Category: Dan Cearns

Since the Toronto Maple Leafs were eliminated in the play-in round of the National Hockey League (NHL) playoffs, I’ve heard a number of trade rumours surrounding the team. After a disappointing early exit, it is to be expected...

It’s interesting to me how the types of television shows you like change as you get older. When I was a child, I never really had too much of an interest in home renovation shows. My parents would have them on occasionally, but...

Well, we’re over halfway through 2020, and now in July. It’s funny to think a year that’s been this busy, with enough news to fill a couple years, and has sometimes felt like we’ve been through a few years at that, has also gone...

Last month, one of my colleagues, Courtney McClure, wrote a column about what it was like to be interning at this newspaper during a pandemic. It made me think how much my job as a reporter has changed this year, in order to...

People are people by The Standard | June 11th, 2020 Podcast https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.108.22/6kw.211.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/People-are-People-June-11th-2020.mp3 I’m sure many of you reading this have heard the famous quote “the only...

Toronto Maple Leafs fans received some surprising news recently. Assistant coach Paul McFarland will be leaving the team at the end of this season, to return to the Kingston Frontenacs, to be their head coach. While it’s sad to...

Throughout this COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve read, learned about and wrote about a number of community initiatives that have helped local residents, neighbourhoods, hospital staff and other frontline workers during this time. But,...