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…
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…
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,…
Elizabeth Parker approached the podium with nerves of steel. She paused, looked out over the standing-room-only audience and spoke with authority. “Picture hundreds of people crammed into one everything store, while local shops stand silently…
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.
She’s chasing the best job in the world. Alice Wu, a Toronto journalism graduate, heard about the job from her sister near the end of a three-month stay in Hong Kong. She created a video…
Scientists in Toronto have developed a system that may give people with neural disabilities a better way to communicate. A team of research students from the University of Toronto is experimenting with a system that…
If a motion to be brought forward by Beaches-East York councillor Sandra Bussin should come to pass, dog owners may be allowed to walk their dogs along Kew and Balmy beaches - but only in…
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….
Pamela Doucette thought she was done having children when she was just 28 years old. After her second child she had tubal ligation surgery, a procedure to tie-off the fallopian tubes to prevent future pregnancies….
His face appears on everything from t-shirts to lunch boxes and soon in a new feature film, but according to a Cuban professor, Che Guevara would likely not approve. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna was…