Bill MacDougall knows all too well about the struggle to survive in a city that is becoming increasingly expensive to live in. “It seems to me there are a lot of people in this city…
By next school year, Ontario students will find it easier to report incidents of abuse or violence. Patricia Macneil, at the Ministry of Education, said the Safe Schools Action Team (SSAT) will examine ways to…
The demand for glass baby bottles may grow in response to a report claiming that a harmful chemical has been found in plastic baby bottles sold in Canada. Inside their Toxic Nation campaign report released…
Paying it forward. That was the motivation behind the first-ever Brew Some Good campaign sponsored by Maxwell House on March 26 at the busy Eglinton subway station. Maxwell House announced their partnership with Habitat for…
Mike Woodbridge calls the Scarborough Village Theatre home. He is a local resident and the director of the Jack Sharkey play I Take This Man, which is running now until April 12 at the Scarborough…
Movie-goers will see a rare site this weekend, as Canadian films will dominate two downtown Toronto theatres. Now in its fifth year, the Canadian Film Fest provides Canadian filmmakers a rare chance to have their…
The Black Dog is going even greener. Already offering a number of organic options on its menu, the Island Road restaurant and pub plans on introducing even more green options on top of the menus…
Melissa Melo recalls a day in the summer of 2006, when a visit to a local outreach centre in Toronto introduced her to a woman she wouldn’t soon forget. “I remember thinking that she didn’t…
Following the tabling of the Ontario budget yesterday, the leader of the Opposition accused the provincial government of ignoring the warning signs of a declining economy. Finance Minister Dwight Duncan presented the 2008 budget at…
New Democratic Party Leader Howard Hampton calls this year’s provincial budget an embarrassment, saying it does not fulfil promises made less than a year ago by the government. On March 25, Finance Minister Dwight Duncan…