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Durham humane society burned out, bummed out

On Dec. 17 last year, fire destroyed the Humane Society of Durham Region shelter on Waterloo Street in Oshawa. Since then homeless cats have been housed in a building on Taunton Road and dogs have…


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Danforth Collegiate delivers protest in pink

Grade 10 student Aditi Fowzia doesn’t understand the big deal about boys wearing pink.  “I (support) all those people who’ve been bullied,” she said. Twice she’s seen boys being bullied for wearing the colour. Once,…



Truckers brave cold to raise heat on new highway speed limits

The cold weather didn’t stop truckers from both the east and west ends of Toronto to rally downtown on Monday. Their message was simple: New rules and technology limiting their speeds may actually increase the risk of accident and death on Ontario highways. A handful of truck drivers showed up at Queen’s Park on March 2 to rally against legislation that requires them have speed limiters.





Youth workers struggle to keep dreams alive

Some people work just to pay the bills. Others, work to keep busy. But John Sawdon, like many social workers, does it for a different reason – to get at-risk youth to realize their potential….