Julia Wright

Culture

Inside One of North America's Few All-Women Biker Fests

Don't ask these women to ride bitch.
Julia Wright
6.27.16
Vice Blog

How One Rich Guy Is Razing an Entire Halifax Neighborhood to Build a Parking Lot

The plan, while wildly unpopular, is completely legal.
Julia Wright
5.30.16
Culture

Why This Famous Cartoonist Moved to a Secluded Canadian Island

We talked to Kate Beaton of Hark! A Vagrant about banjo picking in Williamsburg, living next to nuns in Nova Scotia, and her two years in Fort Mac.
Julia Wright
5.16.16
Culture

This Cartoonist Wants to Convince the World the Virgin Mary Was a Sex Worker

Chester Brown talks about paying for sex, the spiritual dimensions of prostitution, and his new, sex-charged reimagining of the Bible.
Julia Wright
4.25.16
Stuff

Thanks to Linkin Park There’s an Industry of Plastic Surgeons Fixing Those Massive Earlobe Gauges

Many of the 00s scene kids are having buyer's remorse about stretching out their earlobes.
Julia Wright
4.8.16
Stuff

Eerie Photos from Inside a Former Children's Psychiatric Hospital

Some claim the former hospital—with its history of abuse and neglect—is haunted. Others think it's a great place for a doggie daycare.
Julia Wright
3.29.16
Stuff

Here's What Happened When I Crashed a Men-Only St. Patrick’s Day Event

"I'm no chauvinist, but the only thing better than an Irish woman is an Irish man," I was told by a septuagenarian when I tried to attend the New Brunswick event.
Julia Wright
3.18.16
Stuff

The Syrian Refugee Crisis Highlights the Maritimes’ Immigration Problem

Few immigrants want to head east of Montreal, and that's a problem for the economically distressed provinces there. But is the Maritimes actually that welcoming to Come-From-Aways?
Julia Wright
2.16.16
News

A Man Convicted of Murdering His Dad Received a Massive Show of Support in Court Thursday

Dennis Oland is getting life in prison for the killing of his dad, who was part of the wealthy Moosehead beer-brewing family in Canada, but many in the community think he's innocent.
Julia Wright
2.12.16
crime & drugs

Scion of Canadian Beer Dynasty Wails as He's Found Guilty of Father's Murder

It was a chaotic, emotional conclusion to a murder trial that exposed the private dysfunction of some of Atlantic Canada’s wealthiest elites.
Julia Wright
12.19.15
crime & drugs

A Canadian Beer Baron’s Murder — And the Son Who Swears He Didn’t Do It

Richard Oland, from the sixth-generation of the Oland beer dynasty, died of dozens of slashes and blunt-force wounds in 2011. His only son, Dennis, was charged two years later.
Julia Wright
12.3.15
News

Blood, Beer, and the Maritime Rumor Mill: The Bizarre Murder Trial That Has Captivated a Small Canadian Town

Dennis Oland is accused of murdering his famous dad and the Maritimes can't take its eyes off the sad spectacle.
Julia Wright
11.30.15
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