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Taking on Goliath: Ward 2 candidates challenge Ford

Archive 2014 Oct 21, 2014

“I’m with Rob Ford,” says an elderly woman, peering through her cracked open doorway. Andray Domise doesn’t miss a beat, and launches into the same speech he’s delivered over and over already this day. “That’s okay, I have nothing against him personally but I think this community can do... Read more

With incumbents gone, runners-up eye open council seats

Archive 2014 Oct 21, 2014

One hundred and nine votes. Justin Di Ciano lost his 2010 bid for Toronto City Council by just 109 votes. ‘‘The way the election ended last time with a re-count, it wasn’t how we wanted it to end. A lot of people thought we won. Then they woke up... Read more

Chatting with Kristyn Wong-Tam about the 2010-14 term & the future

Archive 2014 Oct 20, 2014

by: Aeryn Pfaff Kristyn Wong-Tam, incumbent councillor for Ward 27 (Toronto Centre-Rosedale) talks to Skedline about her effectiveness as a public servant, Barbara Hall Park, Mayor Rob Ford and the upcoming election. Read more

Former councillor Bussin eyes City Hall return

Archive 2014 Oct 16, 2014

Four years after ruling out another run in politics, former Ward 32 councillor, Sandra Bussin wants her old seat back. The riding of Beaches-East York was one of the most brutally fought battles of the 2010 campaign, and it ended with Mary-Margaret McMahon defeating the incumbent Bussin by more... Read more

Equality group highlights violence against men

Archive 2014 Oct 10, 2014

Lynne MacDonell, a psychotherapist and drug addiction counselor says that one in six boys are sexually abused by the age of 16.

Toronto council candidate Russ Ford profile

Archive 2014 Oct 8, 2014

No, he is not related to current Toronto mayor, Rob Ford… But for 30 years, resident Russ Ford, has been serving the Etobicoke – Lakeshore community as the executive director for LAMP Community Health Centre. Now, Ford is running as a candidate for the Ward 6 seat at city... Read more

SkedLive October 3, 2014

Archive 2014 Oct 7, 2014

Here is a Skedlive our Humber Lakeshore degree journalism class put together on Friday 3rd, 2014.

Kristen Wiig’s TIFF talk on new dramatic role

Archive 2014 Oct 7, 2014

Kristen Wiig, an actress best known her for comedy skits and hilarious role in Bridesmaids discusses a serious take on her new role in, “Welcome to Me”, following its premiere at Toronto’s International Film Festival (TIFF) Sept. 5. Wigg plays Alice Klieg, a woman diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder,... Read more

Poutine competitors train to eat big

Archive 2014 Oct 7, 2014 0

Toronto’s Yonge and Dundas Square will be transformed into a poutine lover’s paradise this upcoming weekend to host the fifth annual Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship. Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship is proudly known as the world’s largest poutine eating competition. It is also Canada’s largest eating competition and gathers major... Read more

Experts advise areas of focus for Toronto’s infrastructure during mayoral race

Archive 2014 Oct 7, 2014

Up to this point in the Toronto mayoral race, subway expansion has taken the spotlight for improving the city’s infrastructure. Although the transit system is in need for improvement, experts in Civil Engineering say water infrastructure and infrastructure investment are issues that should be addressed more by mayoral candidates during the election.