A boy attended a gifted program, but didn’t try. Now a father, his son fights to succeed where dear old dad didn’t. Chris Hunt marvels at his son’s tenacity I failed math in high school in spectacular fashion. […]
Memoirs of a New Dad
The great outdoors
A childhood camping trip nobody asked for quickly devolved into the stuff of nightmares. Chris Hunt accesses a core memory One summer when I was around seven years old, my dad decided to take the family camping. I have […]
You can reach for the top: Climb every mountain
… or just Mont Tremblant, if you’re our Memoirs of a New Dad columnist. A dad takes on his longtime nemesis with just shoes, water and a pair of cool shades Editor’s Note: This story was a part of the series […]
The gift of presence: The gift of gab
Editor’s Note: This story is a part of our series, The Gift, which appeared in the March 2026 issue. Once Chris Hunt overcame his bias, he discovered a talent for connecting with those who needed it most I didn’t […]
A case of mistaken identity
What’s worse than being misidentified as a former patient of a mental health facility? Having it happen on the first day of college. Our Memoirs of a New Dad columnist skips down memory lane My very first day of college […]
Side splitter
Before journalism, before becoming a dad — this humour columnist was already making people laugh Stand-up comedy is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks about diversions in Ottawa. That’s a shame, because the capital […]
Health scare
A negative test led me to make some positive changes The tumour snuck up on me. I didn’t notice it until discomfort woke me in the middle of the night. It wasn’t pain exactly, more a profound numbness […]
High on the Hog
For columnist Chris Hunt, there’s no city like Ottawa — and no place like Hog’s Back Falls Boring. Pompous. Elitest. Bland. I’ve lived in the Ottawa area my entire life and people’s opinion of it seems to run the […]
Love connection
Our Memoirs of a New Dad columnist reflects on his childhood relationship with books I’ve been infatuated with the written word for as long as I can remember. Growing up, every second Friday was pizza day at the Hunt […]
Dear Chris
Knowing what he knows now, our Memoirs of a New Dad columnist writes a letter to his younger self I know you hate the whole “writing letters to yourself” thing. When your teacher asked you to do the same in […]