Category: Community
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Match Group goes public
STORY BY CHELSEA HOGG Investing in stock is always a risk. What if you’ve invested in something that people stop using if it works well? Tinder, Match.com and OKCupid are examples of services people drop if the service is successful for them. When looking for a partner of any kind online, the website or app becomes obsolete…
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Terrorist’s son advocates peace at community breakfast
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ELISE MORTON “No matter the level of violence you’ve been exposed to it doesn’t have to define your character. All of us have the ability to change our path.” This was one of the main messages Zak Ebrahim conveyed to the audience during the sold-out YMCA of Oakville Community Breakfast for…
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Oakville residents rely on the United Way
STORY BY ROSS ANDERSEN Sheridan College raises thousands of dollars every year for the United Way of Oakville to help Halton. Last week, the United Way of Oakville kicked off its campaign at Sheridan College. The United Way raises funds supporting programs based in Halton with goals of building a better future. For more than…
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Writing on the Wall
BY ERIN QUEENAN “I throw up my food here every day. Anorexia and bulimia owns me.” On Oct. 5 a student wrote this on the inside of a bathroom stall, neatly and with black marker in the SCAET wing at Sheridan College. Dark and prominent, its message was hard to ignore. The next day, whether…
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The 111th Toronto Santa Claus Parade
STORY BY STEFAN LEE AND RYAN SAGADORE PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEFAN LEE Parents squabbling, children gawking, this was Santa’s big day. Though Christmas is still more than a month away, the 111th annual Toronto Santa Claus Parade shut down a chunk of the city Sunday afternoon. The parade has come a long way since its single…
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Carbon Monoxide Awareness
INFOGRAPHIC BY ELISE MORTON How do you protect yourself from something deadly that you can’t see, smell and taste? It’s a difficult task, unless you have a carbon monoxide detector. Carbon Monoxide (CO) is a deadly gas, which is invisible, odourless, tasteless and is also known as the silent killer. According, to Ontario’s new Carbon…
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Suzuki shares Blue Dot movement to heal the planet
STORY & PHOTOGRAPHY BY NATALIA CAMARENA “Is a forest a sacred grove, or simply timber and pulp? Is a river the veins and capillaries of the land, or is it for power and irrigation? Is the soil a complex community of organisms, or just dirt? Is another species our biological kin, or a resource? Is…
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Should Trudeau legalize pot?
The Trudeau Liberals captured a majority government two weeks ago, primarily on the wave of support for their many campaign promises. One, the legalization of marijuana, has been hotly debated for many years. Is legalization a victory for personal liberty, or an act best left undone? JAKE HRIBLJAN The late, great philosopher Terence McKenna once…