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Body Vs Mind
Meet the Toronto man who went 1,000 days without refined sugar
The Plaid Zebra February 15, 2016

BY: TREVOR HEWITT It was an addiction over twenty years in the making. Every morning, Jason Holborn would pour at least half a cup of sugar into his cereal – usually Frosted Flakes or Cocoa Pebbles. A…

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1_Telling sex stories in front of strangers
Body Vs Mind
Telling sex stories in front of strangers made me braver (and sexier)
The Plaid Zebra February 5, 2016

BY KATE SLOAN It starts with a Facebook post. My friend Sophie Delancey is looking for a guest judge for the sexy storytelling event she does every month. There are supposed to be three events, and sh…

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1_Life on the road simplicity
Life without Borders
Life on the road taught this jewelry maker that life’s purest pleasure is found in simplicity
The Plaid Zebra December 23, 2015

BY: STEFANIE PHILLIPS Photos via One Heart Design One night while hitchhiking through the middle of Mexico, 15-year-old Walter Munoz was asked by his driver to get out and walk past the immigration of…

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1_Cat Cafes
Expression & Culture
Cat Cafés are saving lives in the most adorable way possible
The Plaid Zebra December 2, 2015

BY: REGAN MCNEILL The whole concept of a cat café was literally foreign to me until I passed a store window filled with frisky felines playing with one another. I thought that maybe I was looking at a…

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1_Toronto’s 1950's design competition
Innovation
Photos from Toronto’s 1950’s design competition unveils the city’s alternate universe.
The Plaid Zebra November 25, 2015

BY: ERIC ZDANCEWICZ Follow Eric on Instagram In 1956, the space now occupied by Nathan Phillips Square was a parking lot. The city was still in its infancy, having only reached a population of one mil…

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1_ganja yoga in Toronto
Body Vs Mind
I got high-school high at a “ganja yoga” class in Toronto
The Plaid Zebra November 23, 2015

BY: REGAN MCNEILL Photos © Eric Zdancewicz / The Plaid Zebra Ganja yoga. You may have heard of it before or you may be wondering what the heck I am talking about. It’s pretty simple to understand, it …

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1_Disabled Community Transit
Expression & Culture
An urban disabled community is fighting transit oppression in the most creative way possible
The Plaid Zebra November 3, 2015

BY: REGAN MCNEILL For some of us, getting on the subway is a very simple and convenient process. Given the array of blue signs with white wheelchairs plastered on the subway walls, you probably think …

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1_Toronto's tallest buildings pictures
Life without Borders
I illegally climbed to the roof’s edge of Toronto’s tallest buildings with a prolific Urban Explorer
The Plaid Zebra July 12, 2015

The late-evening sunset afterglow covers Toronto’s cityscape which in light of where I’m headed seems a lot more daunting than peaceful. My stomach drops as I look out the window as my train pul…

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RoofTopper Toronto
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An Instagrammer transforms risking his life into an art form
The Plaid Zebra July 8, 2015

BY: SHAY ANSARI They should rename this building @carrly_patrice A photo posted by roof topper (@roof_topper) on Apr 10, 2015 at 5:48am PDT Life should be lived on the edge. You have to exercise rebel…

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Most Anticipated Albums of 2015
The Plaid Zebra January 28, 2015

Brought to you by:     2014 was a great year for music as you’ve probably seen on countless best-of lists by now. It’s time to live in the now, man. Let’s focus on all the amazing music that…

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Expression & Culture
Toronto hosts naked book readings
The Plaid Zebra January 28, 2015

BY: MICHAEL LYONS I’m stripped down to my underwear in front of a room full of friends and strangers. “I’m unfortunately not going to get completely naked,” I say. There’s a quizzical murmur; the even…

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1_Micro condo
Featured
Micro condos are the urban answer to the tiny house movement
The Plaid Zebra January 15, 2015

BY: SINEAD MULHERN The micro condo seems to be Toronto’s answer to the tiny home movement that’s taking hold of rural-living spendthrifts. Construction of these mini units is accelerating. A full five…

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bucket drummer_Plaid Zebra
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The life of a bucket drummer— the performers of Dundas Square
The Plaid Zebra December 10, 2014

BY: NICOLE SCHMIDT Drumsticks in hand, 57-year-old Mike Gauvreau composes a series of staccato rhythms using nothing but an old bucket. A cowbell that produces a metallic clang when struck has been fa…

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Drag Kings_Plaid Zebra
Expression & Culture
Drag Kings are becoming an endangered species
The Plaid Zebra December 6, 2014

BY: EMILY CRAIG-EVANS Under pink light, in front of a red-checked curtain, a man about five-and-a-half feet tall is bobbing around to some version of “River of Jordan” inside a box made to look like a…

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Expression & Culture
Collective Arts Craft Beer Will Get You Drunk On Art
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BY: TED BARNABY Creativity and alcohol are a lot like peanut butter and jam. Matt is the owner and founder of Collective Arts Brewing, a craft brewery on a bold mission to bring creativity back into t…

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Can Empathy be Taught Through Toys? This Toy Company Thinks So.
The Plaid Zebra November 1, 2014

BY: LUC RINALDI How do you teach empathy? Is it, like other skills, disseminated in schools? Does it breed in ethics classes or religious environments? Or is the product of caring, considerate child r…

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Body Vs Mind
My First Time In A Sensory Deprivation Tank
The Plaid Zebra October 30, 2014

BY: DANIEL KORN I’m on the phone with Jesse Ratner-Decle, the owner of Float Toronto, a sensory-deprivation-tank centre on the west end of the city. Customers pay to go into an enclosed, pitch-black, …

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Life of a Street Magician_Plaid Zebra
Life without Borders
The Life of a Street Magician – Performers of Dundas Square
The Plaid Zebra October 11, 2014

BY: LILITH Matthew Stewart hasn’t been around as long as some of the other performers—he only started performing in Dundas Square in April. His act also isn’t as flashy or eye-catching at first, but t…

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street drummer
Life without Borders
The life of a street drummer: The Performers Of Dundas Square
The Plaid Zebra September 2, 2014

BY: LILITH It’s never really quiet in Dundas Square, and, amid the ocean of sound that is passing cars, music pouring out of restaurants, and snippets of blended conversations, a drum beat occasionall…

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CNE PHOTOGRAPH_Toronto
Expression & Culture
The CNE in slow-motion— Bright lights scar the sky after sunset
The Plaid Zebra September 1, 2014

BY LILITH I’ve always thought that urban scenes had more character at night. As the sun goes down, the gap widens between shadows and light, bringing out the faces of life hidden in the hours of…

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