Lorraine Sommerfeld

Canada

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Auto Columnist at Driving

Contributing Columnist at The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON)

Auto columnist for @drivingdotca, Motherlode @thespec. Debut A Face in the Window (https://t.co/ftVx8cXQuN) 2023. You'll never feel safe at a cottage again.

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Articles

Lorraine Explains: Do you get your driver's licence if your car parallel parks for you?

4 days ago | driving.ca | Lorraine Sommerfeld

Skip to ContentAdvertisement 1Learn to parallel park, even if your car can do it for you • • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentA New Jersey teen used his father’s Tesla to take his road test, and flunked. Why did this recently make the news?
Finding my mom in ‘The Great British Baking Show’

1 week ago | thespec.com | Lorraine Sommerfeld

Like many Canadians, I’ve been exploring new workarounds to ditch American content from my life. It’s easy at the grocery store, but takes a little more effort with things like digital products. Netflix is past its best-buy date, but it’s been an easy go-to for years, and I’m lazy. I ventured over to CBC’s Gem, and I’m glad I did. Tons of content, much of it Canadian, free with a sign-up. As I scrolled through the offerings, I spied “The Great British Baking Show.” This is my comfort food.
Finding my mom in ‘The Great British Baking Show’

1 week ago | therecord.com | Lorraine Sommerfeld

Like many Canadians, I’ve been exploring new workarounds to ditch American content from my life. It’s easy at the grocery store, but takes a little more effort with things like digital products. Netflix is past its best-buy date, but it’s been an easy go-to for years, and I’m lazy. I ventured over to CBC’s Gem, and I’m glad I did. Tons of content, much of it Canadian, free with a sign-up. As I scrolled through the offerings, I spied “The Great British Baking Show.” This is my comfort food.
Finding my mom in ‘The Great British Baking Show’

1 week ago | hamiltonnews.com | Lorraine Sommerfeld

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Lorraine Explains: As car prices climb, so will your insurance rates

1 week ago | driving.ca | Lorraine Sommerfeld

Skip to ContentAdvertisement 1Thanks to tariffs, those rising prices and rates will continue to climb • • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentA month ago, Canada’s Équité Association released their report about auto theft trends in the first quarter of this year. The good news is that auto theft in Canada is continuing to decline.
Cleaning mouse poop, passing torches

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Lorraine Sommerfeld

“I want to help open the cottage with you guys,” said Christopher. “Awesome! You’ll have to sleep in the coffin.”After 53 springs of launching the cottage, we’re grateful when one of the kids wants to come; three of the four have taken a turn. With my parents long gone, we’ve done it for decades, but knowing what to do and physically carrying it all out gets harder. We have to relay a boatload of knowledge, much of it quirky one-off weirdo things that don’t appear in any YouTube video.
B.C. door-dinger leaves note under wiper, court calls it a contract

2 weeks ago | driving.ca | Lorraine Sommerfeld

Skip to ContentAdvertisement 1When a woman offered to pay for damage caused by a ding she left in a car door, she thought getting insurance involved let her off the hook • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentBritish Columbia’s Civil Resolution Tribunal is who gets tapped when a difficult call must be made between two sides of a dispute who can’t find a middle ground.
B.C. door-denter leaves note under wiper, court calls it a contract

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Lorraine Sommerfeld

10 Things You Should Never Put on a Credit Card (Unless It’s an Emergency)We’ve all heard the classic advice: use your credit card wisely, pay off your balance every month, and never spend more than you can afford. But …
Lorraine Explains: Got a lemon? Canadian consumers deserve better laws

2 weeks ago | driving.ca | Lorraine Sommerfeld

Skip to ContentAdvertisement 1If you can’t reasonably use your car for the purpose it was intended, the maker should have to take it back. • • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentA British Columbia woman is petitioning for a lemon law in that province to better protect consumers who end up with a new vehicle that seemingly spends more time in the shop than on the road.
Ask not for whom the bird tweets

3 weeks ago | thespec.com | Lorraine Sommerfeld

For nearly 25 years, I have had the same bird wake me up at 4:30 every morning. Three ascending notes, over and over. It starts whenever birds come to life, usually in April, and lasts until they fly south or hibernate or whatever birds do, usually October. If that sounds a little harsh, forgive me. It’s 4:30. Every. Single. Morning. I prefer to sleep with the window open. The world is noisier than when I was a kid.