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They look as you might expect – triple-XL t-shirts, baggy jeans, baseball hats pulled low and to the side. At first glance, they appear the very definition of ‘at-risk’ youth. They certainly don’t look the…

Every night the bulb-laced trees on Bloor Street West cast light on passersby. Starting this December, that light is going to be a little greener. This month the Bloor West Village BIA, in conjunction with…

Toronto Public Library Board member Gillian Mason describes her time as a citizen board member for the Board as a learning experience. “I learned a great deal about the city and about Canada’s political structure…

Parkdale-High Park MPP Cheri DiNovo’s private member’s bill hopes to raise the minimum wage from $7.75 (set to jump to $8 in February 2007) to $10. The bill passed its second reading in early November.

With nearly 500 tombstones staked into the lawn behind her, Shannon Freud told the story of her friend Melissa, who was killed seven years ago by an abusive boyfriend. She was just 22.

A Canadian University professor named James Naismith invented the game of basketball in a gymnasium in 1851. One-hundred-and-fifty years later, University of Waterloo professor David Clausi is hoping to revolutionize the way the game is…

Janet Foerster, mother of 15-month-old Evelyn, is trying to introduce her daughter to healthy habits early in life. She keeps many fresh veggies in the house and promotes all kinds of healthy foods, some of…

It’s cold; it’s grey; it’s going to snow, and along with the dismal weather comes a message from Toronto Public Health; it’s time to get your flu shot. The flu shot, known to science as…

This Christmas season, more and more people are opting out of the over-consumption craziness

Imagine someone breathing down your neck at night, and it is not your spouse who is lying next to you.