Author: Tucker Wilson

  • Board of the mountains, snowboarders take to the streets

    Board of the mountains, snowboarders take to the streets

    It feels like the beginnings of a heist. We’re sitting outside a museum mid-afternoon, waiting, in a car full of equipment, for bystanders to clear the area. “People scouted it the night before,” says Alex Kyle in the passenger seat. “But there’s so many variables. Sometimes there’s no security, other times there’s a police car…

  • Cottage country jams: Major music festivals threaten rural township

    Cottage country jams: Major music festivals threaten rural township

    Anyone heading to Muskoka this summer looking to get away from the noise of the city might be in for a surprise. Two of Ontario’s largest music festivals are set to debut near cottage country this summer, and local residents aren’t happy. Boots and Hearts, North America’s second-largest country music festival, is moving from Clarington,…

  • Free mobile games cashing in on pay-to-win business model

    Free mobile games cashing in on pay-to-win business model

    Kate Upton is no stranger to celebrity endorsements, but during this year’s Super Bowl, her, uhh, “acting talents”  were on full display, hawking something completely different – free video games. Game of War commercial featuring Kate Upton. She wasn’t alone.  While Upton starred in a Game of War commercial, Liam Neeson promoted Clash of Clans. …