TTC proposes increased fares in 2017
Canada Nov 18, 2016
(Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons) The TTC is proposing an increase to fares for the sixth year in a row. The 10-cent increase comes as the transit agency faces a struggle to balance their books with lower ridership numbers and increasing operating costs. The TTC has released a report... Read more
First Nations people gathered at Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square on Tuesday afternoon to vocalize a lack of faith in political leaders during their demonstration of solidarity with the land-defenders in Standing Rock. Singers, drummers, students, clergy, mothers, children and babies in strollers listened to words from Aboriginal fashion designer Suzanne... Read more
Our journey back from Cleveland, Ohio after covering the presidential election was a huge contrast to our cheerful and optimistic journey there. The outcome of Donald Trump being elected President of the United States was one none of us expected. Our emotions were not entirely intensified by our personal... Read more
Five of us student journalists climbed into an SUV on the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 8, not thinking we would be covering the election of Donald J. Trump that night. It seemed to me the general consensus of the Western consciousness was Hillary Clinton was going to win. Most... Read more
After a long day of covering the U.S. election results, I couldn’t wait to get back home to Canada. I was the driver for our team of five student journalists assigned to travel the interstate to gather people’s feelings on election day and then the day after when the... Read more
On Day One of our travels things weren’t going well for us. Between being denied access to locations, people not wanting to speak to us and the election results not going as anticipated, we felt we were fighting an uphill battle. I remember telling my fellow student journalists that our... Read more
It’s time once again to ring that victory bell. The Humber Hawks wrapped up a history making and record breaking men’s Varsity soccer season after a 2-0 win over the Keyano Huskies on Saturday in Fort McMurray, Atla. The Hawks earned their sixth national Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Championship title... Read more
At the Prosperity Social bar in Cleveland, Ohio, locals party as they wait for the results of the 2016 U.S election on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Although the bar advertised the event as ‘non-partisan’, many there were Democratic party supporters. The first video below shows the atmosphere before the results... Read more
Toronto Clergy in Solidarity with Standing Rock
Canada Nov 14, 2016
Two women clergy joined an assistant film and television producer in a sit-in protest at TD headquarters, Thursday. They sat down with Skedline.com to explain why they did it. Taylor Flook, Maggie Helwig and Andrea Budgey locked their necks along the hand rails of the business accounts line and... Read more
Anti-Trump protest at Nathan Phillips Square
Canada Nov 14, 2016
Anti-Trump protest at Nathan Phillips Square by Joe Smith-Engelhardt on Exposure Read more
