Reading Week

Books to chill with during Spring Break

The life of a student is intimately tied to books; technology has certainly changed and now we may have our noses stuck in e-books more so then we used to, but the book remains a staple of our educational diets. In an unfortunate corollary, textbooks line bookshelves, dog-eared and highlighted while all those books you “really mean to read” languish with spines unbroken. For those among us who have domestic fantasies of darkly painted rooms lined with floor to ceiling bookshelves; or who simply drool over the thought of actually...

Main St.

A guide to some well known and well loved attractions around Main St.

Easting Bread and Honey Co. - The idea of a small town bakery is almost as awesome as this one actually is. They remember your name, you can chat them up and never feel rushed, and the jalapeno and cheddar croissants are enough to cure anything that ails you at 9am. Gabrieau’s Bistro - Open since 1999, Gabrieaus may be a little pricey for students, but definitely not for the parents that come to check up on them. Take them for dinner, then head to the washroom when the cheque...

To market, to market...

At 8:30 in the morning on an unseasonably cold Saturday in September, any questions I had about the presence of students at the local farmers market seemed to be either answered, or just plain redundant. It was cold, it was gloomy, and I’m fairly certain I was the only student for kilometres around more preoccupied with local producers than with coffee. However, walking into the market and being greeted with the smell of fresh veggies and hot coffee, the sound of live music and the hustle and bustle of a...