A Canadian University professor named James Naismith invented the game of basketball in a gymnasium in 1851. One-hundred-and-fifty years later, University of Waterloo professor David Clausi is hoping to revolutionize the way the game is coached. An associate professor in the Department of Systems Design Engineering, Clausi is finalizing Canadian and American patents for his [...]
With nearly 500 tombstones staked into the lawn behind her, Shannon Freud told the story of her friend Melissa, who was killed seven years ago by an abusive boyfriend. She was just 22. “My intentions by reading this story,” she said, “are to warn others who may be in Melissa’s situation.” On each tombstone, made [...]
Parkdale-High Park MPP Cheri DiNovo’s private member’s bill hopes to raise the minimum wage from $7.75 (set to jump to $8 in February 2007) to $10. The bill passed its second reading in early November. It will now go to committee to determine its final status. DiNovo warns if it doesn’t become law, the effects [...]
Like death and taxes, pooping and scooping is a fact of life if you’re a dog owner. From the time of the earliest civilization humans have taken pets, and with the animal-human bond an unspoken understanding has always been that the owner shall assume responsibility for the dirty work that comes with owning a pet. [...]
Imagine someone breathing down your neck at night, and it is not your spouse who is lying next to you. You know that feeling you get when someone is constantly watching you? Imagine feeling that every day in your own home, even when you are alone. And, when you finally tell someone about, they laugh because [...]
This Christmas season, more and more people are opting out of the over-consumption craziness
It’s cold; it’s grey; it’s going to snow, and along with the dismal weather comes a message from Toronto Public Health; it’s time to get your flu shot. The flu shot, known to science as the influenza vaccine, is a combination of modified particles of three different flu viruses. This year’s vaccine contains one A [...]
Teens Suggest Ways Of Communication
Scarlett Ball proves to be a great experience for volunteers
On the heels of American corporations limiting health care benefits to their employees who smoke, some Canadian companies are taking a more vested interest in the health of their own employees. Telesat Canada, a satellite communications company which opened in 1969, is recognized worldwide as one of the leading telecommunications companies, and within Canada as [...]
