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About Gabriel

I’ve lived in more than fifty places. I've been paid to pick stones out of fields, take backstage photos of Britney Spears, and report on Internet privacy issues. My photos have been published in several newspapers, and a couple of magazines.

Little Victor Sunday Update | Zucchini and the Beeping thing

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Gabriel

. I’m not sure what Victor will be interested in when he’s a little older. My grandfather asked me this week what sports my girlfriend and I will enroll Victor in, I really didn’t have an answer, and when I … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Champlain Township, CSN:AFU Aboot Me, Entertainment, Family, Parenthood, Parenting, Vankleek Hill, Victor, Victor's Week In Review | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Life got so bad during the Great Depression people were actually fooled into thinking Corn Flakes had flavour

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Gabriel

I’ve been spending a lot of time in the archives of The Review*, the 117-year old, Vankleek Hill-based weekly broadsheet newspaper — I’m writing a series of pieces on how the people in my village survived the Great Depression**. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Canada, Eastern Ontario, Entertainment, globalization, Reporting, Vankleek Hill, Vankleek Hill History | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Little Victor Sunday Update | New cousin new food new poo

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Gabriel

. This week Victor lost the distinction of being the youngest member of my family… and gained a cousin. Chase Holden Landriault was born on Wednesday, July 14, at 3am. This is the first child for his parents, my sister-in-law … Continue reading →

Posted in CSN:AFU Aboot Me, Entertainment, Family, Parenthood, Parenting, Vankleek Hill, Victor, Victor's Week In Review | Tagged , | 2 Comments

In a moment of dark irony armed robbers and a broken down bus full of Liberals cross paths near Vankleek Hill

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Gabriel

On Monday morning, July 12, around 10am, two armed men walked into the Proxim Pharmacy on Main Street, Vankleek Hill, and demanded prescription painkillers. The pharmacy was full of customers, but no one was physically hurt. The two brainiacs left … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Canadian News, Canadian Politics, Champlain Township, Eastern Ontario, Entertainment, Hawkesbury, Liberal Party of Canada, Politics, poverty, Vankleek Hill | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Little Victor Sunday Update | Heat wave pear juice and moving forward

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Gabriel

. A few days ago my grandfather, Victor’s recently 88-year old great-grandfather, had a heart attack. He survived. The doctor’s call it a “small” heart attack, but small compared to what? He’s still in the hospital, they’ve inserted a ‘stent‘ … Continue reading →

Posted in CSN:AFU Aboot Me, Eastern Ontario, Entertainment, Parenthood, Parenting, Vankleek Hill, Victor, Victor's Week In Review | Tagged , , | 6 Comments

Music To Break A Canadian Heat Wave

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Gabriel

My little village has been suffering through a week-long heat wave which, I think, is about to break… which would be nice, but it’s a promise we’ve been given all week. Environment Canada has given us false hope every night … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Canadian Music, CSN:AFU Aboot Me, Eastern Ontario, Entertainment, Vankleek Hill | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments