by Justine Drummond | Feb 26, 2015 | Humour, Stories | Satire
Tim Hortons is a Canadian institution—which recently merged with Burger King, which is ultimately owned by a Brazilian multi-billion dollar investment firm. Nevertheless, throughout its history, Tim Hortons not only reflects, but creates Canadian identity. By...
by Justine Drummond | Jan 15, 2015 | Humour, Stories | Satire
Jeremy Trutch, 37, recently gave up his career as a financial planner to become a full-time fire truck. “It’s a dream come true,” Trutch said. “My parents, my guidance counselor, and ICBC said it could never happen, but look at me now.” At the beginning of this year,...
by Justine Drummond | Nov 27, 2014 | Culture
I was an artist-in-residence at the Royal BC Museum. Well, at least I pretended to be for a few hours last Saturday at the Creative Collections Workshop. Creative Collections is a new program in which participants engage artistically with the museum. We got to peek...
by Justine Drummond | Oct 23, 2014 | Humour, Stories | Satire
*Names have been changed to protect zombies’ identities HUMOUR — “Humans seem to forget that zombies are people too,” Terry Gilchrist says.“We’re just undead.” Gilchrist, 37, is the founder of Zombies Are People (ZAP), a support group for zombies struggling with...