Toronto
Toronto mayor Rob Ford proved yet again that he has a proverbial ability to stick his foot far up his mouth without realizing that he is doing so. This time, Rob Ford proved that geography clearly wasn’t his major in neither high school nor university when he emphatically made clear that he didn’t know where Ontario ended: was it Windsor or was it Winnipeg?...
Celebrating LGBTQ Canadians is an integral part of Canada Day Jon Liedtke FEATURES EDITOR he car was packed with all of the essentials for a Canada Day celebration in our nation’s capital: beer, sandwiches, music and the excitement of eager young Canadians to take part in a grandiose affair. Ottawa had all the appeal for youth seeking excitement on Canada Day. Canada was turning 145 and the capitol filled with tens of thousands of citizens, mulling around the Parliament buildings and city streets, free performances by Feist and Simple Plan, ceremony, celebration, a fly over by the Snowbirds and, of...
Stephen Hargreaves MANAGING EDITOR oronto hip-hop collective Notes to Self are on the verge of something big. They’ve headlined at NXNE and Canadian Music Week, opened for their heroes De La Soul on a reunion tour, signed a record deal— which they are sworn to secrecy about for now. Notes to Self’s new LP, Used to be Dark [Recoil], is in the can and awaiting a release date. The group took the time to chat with The Lance before their first performance at Phog Lounge on June 28; their first time there after working with Windsor ex-pat Lee Gaul. STEPHEN...
H.G. Watson Features Reporter hen talking about city building, it’s hard not to bring up Shawn Micallef’s name. The native son of Windsor left for Toronto after completing his master’s of arts at the University at Windsor and went on to co-found Spacing magazine, a quarterly publication about urbanism in Canadian cities. He is also the author of Stroll: Pyschogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto, a book that uses the French Situationists philosophy to encourage people to engage with their cities and surroundings through aimless wanderings. H.G. Watson spoke to Micallef about the rise of urbanism and why Windsor has good...
Josh Kolm ARTS EDITOR t the beginning of March, a pair of Windsor-based filmmakers sent out an open call for submissions to LeTwelve, a project that will produce 12 music videos for 12 different Toronto- and Windsor-based musicians at no cost. Both recent graduates of the University of Windsor’s Communication, Media and Film program, Catrina Franzoi and Daniella Bumbacco started LadyMeta Productions in the summer of 2011. LadyMeta began with the understanding that they were entering an industry where there has generally been a lack of female perspective behind the camera. “That was part of the reason for the name,...
