Karen Pinchin

Lest We Forget – The Walrus

“This is about the guys who gave their lives… if legions die, then remembrance will die.”

How Spotify might save the music industry – The Globe and Mail

According to some of the most respected and esteemed minds in the troubled music industry, the future of music is hopeful, and it's resting on a cloud.

Bands see Web as friend and foe in quest to make it big – The Globe and Mail

Before he signs a new band to his independent music label, Franz Schuller usually gives aspiring musicians bad news: They're probably not going to be famous.

Homeless find help through technology, Internet – The Globe and Mail

While the Internet has fundamentally changed our day-to-day lives and affects everything from how we communicate, hunt for apartments and obtain information, the boundless opportunities of the web hold little promise for homeless people.

Money for sale – Unlimited Magazine

Payday loan stores are the pawn shops of the pay loan industry – and they’re doing big business among 18- to 35-year-olds. The risks and rewards of cashing in.

Good for business – Maclean's

A new generation of M.B.A. graduates sets out to better the world. Honestly.

Building a faster Internet - Newsweek

Engineers are developing a new type of Internet connection called a dynamic-circuit network that could carry so much data so quickly it might startle even Net surfers in Japan or South Korea.

What’s that on your arm? - Newsweek

Enthusiasts are piercing the secrecy of the mysterious world of covert military operations with an unconventional weapon: the uniform patch.

In this class, everyone gets A+ - Maclean’s

At first glance, Denis Rancourt is a self-proclaimed anarchist with a history of causing trouble. But that’s not why Carleton University says it’s firing him.

Radioactive waste project east of Toronto years, millions behind schedule – The Canadian Press

A planned cleanup of low-level radioactive waste near the shores of Lake Ontario remains years behind schedule and millions of dollars over budget.

Carleton cancels Shinerama; says disease only affects “white people” – Maclean’s

Carleton University Students’ Association is cancelling Shinerama, the school’s popular fundraiser for cystic fibrosis, after the council said the fatal disease is not “inclusive” enough.

Can I have your half-attention, please? – Maclean’s

Profs say laptops are creating culture of "constant partial distraction."

Deaf advocates call for real-time texting - Georgia Straight

Supporters of the hearing impaired say the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission will save people’s lives if it requires all wireless carriers to provide real-time text.

White Stripes rock T.O. kids’ camp – The Canadian Press

Alt-rock duo the White Stripes thrilled dozens of children at a Toronto day camp Thursday afternoon with an impromptu gig that had the youngsters clapping their hands and wriggling in time to the music.

Confused? Get a career counselor - Maclean's

Your palms are sweaty and your stomach is doing backflips. If you are a student having a hard time deciding which university to attend or what program to take, this is probably your uncomfortable reality.

Outfront: Breaking the Silence - CBC Radio (link coming soon)

University courses, in your high school – Maclean’s

Before she’d set foot on campus, Jacqueline Dohaney already had two university courses under her belt.

Rising tuition? It’s a myth – Maclean’s

A new study says the real cost of university is falling. One province is even paying its students.

Broken student loan program makes millions on the backs of students: critics - The Canadian Press

Canada’s student loan program is making millions of dollars a year by gouging cash-strapped graduates who make a ‘‘deal with the devil’’ to extend their loan terms, credit counsellors and student activists say.

Innocent lives at risk unless journalists, officials held responsible: Arar - The Canadian Press

Ordinary Canadians should fear losing their freedoms because officials can leak damaging and false information to journalists without being held accountable, says Maher Arar.

Any Given Sundae – The Walrus NEW

From new-age superpremium flavours to palm-oil-based confections, ice cream experts know that a cone is never just a cone.

Exploring Malaysia's complicated cultural feast - AOL Gadling

Half a world away from where I was born, I fell in love with food, and fell hard.

RiP! remixes a revolution – The Georgia Straight

If you buy into Brett Gaylor’s soaring vision of the future, culture’s last best hope is in the hands of a sweaty mass of half-clothed teenagers dancing to Queen mashed up with the Jackson 5.

Growing plants indoors no longer rooted in sci-fi - The Globe and Mail

With a growing global population, declining freshwater resources and an increasingly volatile climate, the world will rely on food technologies like this sooner than we realize

Indulge like a local in Barcelona - enRoute

Spicy food, sexy locals and cool breezes make Barcelona a city of laid-back delights.

Styling in the rain - Newsweek

Spring showers may be on their way, but that doesn't mean we need to dress to match the drear. 

Flying in the belly of the blimp - Newsweek

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a … dirigible?

Ontario tourism told to 'sex up’ - The Canadian Press

Ontario needs to take a new approach to tourism that sexes up its image, an expert says.

The Delly: University of British Columbia - Maclean's Food Review

The Delly’s secret weapon must be its small bustling army of sandwich-preparing women.

Impressions Catering: Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Maclean's Food Review

The only good thing one could say about the oily beef and barley stew is that it was hot.

As taste myths fall by the wayside, Canadian beer can sales spike – The Canadian Press Feature

The much maligned can of beer, it seems, has undergone an image makeover.