Freelance lifestyle and entertainment journalist
Published as part of FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … What is one of the biggest challenges in your job? Part of being a lawyer is you have to work with and try and convince the people on the other side that you’re right. There are a lot of great prosecutors out there who are willing to take a […]
Published as part of FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … What are the biggest things you want people to know about beer? You should always pour your beer into a glass and you should always smell it before you drink it. Your nose picks up around 10,000 aromas but your tongue, as far as we know, only can […]
Published as part of FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … What kind of preparation do you do in the morning before you get to set, so you’re on the ball when you arrive? I have a dog—a Czech wolf named “Lupa,” which means “she wolf”—who requires a lot of walking, so I tend to take her out for […]
Breaking news covered for Allergic Living. Two Massachusetts children were barred from a youth production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, due to what their lawyer describes as discrimination related to one of the kids’ severe food allergies. Through their parents, the children have made a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Massachusetts […]
Written for Mediaplanet’s Living with Cancer campaign. Published in the Toronto Star on November 27, 2015. Acting may be his profession, but comedian Brad Garrett says his “calling” is bettering cancer and end-of-life care — issues that are close to his heart. “I lost my best friend — we were literally like brothers — and I lost […]
Written for Mediaplanet’s Bones and Joints campaign. Published in print inside the Toronto Star in September 2015. Joints in the body function like a well-oiled machine, allowing our body to move and bend with ease. However, with time, that machine can begin to wear down, causing joints to malfunction due to conditions like osteoarthritis. “Osteoarthritis is a painful […]
Written for Mediaplanet’s Women in Technology campaign. Published in print inside the Maclean’s on October 12, 2015. When Microsoft software development engineer Dr. Jenna Butler first started exploring computer science, she did not expect it to reroute her career path. Her passion was studying cancer, but she didn’t see how computers could connect to that pursuit. While doing her […]
Written for Mediaplanet‘s campaign on Women’s Health. Published in print inside the Toronto Star in September 2015. Menstruation is a regular part of being a woman, but experts warn that your “time of the month” should not require taking time out from regular life. “You should not be living with heavy menstrual bleeding that prevents you from living […]
Written for Mediaplanet’s Digestive Wellness campaign. Crohn’s disease can be a debilitating condition, but recent Canadian research reveals that people living with this disease can be treated more effectively by using existing therapies in a new way. The REACT (Randomized Evaluation of an Algorithm for Crohn’s Treatment) trial followed the treatment of nearly 2,000 Crohn’s patients […]
Ishani Nath 