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A Fighters Focus Can’t be Muddied by Pride

Archive 2013 Oct 29, 2013

It is easy to perceive a successful professional boxer as strong and persistent. Like other professional athletes and even celebrities, the persona they have in the spotlight is often misconstrued as the real thing. Especially for a boxer, this persona is dominant because their careers focus specifically on the... Read more

E-books will not go the way of the music industry

Archive 2013 Oct 29, 2013

Digital book publishers are looking to embrace the budding format of online sales, saying they will not go the way of the music industry.

Krista Bridge comes to Humber

Archive 2013 Oct 28, 2013

Krista Bridge is coming to Humber college Wednesday to discuss her work with students.

Bridge will be the next author to participate in the Humber Literary Series, a program that allows students to meet the authors of the text they read in class. The former Humber teacher will give a short reading and discuss her short series, “The Virgin Spy”, with students. Former colleague and organizer Ben Labovitch is excited for her to return.

City-funded mural causes controversy in Toronto’s east-end.

Archive 2013 Oct 25, 2013 0

A mural that was commissioned by the City of Toronto’s StreetART initiative has stirred up controversy in Little India.

Protests delay Enbridge Line 9 hearings

Archive 2013 Oct 25, 2013 0

Protests over the flow reversal of the Enbridge Line 9 pipeline have forced a delay of the final statements in hearings regarding the future of the project.

Students shop for schools at Ontario College Information Fair

Archive 2013 Oct 25, 2013

Despite the heavy rain, high school seniors and parents made their way to the 2013 Ontario College Information Fair (OCIF),which opened Monday night and ran all day Tuesday at Toronto’s Exhibition Place.

Ontario cheese makers wary of Canada-EU trade deal

Archive 2013 Oct 24, 2013 0

The proposed trade deal between Canada and Europe is supposed to benefit Canadians, but cheese makers aren’t sure yet if that includes them.

Toronto Taxi Alliance against proposed city reforms

Archive 2013 Oct 24, 2013

“The whole purpose of the [TTA] campaign is that we feel that if Torontonians are aware of this taking place… the implications will result and the reforms will pass, we feel Torontonians will feel strongly enough about the issue will text their support.”

Wynne’s transit panel gives hard truths to Ford nation

Archive 2013 Oct 24, 2013

A new discussion paper says misconceptions are holding Toronto back from a mature transit discussion.

Blackberry app too late, consumers say

Archive 2013 Oct 24, 2013

While RIM operations boast of 10 million downloads for its Blackberry Messenger app, some iPhone and Androids users say it may be too late for a come-back.

Andrew Bocking, head of Blackberry messenger operations, wrote in a Blackberry blog post on Tuesday that the BBM app launch was successful in a matter of hours.