Archive 2014 | Skedline

Toronto Police meet to rebuild rapport with transgender community

Archive 2014 Nov 23, 2014

Representatives from the Toronto Police’s LGBT Community Consultation Committee met with leaders and members of the city’s transgender communities at the 519 Community Centre on Tuesday to try to mend their historically troubled relationship. Const. and LGBT Liaison Danielle Bottineau, Insp. Barbara Mclean and CCC co-chair Hugh Ferguson talked about reporting crimes... Read more

Ex-mayoral candidate shares concerns for ‘SmartTrack’ plan

Archive 2014 Nov 22, 2014

John Tory was elected as the new mayor of Toronto almost a month ago. Because of his victory, Tory’s ‘SmartTrack’ plan to build a new Regional Express Rail (RER) surface subway line is a go. Mayoral candidate, Ari Goldkind, shared his thoughts on the plan. While he supports SmartTrack and knows Tory has the experience to put it together, Goldkind has concerns of the plan’s costs and routing and says his transit plan, ‘More Than a Map’ is better for the city.

Ten Thousand Coffees

Archive 2014 Nov 21, 2014

Kyle Wyskiel reports on the company aiming to connect students and young professionals with people in their industry. Ten Thousand Coffees connects people to chat, network and meet others who can help them in the future or give to give a few pointers, all over a cup of coffee. Read more

International Education Week

Archive 2014 Nov 20, 2014

Humber College celebrates International Education Week with food, music and games in the Lakeshore Commons Building today. This year featured countries include Italy, Nigeria, Japan and England. International students at Humber volunteered to distribute food and teach others about the country, even if they’re not from that country themselves.... Read more

HSF wants to subsidize unpaid internships

Archive 2014 Nov 18, 2014

The Humber Students’ Federation (HSF) is researching methods to subsidize the unpaid internships for students at Humber College. Aside from unpaid internships being an ongoing discussion in the media, students and industry professionals are putting the heat on employers and post-secondary schools to get involved. “Students have a hard... Read more

MODA Night Club’s upcoming grand opening

Archive 2014 Nov 15, 2014

Nima Rajan speaks with the club’s general manager about MODA’s features and events for their grand opening on the Nov. 15 weekend, as well as getting student outlook on their clubbing experiences and why MODA appeals to them. Read more

SkedLive November 14, 2014

Archive 2014 Nov 14, 2014

Ranked ballots for Toronto

Archive 2014 Nov 14, 2014

Ranked ballot, or preferential voting is a system that allows voters to rank their choices for candidates from first to last, instead of choosing just one candidate. The current voting system in place in Toronto is first past the post . This system declares a winner by who has... Read more

Santa Claus Parade a challenge for Annex businesses

Archive 2014 Nov 14, 2014

Businesses in the Annex face different challenges than those in the mall, who have a steady stream of customers even when temperatures dip below zero. In the Annex, owners and managers have to be ready to adapt to changes regularly. Festivals, parades, and marathons run through the neighbourhood year-round. On event days, a steady stream of customers is unpredictable and profits are not guaranteed.

Affordable housing for Toronto’s students

Archive 2014 Nov 14, 2014

Torontonians will go to the polls to select the city’s new mayor on October 27. In this highly competitive municipal election, the issue of student expenses has been desperately absent from the headlines and hardly discussed by the mayoral candidates. Toronto has a massive growth of student population and... Read more