New writing from across the country
Entertainment, local discoveries, places to visit and community life, published about once a day by our writers.
Our newest articles are listed here, with the most recent first. Each one is free to read, and sponsored features are clearly labelled so you can tell them apart.
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Places and Travel ·How to Plan an Autumn Lakeshore Day Trip Without the Guesswork
A practical walk through choosing a scenic spot, checking access and timing, and packing for a mid-autumn outing along a Canadian shoreline, from the editor's own routine.
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Entertainment ·Before You Buy a Ticket: A Checklist for Choosing a Live Show
A practical list of questions to work through before you commit to a concert, festival or stage show, from the venue and seating to the travel home.
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Newsletter ·Six Slips to Avoid When You Sign Up for an Ad-Free Newsletter
Before you subscribe to a paid weekly edition without advertising, here are the common missteps readers make, from skipping the sample to forgetting the renewal, and how to sidestep each one.
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Local Discoveries ·What It Costs to Find and Profile a Local Café or Bookshop
A look at the real costs behind a Local Discoveries profile: travel, time on site, photography and editing, and why independent places take longer to cover than they seem to.
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Sponsored Features ·A Bakery Owner's First Sponsored Feature, Start to Finish
Nadia runs a small neighbourhood bakery and agreed to a labelled sponsored feature. Our photo editor followed how the quotation, the visit and the finished piece came together.
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Places and Travel ·Where to Wander Across Canada as the Autumn Weeks Turn Colder
Seasonal advice for planning scenic outings across the provinces in the coming months: timing your trips, dressing for changeable weather, and choosing quieter shorelines and small towns.
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Entertainment ·What a Sound Check Really Means at a Concert
A plain-words guide to the sound check, the stage term that decides how a show feels from your seat, and why reading about one changes how you listen to the night.
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Newsletter ·Free Reading or the Paid Weekly Edition: Which Suits You?
A plain comparison of reading the Ledger for free on the site and subscribing to the ad-free weekly newsletter, with a recommendation for who should choose which this autumn.
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Local Discoveries ·How a Local Discoveries Profile Gets Made, From First Tip to Final Edit
Margaret Lindqvist walks through the real steps behind a café, bookstore or gallery profile: how places are chosen, visited, checked and edited before a story goes live.
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Sponsored Features ·What Local Businesses Ask Before Commissioning a Sponsored Feature
The question we hear most is how a paid feature differs from a regular story. Priya Sandhu answers it plainly: how labelling, quotations, drafts and editorial control actually work here.
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Places and Travel ·How We Plan the Places and Travel Guides Readers Ask For
Our editor explains how a Places and Travel guide takes shape, from choosing a scenic spot in a province to checking details and deciding what readers actually need before a trip.
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Entertainment ·How We Prepare and Verify an Entertainment Feature Before It Runs
A look at the notes, checks and plain methods behind our concert, festival and stage coverage, and why we keep our sources open to the reader's eye.
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Newsletter Guide ·How to Set Up and Get the Most from the Ad-Free Newsletter
A step-by-step walk through previewing the sample edition, subscribing, setting up your inbox and reading the weekly issue at an easy pace, written for first-time readers.
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Local Discoveries ·Before You Visit: A Checklist for Judging a Local Café or Bookshop
A photo editor's checklist for deciding whether an independent café, bookstore, gallery or restaurant deserves your afternoon, built from many visits and a camera that notices what menus leave out.
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Sponsored Features ·Sponsored Features: Common Mistakes Local Businesses Make and How to Avoid Them
Having written many of these pieces, Priya Sandhu lists the missteps that weaken a sponsored feature and the simple habits that keep it honest, readable and useful to the people who read it.
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Places and Travel ·What a Weekend Away Really Costs, and What Moves the Price
A practical look at what drives the cost of a short regional trip across the provinces, from fuel and lodging to the season you choose, with ideas for keeping it reasonable.
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