TL Parry-Sands

In the late 80s, I finished high school and got myself a couple of summer jobs. One was with a kids’ arts camp and the other in a record store. I would get up in the morning, grab the camp …

A donair is a variation of the Turkish dish, doner kebab (gyros, shawarma) invented in Canada in 1972 by Peter Gamaoulakos, who had emigrated to Canada just before the 1960s and met with little to no success with selling his …

My son likes to write. He’s very serious about it and his ideas even astound me. Much like his mother, he finds it difficult to concentrate at home and it sometimes leaves him without inspiration. I suggested we find some …

One year after the death of one of Toronto’s most influential radio personalities, Toronto’s music scene is hungry for an advocate, ready for a party. In the mid-eighties Toronto had emerged from the indulgence of Disco dance parties and the …