Archive 2014 | Skedline

Central Tech’s field woes continue

Archive 2014 Sep 23, 2014

Central Tech is without a field for gym classes, school sports, and recreational use. In the middle of redeveloping the grass field into a championship calibre, artificial turf and dome facility, harmful metal pollutants were found in the soil. Since then, the field remains closed to the public, and... Read more

Annex is student friendly for commuters

Archive 2014 Sep 23, 2014

Fourth-year University of Toronto student Karl Valdez is living in Keswick with his family but not because he loves the commute.

“The cost of rent is the only downside of the Annex,” says Valdez who shared a two bedroom apartment on Spadina Ave. with three friends up until last September.

Valdez traded in his rent money for a used Honda Civic and a 75 kilometer drive to and from school.

Provincial funding may ease wait for pre-school therapy

Archive 2014 Sep 22, 2014

Children on a rehabilitation wait list are eager for services to become available as new provincial funding is announced. More than 900 children in the Waterloo region are still waiting for speech and occupational therapy from children’s treatment center, KidsAbility. After still being on the wait list, parents are... Read more

Toronto Scots gather to watch referendum result

Archive 2014 Sep 21, 2014

At the Caledonian pub in Toronto last night hundreds of Scots and their supporters were watching a live stream of the Scottish Referendum. Lloyd Quansah was there to capture the atmosphere at this pivotal moment in Scottish history. Read more

Humber hosts weekend arts festival

Archive 2014 Sep 19, 2014

Humber College and Lakeshore Arts are teaming up for the third time to host the annual Culture Days, a three-day event featuring over 50 free interactive activities and events. The Culture Days event will take place from Friday, Sept. 26 to Sunday, Sept 28 and will run along Lakeshore Boulevard from... Read more

ROM exhibit explores medieval Islamic culture

Archive 2014 Sep 19, 2014

By Aeryn Pfaff Skedline.com A new lecture series, designed to accompany the Cairo Under Wraps exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum, launched Tuesday, Sept. 16 in the museum’s Signy and Cléophée Eaton Theatre ROM curator emeritus Lisa Golombek’s lecture was on death in Islam. It was described in the... Read more

Harper’s advisory troop plan in ISIS fight supported

Archive 2014 Sep 19, 2014

By Nakshi Pandit According to the most recent poll, a slim majority of Canadians support Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s plan to send advisory troops to Iraq to aid the fight against ISIS, although the debate may heat up in the new session of Parliament that began this week. A... Read more

Massey Hall concert honours Walk of Famers

Archive 2014 Sep 19, 2014

Skedline reporter Sabrina Biot covered the Canada Walk of Fame festival at Massey Hall. The festival consists of Canadian musicians performing at Massey Hall over a course of three days from September 18th to September 20th. Inductees for this year are Rachel McAdams, Jeff Healey, The Band, Louise Arbour,... Read more

Canada drags its feet on a national suicide prevention strategy

Archive 2014 Sep 19, 2014

In the time that it takes a person to change and upload their Facebook profile photo, another person has taken their life. According to the new report: Prevent Suicide – A Global Imperative, released by the World Health Organization, an estimated 800,000 people globally die by suicide. “This report... Read more

Making friends with furry faces

Archive 2014 Sep 18, 2014

Humber Student Federation welcomed new and returning students with animals most of them hadn’t seen. Students stood in line to have a lemur, who goes by the name King Julien, sit on their shoulder as a kangaroo hopped around freely. Tropical birds perched on fingers and a slow moving... Read more