Raj Khan has a solution to the problem he sees in the closure of the Goodwill store in East York. “I would start my own business,” Khan said. “(I’d call it) ‘Betterwill,’ better will than the Goodwill and (that of) the CEO.” On Jan. 18, Toronto Goodwill CEO Keiko Nakamura released a statement announcing the closures of 16 stores and 10 donation centres due to a “cash flow crisis.”
Mike Cormack remembered the way he and Rick Hodgson became good friends back at journalism school.
“If you were working late on the paper, if it was two o’clock in the morning and there were six people there, he’d drive everybody home, no matter where you lived,“ Cormack said.
At the time, in the early 2000s, the two attended classes in Centennial College’s journalism program.
“If people needed to deliver the paper to get credits,” Cormack said, “Rick would drive them around … even though he didn’t need the credits.”
College grads today need skills beyond what’s taught in the classroom to make it in the new economy, a problem Centennial College is trying to address — starting with its inaugural Industry Night held Nov. 12 to encourage industry professionals to shape the 26 programs at its Story Arts Centre on Carlaw Avenue.
Allan Dick helped liberate France with two wheels and a rifle. “We had bicycles, airborne bicycles, but we didn’t use them,” he said. “We walked faster.” Dick, now 92, landed at Juno Beach on the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944. His regiment, Hamilton Light Infantry (HLI), operated as a reserve brigade during the invasion. Nevertheless, he was wounded in the leg on June 17, 1944 and sent back to England for treatment; he spent five days in hospital and then re-joined his regiment to finish the war. Unlike Dick, not all of his friends survived the war.
Novelist Kade Davies has found a place never explored before. And it’s not in this world. “An outcrop of rock juts over the horizon, creeping ever upwards into the muddy skies. Just past that, the rest of the planet drops into a steep decline,” the novel’s hero says.
A group of young girls sits in a classroom at the Story Arts Centre in East York. The rooom is buzzing with excitement even before the day begins. The girls, aged 9-14, have joined a symposium exploring career options and future career paths including: journalism, broadcasting, animation and arts. All of the participants rotated through workshops, centred on the arts.
It’s an all too familiar scenario. The TTC bus she was driving a few years ago along Lawrence Avenue East had to weave through morning rush-hour traffic. Inevitably, she arrived at some of the commuter stops later than scheduled.
“I would have to be at a stop by 8:17, but get there for 8:20 and people wouldn’t be happy,” Shirley said. She has asked that her full name be withheld. “(The passengers) let you know that you were three minutes late. Those same people that you greet every morning … turn on you.”
Jeremy Brodeur shut the door again. For the fourth time this season, the Oshawa Generals netminder finished the game with a perfect save percentage, en route to a 2-0 victory over the Guelph Storm (1-4-1-0)…
A report estimating tuition fees for 2015/2016 ranked Ontario as the most expensive province in Canada for obtaining a post-secondary education, followed by Saskatchewan.
She never met the photographer behind the camera, but Leigh Cavanaugh still can see Jasun Singh’s familiarity with his subjects. “There was a very personal tie to (the photos,)” she said. Centennial College journalism student Jasun Singh died almost a year ago. In his memory, the family has assembled some of Singh’s photographs of cats housed at the Toronto Cat Rescue (TCR) and published them in a calendar. Leigh Cavanaugh created the graphic design for the project.