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. Read more

Female gamers know how they are portrayed in video games: sex objects, sidekicks and damsels. But do men realize how they are? The definition for a male playable hero in a video game is an impossibly fit man, with a raging temper and insatiable sex drive. Male gamers have come... Read more

Victoria Secret is in the headlines again, but not for their annual televised fashion show. The lingerie giant is now fighting claims it promotes a negative body image after a recent marketing campaign showed images of their slim models posed in underwear with the phrase “perfect body” headlined across the middle. Users... Read more

Jian Ghomeshi was accused of sexual assault late last week, but Toronto Police are not conducting an investigation. “Nobody’s come forward,” Toronto Police Constable David Hopkinson said in an interview yesterday, adding, “We have to have a complainant.” So why are these women who accused Ghomeshi of violent sexual abuse... Read more

He’s going up against one of the longest sitting members of Toronto City Council. But Nick Di Nizio is not afraid. ‘‘It’s going to be a slug out right until the end. And it might get dirty and it might get bad, but we are ready for that. We are... Read more

The National Basketball Association has seen an impressive influx of Canadian talent in recent years. In fact, Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett, who were the two most recent number-one NBA draft picks, are both Canadian. Read more

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 the... Read more

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

No, he is not related to current Toronto mayor, Rob FordR30; 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 hall.... Read more

Single parent families in Toronto struggle to work in order to make a living for their families. They also struggle to find affordable childcare for their kids in order to be able to work at all. Anna Lazo is a single mother of four, whose kids were placed on the... Read more