Sorry seems to be the hardest word for Toronto councillor
A special budget meeting at Toronto city hall was interrupted on Monday in order to hear an apology from Councillor Rob Ford for a perceived racist comment made recently.
A special budget meeting at Toronto city hall was interrupted on Monday in order to hear an apology from Councillor Rob Ford for a perceived racist comment made recently.
When it comes to the world of socially responsible investing or SRI, the University of Toronto and several other Canadian campuses continue to receive a failing grade. Searching for answers to this fact leaves even…
An anti-smoking activist believes that laws preventing smoking in cars containing children will work. The McGuinty government has endorsed proposed legislation to ban adults from smoking in cars with children under the age of 16….
Amarjeet Chhabra has a problem with the lack of accessibility at city hall. As a person with polio, she has trouble getting to certain places. “I find the doors very heavy and for a person…
In the state of Washington, when drivers injure cyclists with their cars they be prosecuted. Dave Janis, a cyclist in Seattle, claims the creation of a bicycle union there improved cycling safety. “We want to…
Dan McTeague is sitting in his local office on a Thursday afternoon working the phones, riding herd on his blackberry and generally keeping busier than a Southern sheriff the day after moonshine was invented. This…
A noted Toronto political scientist calls the federal finance minister’s actions before the tabling of the Ontario budget unprecedented. Last Monday, federal finance minister Jim Flaherty called a press conference on the eve of Ontario’s…
In 2003, American activist Rachel Corrie died protesting the demolition of a Palestinian house on the Gaza Strip. In 2006, a play based on her diaries premiered in London, England. Niki Landau, the artistic director…
Diners will find an additional expense added to their bills at certain restaurants across the Greater Toronto Area this week. UNICEF has launched the Tap Project for the first time in Canada, in recognition of…
Toronto hospitals use thousands of instruments for various procedures every day. Most patients assume the instruments meet sterilizations standards. Statistics Canada says that precautionary procedures minimize the risk of transmitting infectious diseases through blood transfusions.