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He had a deep commitment to education and was a founding instructor at the ambitious but short-lived Advanced School of Contemporary Music in Toronto, along with pianist Oscar Peterson and bassist Ray Brown

Home of gardening writer Marjorie Harris has one of the most written-about gardens in all of Canada

The Crime Writers of Canada announced the winners of their 2023 Awards of Excellence in an online ceremony on May 25. In addition to the 10 book prizes, Jack Batten received the Derrick Murdoch Award, given every two years in recognition of significant contributions to the crime, mystery, and thriller genres in Canada. The winners

His rich baritone and gift for melodies made him one of the most popular artists of the 1970s with songs like “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “If You Could Read My Mind.”

The music legends rich baritone and gift for melodies made him one of the most popular artists of the 1970s

Jack Batten’s first Whodunit column in the Toronto Star ran on March 7, 1999. It wasn’t the first time he’d written reviews for the paper — a quick search in

The Star’s Whodunit columnist Jack Batten has reviewed dozens of crime fiction books over the year. Here, his top five best books of 2022, and the reviews he wrote.

AT the weekend over 150 people took part in the Taunton Triathlon.

Marjorie Harris and Jack Batten always dreamed of living in France. In 1983, the two freelance...

ALMOST 200 athletes took part in the Taunton Triathlon yesterday (Saturday).