It’s time to compare
Gun violence.
We’ve heard these words echoed far too many times over the past few years.
With gun violence in the U.S. so prominent, one wonders when things will begin to change.
Opinion
Healing only begins when you let the world in on your pain
This is an open letter to hurting souls on coping with the aftermath of trauma and advice on how to heal portrayed through my own experience.
Editorial: Tory vs. (Doug) Ford, round 2
Toronto’s mayoral race of 2018 will be a test to see if Ford Nation still lives or has the city learned from past mistakes.
Sex-ed needs a revamp if it’s to remain relevant
In the recent years, we’ve seen a controversy over improving sex education and implementing it at a younger age.
Rio 2016, or how Brazilians stopped worrying and loved the Paralympic Games
The Rio Paralympics are coming to a close. So the authors talked to Brazilians to find out what they thought of the Games and their impact.
TTC pub crawl: unknown, but fun
TTC pub crawl — the concept is simple. There are bars, pubs and taverns close to every subway station along the TTC lines making it easy for commuters to hop off, grab a beer and jump back on the subway over to the next station where they can check out other watering holes and neighbourhoods. The trouble is that most people don’t know it exists.
Choosing the Blue Jays leadoff hitter
The Toronto Blue Jays are off to a less than ideal start this season, and are currently tied for second in the American League East with a 7-7 record.
Zero tolerance for drunk driving
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Canada estimates that in 2010, more than 175 people were injured per day in impairment-related crashes. They estimated that more than thee people died per day in related collisions that year.
An end to Apple’s arrogance
The iPad announcement was full of subtle jabs at Microsoft and the copious number of aging PCs in the world. There’s an irony in all of this: Apple was championing the discarding of old PCs for shiny new iPads, when minutes before they told the world how eco-friendly they were. Wouldn’t a truly eco-friendly company celebrate that large number of old PCs that are still being used, instead of being thrown away?
Ford’s legacy
We perceived a change in Mr. Ford toward the end of his life. And it was hard for even those opposed to his mayoralty to not feel sadness at his passing last week. Losing someone to cancer, after all, is something that most of us can relate to. Maybe all of this helps to explain the suddenly soft tone of news media coverage toward Mr. Ford, and the outpouring of sympathy at what seems like a state funeral this week.