, the town of…nope, that’s not right…the summer village? Nope. The Hamlet, that’s it. I was born in the Hamlet of Gunn, Alberta, located on Lac Ste Anne…

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