PHOTOS: In beautiful Vancouver for the Auto Show at a busy BC Place Stadium

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Had an amazing week on Canada’s west coast recently and was quickly reminded that Vancouver is indeed one of this country’s most beautiful cities. By the time I was flying over the famous Canadian Rockies – my anticipation for a week in Vancouver couldn’t have been greater. It wasn’t all fun and games (actually, a [...]

PHOTOS: Mobile photo taking goes mainstream during the 2012 Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto

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It was another exciting year at the 2012 Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto (#CIAS12) as record attendance turned out. I did a few different things on behalf of General Motors of Canada. Produced some Youtube video. Did a little mobile #Gamification. And shot a few photos for Chevrolet Canada social media properties. I enjoy [...]

VIDEO: Bringing fun and engagement to an Auto Show Floor: Chevrolet and Hot Wheels team-up with mobile gaming app SCVNGR for #CIAS12

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It has been an exciting few months being part of the team at MacLaren Momentum Toronto that designs the Canadian International Auto Show (#CIAS12) display for Chevrolet on behalf of GM Canada. My small role in the very big process has been to create and leverage on official Chevrolet Canada social media channels originally produced [...]

PHOTO: GM Canada’s Oshawa Assembly Plant on the day new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 comes off the line

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OSHAWA, ON – Media were invited to GM Canada’s Oshawa Assembly Plant on February 1, 2012 as the company celebrated the first high-performance Camaro ZL1 to come off the line for public sale.

PHOTOS: Shooting Canada Men’s National Soccer Team at BMO Field for Chevrolet in their quest to qualify for 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

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Had the pleasure to recently shoot an assignment at BMO Field – Toronto’s home to soccer action. The occasion in mid-October was the Canada Men’s National Soccer Team as they are in the midst of qualifying play for 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil match play. I hadn’t shot at BMO Field before, so it was [...]

BLOG: The Occupy Wall Street movement comes to Toronto as protesters settle in St. James Park

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The Occupy Wall Street movement made its way to Toronto yesterday. Hadn’t planned to shoot it as I was heading to the camera show. When I missed my Go bus by one frickin’ minute, and had another hour to kill, figured I’d check out King and Bay where the demonstrators were beginning to gather. Protest [...]

Building a layer of social media chatter around the biggest Chevrolet vehicle launch ever in Canada

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October is one of the biggest ever for Chevrolet Canada with the launch of three ground breaking new vehicles – the 2012 Chevrolet Volt, Sonic, and Orlando. The award-winning team at MacLaren McCann Toronto has been hard at work for months creating, planning, and now executing one of the largest mass marketing efforts in GM [...]

MEDIA ALERT: Say Hi! Live on YouTube Canada’s homepage on October 4th for #ChevroletALLday with Fitz And The Tantrums at Yonge-Dundas Square

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October is shaping up as the biggest ever for Chevrolet Canada with the launch of three ground breaking new vehicles – the 2012 Chevrolet Volt, Sonic, and Orlando. I’m excited to play a very small part of a very large team spearheading communication efforts to let Canadians know about these exciting and award-winning new automobiles. [...]

PHOTO: Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam finish up a busy few days in Toronto with a second sold-out ACC concert

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(September 12, 2011) Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam finish up a few days in Toronto that included a Film Festival premiere of their new Cameron Crowe directed documentary PJ20, a press conference discussing the film, and two sold-out concerts at the Air Canada Centre.

Journey through the Toronto International Film Festival with Cadillac Festival Insider social media reporting

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On behalf of Cadillac, the official vehicle of the Toronto International Film Festival, I’m thrilled to be covering all things TIFF again for another year in a unique social media reporting assignment. With my insider reporting partner Skye Collyer, in our beautiful Cadillac CTS-V coupe we’ll ride to some of the best of what TIFF [...]

PHOTO: Novak Djokovic arrives at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal for Rogers Cup tennis play

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The world’s no. 1 tennis player, Novak Djokovic arrives to Uniprix Stadium in Montreal on Friday, August 12, 2011 for Rogers Cup quarter-final play. Djokovic would go on to win the 2011 Rogers Cup championship.

PHOTO: Legends of Tennis Courier, Agassi, McEnroe, and Chang share old tennis stories on sponsor stage at Rogers Cup in Toronto

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Four legends of tennis; Jim Courier, Andre Agassi, John McEnroe and Michael Chang take to a sponsor stage to share stories at the Rogers Cup in Toronto. (August 13, 2011)

Mindbender Supreme reviews beautiful soul ladies Aretha Franklin and Sade on Manifesto.ca

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A special week in late June when two of the most distinctive voices in soul history made separate, but equally important appearances in Toronto. Ms. Aretha Franklin and Sade made rare concert stops in the city. Online music news site Manifesto.ca asked to use photos I shot at the shows. Was thrilled to see my [...]

Lady Gaga exits her Yorkville hotel for Muchmusic Video Awards in Toronto

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(June 19, 2011) Lady Gaga exits her Yorkville ave. hotel to hundreds of awaiting fans. The Lady is in Toronto to perform at the Muchmusic Video Awards.

PHOTO: Henry Kissinger in Toronto for Munk Debates at Roy Thomson Hall

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(June 17, 2011) Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney greets American politico legend and diplomat Henry Kissinger after the Munk Debates at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall. Kissinger was making the appearance to lend his thoughts to the nights topic, “Does the 21st Century Belong To China?”

Shania Twain signs for fans in Toronto her new book, “From This Moment On”

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NDP leader Jack Layton greets enthusiastic supporters during Khalsa Day celebrations at Queen’s Park

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(April 24, 2011) NDP leader Jack Layton greets enthusiastic supporters during Khalsa Day celebrations at Queen’s Park. Layton has gained steam on the campaign trail with just over a week before a Canadian Federal Election.

Charlie Sheen arrives to BIG crowd of media and fans at Toronto’s Massey Hall for his Violent Torpedo of Truth tour

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Jacob Hoggard of Hedley gives away autographed guitar at Juno FanFest 2011

Sammy Hagar helps old friends Randy Bachman and Fred Turner ‘Take Care Of Business’ on stage at Mod Club

Sarah McLachlan opens the annual Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards at the Royal York Hotel

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