Author Bios

In 1986, after graduation from high school in Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Kelvin Campbell headed to Toronto for university. His father, Jim, was bringing up five children alone and money was scarce so Kelvin got a student loan.
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In 1982, when Checker Motors Corporation of Kalamazoo, Michigan stopped production of the iconic hulks that had become synonymous with the term New York Taxi, a bit of American tradition skidded onto the hard shoulders of reality.
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The road is dead straight. There’s no traffic on the shimmering horizon, which seems even further away than normal in California’s sprawling Panamint Valley. I squeeze the throttle on the ever-so-quiet Ibis White 2012 Audi A5 sports...
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  I hear it clearly over the walkie-talkie. The countdown is on. The task at hand is to maneuver around a series of cones, do a u-turn at the end of the 300-metre course and get back to the start line as quickly as possible. As I survey the...
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I realize the second I push the clutch that things are different. For starters it’s a lot stiffer than clutch pedals on the manual transmission cars I’ve driven. “We’re empty so start off in low range on the low split of...
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There is a boat. A ferryboat it seems and my wife, Lisa Calvi, and I are relaxing in the lounge sipping coffee, poring over maps and watching tourists on the deck snap pictures of themselves on camera phones. Every one is smiling, laughing. Then I...
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I’ve been driving 600 kilometres when the idea surfaces and I’m not sure how my wife, Lisa Calvi, will react to it. “How about pulling an all-nighter and get to Halifax tomorrow morning rather than late in the afternoon?” I...
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Winter driving comes with plenty of challenges for the driver, most not welcomed. Scraping frost off the windows then dealing with whiteouts, drifting snow, slippery roads and reduced performance go hand in hand with getting around in a motor...
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Writing a bi-weekly column for the past 10 years has had its ups and downs. Sure, it’s great seeing your work and photographs in print and on the Internet. Getting mail from readers is rewarding too, especially since most of it is...
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Traffic is speedy on the four-lane freeway and even though the cruise control is set precisely at the 120 km/h speed limit, almost every car on the road is passing us. The late afternoon sun is high, looking more like noon.
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