SkedNOW March 6, 2015
Striking U of T doctoral students rally for living wages
by Aeryn Pfaff Striking University of Toronto teaching and lab assistants held rallies across the downtown campus today. It’s a week into the strike that started last Friday when the Canadian Union of Public Employees local 3902 rejected a proposed deal that would continue a seven year freeze on... Read more
Chinese Lantern Festival
  Humber College hosts its first Chinese Lantern festival on March 5, 2015. Skedline Reporters Sara Miller and Sohini Mondal have this report about the festival which honours family life and the Chinese New Year. Read more
Milos Raonic to play in Davis Cup in Vancouver
The Davis Cup takes place this weekend at the University of British Columbia and expect Canada’s squad to make a deep run. Milos Raonic will be competing in Canada’s first-round, World Group tie with Japan and will be taking on Tatsuma Ito in singles action. But the tennis world... Read more
Orioles down Jays 5-0 in preseason action
The Baltimore Oriels shut out the Toronto Blue Jays in the second half of their split-squad doubleheader on Thursday. Chris Davis of the Orioles hit a three run homer and Jonathan Schoop added a two-run homer in the seventh inning for the 5-0 win. Dayan Viciedo went 0 and... Read more
Raptors taking on the Hornets in Charlotte tonight
The Toronto Raptors are travelling to Charlotte to take on the Hornets tonight, who have beat the Raps in their last five meetings. The Hornets are coming off a 115-91 win over the Brooklyn Nets while Toronto fell to the Cleveland Cavaliers after a tough game on Wednesday night.... Read more
Ottawa pays respects to one of their own
Former Ottawa Senator Daniel Alfredsson was presented the key to the city Thursday evening. Ottawa’s Deputy Mayor Bob Monette presented the long-time captain the key for not only his on-ice accomplishments, but also for his off-ice work including the Ottawa Senators Foundation, the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health,... Read more
Kings top Habs in shootout
The Montreal Canadiens lost 4-3 last night to the L.A. Kings after taking it to a shootout. Max Pacioretty scored his 31st of the season to give Montreal a 3-2 lead with 7:12 left in the game, but Marian Gaborik, who had two goals in regulation, tied the game... Read more
Leafs fall to Bolts
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs last night for the Lightning’s 14th victory in the team’s last 16 home games. Nikita Kucherov and Ryan Callahan scored in the first period to take a 2-0 lead until Toronto’s David Booth scored in the second to bring the... Read more
Keep Talking
Now that I think about it I had never really heard much about it. You think you would hear about something like this, the second leading cause of death among youth in Canada and it seems no one is talking about it, even though just that, talking, may be... Read more