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

Much Music-born ‘euro-metal’ band, Abandon All Ships, has come to an end with its final show wrapping up in downtown Toronto. Fans from across North America gathered at the Virgin Radio Mod Club on the weekend to pay homage to the guys who incorporated fist pumping with head banging. Lead guitarist... Read more

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s absence from the critical UN climate Summit on Tuesday raised renewed questions about his sincerity to fight climate change. “This prime minister has shown no leadership on climate change and indeed can’t even be bothered to show up,” said Liberal leader Justin Trudeau during question period... Read more

By Aeryn Pfaff Skedline.com A new lecture series, designed to accompany the Cairo Under Wraps exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum, launched Tuesday, Sept. 16 in the museum’s Signy and Cléophée Eaton Theatre ROM curator emeritus Lisa Golombek’s lecture was on death in Islam. It was  described in the ROM... Read more

In the time that it takes a person to change and upload their Facebook profile photo, another person has taken their life. According to the new report: Prevent Suicide – A Global Imperative, released by the World Health Organization, an estimated 800,000 people globally die by suicide. “This report is... Read more

"More music, more events, more people and more amazing sound!" - Jon Switzer, Co-Creator, Owner and Operator of 40hz Sound System Read more

An old vacant high school sits in the middle of a residential area, but it’s far from being unoccupied. Shattered glass and insulation are scattered on the floor. Pipes and wiring hang from the ceiling and destroyed walls. Noises echo through the building, curiously close to the sound of footsteps.... Read more

A new report has the city of Toronto looking into how to best deal with the risks of indoor waterpipe smoking. Read more

"Vega Edge is a new form of wearable technology, more fashion than industrial design. Our product is designed to work with your wardrobe, not against it," says Hillary Predko, textile designer for the Social Body Lab at Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) University. Read more