Angela Sun explores the newly renovated Toronto Reference Library
On Monday 9 Jan, our city's budget committee proposed to slash seven million dollars from the Toronto Public Library (TPL). This was one of the more controversial proposals reversed last Tuesday, preserving 3.9 million of the TPL's budget. From the very beginning of the discussions, the proposed cuts to the TPL attracted public attention and anger.
The Canadian University Press (CUP) national conference (affectionately dubbed "Nash") last weekend took a grim turn as a suspected norovirus outbreak suddenly left dozens of delegates violently ill. As a result, the Harbour Towers Hotel and Suites in Victoria BC where the conference was held was placed under a voluntary quarantine by Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA).
My personal brush with sexual harassment
This past Wednesday morning, still groggy from the forcible readjustment of my sleep schedule (alarm clocks are your friend), I was running to catch the 94 Wellesley bus when a complete stranger decided to humiliate me in public. Picture this, will you? This goon, sausage-like in build, had the leering, ruddy face of an alcoholic or a heavy drinker.
Brace yourselves, the indie purists are coming
If you frequent any entertainment sites/magazines (especially Rolling Stone in this case), you probably know where this is going. Even if you think you live under a rock, if you've been to any off-campus house parties in the last two years, you probably are at least vaguely familiar with The Black Keys.
It takes surprisingly little to convey the tragic story of Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad. For those who are familiar with the novel, its transition to theatre may at first seem questionable, especially since much of the novel consists of Penelope's monologues about her life.
Funding for TTC services, libraries, and support for city’s most vulnerable all reinstated
This past Tuesday evening (9 Jan.) marked several crucial developments for city of Toronto and its residents. With several spending cuts that had been the subject of intense debate and controversy in the weeks leading up to the vote, the city's budget passed — but not before several amendments to the budget were also approved by city council.
Quebecois director Jean-Marc Vallée weaves stories of self-destructive romanticism
Café de flore, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée of C.R.A.Z.Y. fame, is never less than intelligent and, at its best, is a rapturous experience that lifts the viewer into the film's own fractured bliss. The film follows two seemingly disparate narrative threads: the first is centred on Antoine (Kevin Parent),whom we later find out is a divorcé from his high school sweetheart.
Has anything really changed?
We are constantly told that we live in a ‘postcolonial' world. We study postcolonial countries, we read Things Fall Apart and discuss postcolonial literature, and Stephen Harper tells us, "We have no history of colonialism." We say postcolonial so that we can imagine colonialism as being over, a part of history never to occur again.
UNITE HERE Local 75 union takes arms with UofT St George food service workers
UNITE HERE Local 75, a union that represents hotel and food service workers alike, has requested bargaining from the food providers and expects the process to begin in the coming weeks. The union represents not only UofT St George food services, but also workers from UofT Scarborough, St.
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