The Toronto Observer

“I hate feminists,” screamed Mark Lepine to a classroom full of students at the Ecole Polytechnique in 1989. Lepine then instructed the 25 men in the class to leave and proceeded to shoot the 28 remaining women killing 14 of them.

In terms of jobs, if people are primarily shopping primarily online, then not as many sales associates aren’t needed within the stores.

“The doctors really didn’t have much to work with, in terms of tools,” said archeologist Dr. Ronald Williamson. “The soldiers would hold a musket ball between their teeth and would be given a dram of whiskey to ease the pain. Then their limb would be sawed off, and sometimes snapped to save time.”

Stephanie Cass, manager of corporate affairs with Mondelez Canada, said there are always possibilities, but she does not expect any new jobs to be created at the East York facility in the wake of the Lakeshore closure.

“Just a simple change like changing the mashed potatoes over to Ontario-fresh mashed potatoes would have a huge impact on the patient clientele,” said Leslie Carson. “We’re basically replacing a frozen entrée type product with a freshly-made Ontario product.”

The 2013 Toronto budget includes cuts to many Toronto services that numerous social and advocacy groups think are inappropriate.

Sacrifice is a word commonly tossed around in the world of professional sports. Athletes can sacrifice their bodies to make a play, block a shot or protect a teammate. It’s safe to say that sacrifice is something that most professional athletes know well. But few can say they recognize sacrifice the way Denver Bronco’s offensive [...]

In 2010, Jahmol Nurse attended Bloor Collegiate secondary school. In a fit of anger one day he stabbed a classmate. “I got into a fight, I knew it was going to happen so I tried to avoid it. Then I just got mad and got a pen and stabbed him in the leg,” Nurse said. If it weren’t for his mentor, Segun Akinsanya, authorities might have locked Nurse up and thrown away the key. “I met with him the next day and we talked about it,” Nurse said.

t was like finding treasure. It happened one day when Whitney Ross-Barris, 33, was riding a Toronto streetcar. She was listening to the songs on her iPod repeatedly. Suddenly, she recognized the singer as her grandfather. “Something in the way the singer said a certain word or a couple of words together,” she said, remembering the moment.

Since 2011, Kendal Gerard, 27, has blogged about life in her East York bungalow. The blog was project-oriented at first, and so named Before and After. Eventually it was renamed to reflect a big decision she and her husband, Pierre Gerard, 29 made to Little Bungalow: Less Space, More Happiness. After a year of increasingly ambitious blueprints, Gerard and her husband decided that the original 1940s floor plan was just fine.