Tag: ice storm
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Helping international students cope at college
BY ROSS ANDERSEN The everyday routine a domestic student experiences, can be quite a challenge for international students. Moving to an unfamiliar country and adjusting to a different culture is something most Canadians have never endured. “The hardest part for me is letting go of my old life, and beginning a new one,” said Nikolina…
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Into the storm
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID Even though work emails had been pouring in, nothing could have painted a picture of what awaited her back in Brampton. Kathryn Trojan Stelmaszynski’s red-eye flight from Vancouver landed early Monday morning in Toronto. And she went straight to work, stopping only to pick up her car, which was parked on…
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Storm leaves Toronto in the dark
BY MELISSA GERVAIS AND GREG LONGLEY This site is an all encompassing overview of the worst ice storm to hit the GTA in years. We provide articles and tweets along with images that recaptures the destruction. We also profile the last man left in the GTA without electricity for five straight weeks. Go to Twitter and Facebook…
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Halton and the Salvation Army give out grocery cards after ice storm
STORY BY SAMANTHA MAICH The Municipality of Halton gave out $27,000 worth in grocery store cards to residents on financial aid through Salvation Army locations from Jan. 8 to Jan. 10 in response to the ice storm. “About $450,000 in grocery cards were made available to communities that were the hardest hit,” and, “the remaining…