Keith Ferrer was seven years old the first time he saw a typewriter. He asked his mother if they could take it home. The answer was no, but that didn’t stop his interest in the outdated device.
Is it nostalgia – a desire to return to a simpler, less distracted time? Or is there something we’ve been missing about that clack and clatter, that slide and bell, something more tactile in this digital age?
“Each machine is different. Each style of machine, each brand, each model has their own unique and distinctive feel,” says Thom Cholowski, a typewriter repairman and owner of Rebel Typewriters in Saskatoon.
Ironically, the comeback of typewriters has been aided by the very technology that replaced them in the first place. The internet is a vast place to buy, sell and share resources.
It has been nothing short of horrific. This demon virus chokes me in my sleep and there are days I can’t get out of bed. It has taken more from me than one virus should be able to. My life will never be the same.
- Natalie, 41, Fort Nelson, B.C.
I am a mother of a 20-month-old girl and I have issues holding her in my arms while standing. I don’t always have the energy to play with her.
- Sandy Choiniere, 34, Blainville, Que.
🏆 Every acceptance speech for Everything Everywhere All at Once. The biggest emotional moment of the evening arrived early, when Ke Huy Quan won Best Supporting Actor for his role in the multiverse comedy.
A former senior executive at St. Michael’s Hospital and the former president of an Ontario construction company have been charged as part of a long-standing criminal probe into corruption at one Canada’s premier healthcare facilities: theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
Vas Georgiou, the former chief administrative officer at St. Michael’s, and John Aquino, the former president of Bondfield Construction Co. Ltd., voluntarily surrendered to police on Tuesday. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
The cases against both men, which involve allegations of collusion and kickbacks, date back to 2015, when Bondfield was selected as the winning bidder to redevelop the aging hospital. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
The rate of sexual-assault complaints that police reject as “unfounded” has dropped by more than half since a Globe and Mail investigation put a spotlight on the issue five years ago.
Today, 8 per cent of sexual assaults reported to police are being closed as unfounded, a law-enforcement term that means the allegation is false or baseless.
This is down from the 19-per-cent rate that The Globe reported in its 2017 Unfounded series.
Back in 2017, the Halton Regional Police Service had one of the worst unfounded rates in Canada. Now, the Halton police have among the lowest in Canada.