Archive for ‘May, 2012’
Every weekday's end, Extra, Extra collects just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss.
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Hamutal Dotan
A sneak preview at the ROM's upcoming dinosaur exhibit.
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Kelli Korducki • Photos by Dean Bradley
Torontonians break out the pots and wooden spoons to rally in support of the Quebec student strike.
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Torontoist • Photos by Dean Bradley and Christopher Drost
In Mayor Rob Ford's Toronto, the fact that "one-time savings" happen annually is an inconvenient truth.
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Daren Foster (aka City Slikr) • Photo by Christopher Drost
Let's all hope this Thursday is the one that finally brings those gum drop showers we've been hearing so much about. But even if we don't get that, we'll always have news, like: a bid for big retail in Kensington Market area is turned down, the push for Expo 2025 heats up, the spat between Metrolinx and the TTC goes on, and the tallest condo tower in all the land doesn't get support from its local councillor.
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Sarah-Joyce Battersby • Illustration by Brian McLachlan
Today, an art exhibition tackles the question of naked vs. nude, a new opera explores Canadian involvement in the Afghan war, and world-touring act Lazer Sword brings its mega beats to Toronto.
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Kyle Bachan
The_Game by Wakingmist
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Hamutal Dotan
How do women’s voices figure into conversations about Toronto politics and municipal affairs?
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Hamutal Dotan
Every weekday's end, Extra, Extra collects just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss.
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Steve Kupferman
Services disrupted as St. Christopher House marks 100 years in Toronto.
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Desmond Cole
Canadian expat writer (and sometime Torontonian) Malcolm Gladwell talked culture and heritage to a capacity crowd at the Toronto Reference Library.
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Patrick Metzger
Dolores Doherty runs a small dog shelter out of her home in Oakville. She has saved 271 canine lives.
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Alyssa Garrison
A street artist advocates for Mayor Rob Ford's defeat in an election that's still about two and a half years away.
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Steve Kupferman
Some mornings are Wednesdays, other mornings aren't. Today is. Also, here's some news: the gravy is flowing a little lighter in 2012 as the City is expected to end the year with a budget surplus; the gravy is likely not flowing at all at the Ford family dinner table as the mayor's diet is back on; the TTC raises red flags about Metrolinx's timelines; Caesars eyes Toronto's proposed casino; Markham has joined the big leagues; and the TTC gets serious about finding a criminal.
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Jess Davidson • Illustration by Brian McLachlan
In today's Urban Planner: How we talk about women in politics, how to get funding for your short film, and and how to green your summer.
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Jessica Buck
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Hamutal Dotan
Every weekday's end, Extra, Extra collects just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss.
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Hamutal Dotan
Stephen Dulmage wrote a resignation letter that perfectly sums up who he was to TPL.
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Steve Kupferman
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