At the age of 18, Yeganeh Dadui knew two things: one, that she was a lesbian; and two, even though she had just come to Canada from Iran, Toronto had a LGBT community she could join. But it took Dadui a long time to connect her Iranian culture with her queer one.
The director of a regional health facility in the GTA says plans to establish a cancer care database will help the people who need it most. Cancer Care Ontario has announced a four-year, $800 million plan to make cancer care in the province a more efficient and more interactive system by 2015. Vince Pileggi is [...]
The Highland Creek library bustled with animated adaptations of Shakespearean plays recently. The library is one of 30 to host the Shakespeare for Kids Library Club, a kids literacy program created by Shakespeare in Action, a professional theatre company bringing the playwright’s works to young people across Ontario.
A member of the Tranzac board says the high cost of maintenance may drive the cultural fixture into bankruptcy. The Tranzac board of directors recently announced that it must raise $40,000 by the end of December in order to stay open next year. Board member Stuart Duncan says it took less than a decade for the [...]
A red fox infected with what appeared to be Sarcoptic mange was recently sighted one hour north of the GTA.
When Michael Erickson ran for councillor of Ward 14 Parkdale/Highpark in the 2010 municipal elections, he promised to create a shelter dedicated to homeless LGBTQ youth in Toronto.
Long-term health advocate, Michael Saunders, has discovered that often the simplest care can treat the most complicated of illnesses. Saunders recalls a patient with dementia often became inexplicably agitated at night. He learned from the man’s caregiver that the patient thoroughly enjoyed food and deduced that what he received as an evening snack was not [...]
No one remembers the last time Baytz Bed and Breakfast had visitors. The hotel is near a track where a train passes by every few minutes, but passengers never get on or off the series of vehicles. That's because the people are less than two centimetres tall and the trains are about 1/187th the size of real trains.
Mayor Rob Ford announced his committee appointments Nov. 29, including several Scarborough councillors.
The Cedarbrae District Library opened its doors for the first time since October 2008 on Dec. 6, revealing its $9.15-million renovation. It had been eagerly awaited.
