Gearing up to master manual transmission - Toronto Star Touch

If 'driving stick is the only way,' then why do we have self-driving cars? Uzma Jalaluddin Star Touch "Driving stick is the only way to drive," my husband boasts. "With automatic transmission, you're just pushing pedals." In the age of the self-driving car, manual transmission is on the decline.

Uzma Jalaluddin: The appeal of "cottaging" finally makes sense | Toronto Star

Growing up in Scarborough in the 1980s, I always wondered what "the cottage" was, and why so many of my little friends disappeared there every weekend. I pictured a large house where friends, classmates, and teachers all gathered together to roast marshmallows, swim in the lake, and plot other ways to exclude me.