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Toronto’s East End May Be in for a G’Day

East Enders seek some new ideas for old buildings and find their answer down under.

In an effort to revitalize Toronto’s East End, two local community organizations searched the world over for a solution and found what they were looking for very, very far away. Last week, the Danforth East Community Assocation (DECA) and the Gerrard Eastwood Community Organization (GECO) hosted Marcus Westbury, the founder of Renew Newcastle, who spoke [...]

Band, Interrupted

Music and deafness haven’t always been strangers. Rumour has it that Ludwig van Beethoven played on a legless piano so he could feel the vibrations of different notes when he lost his hearing. Today, he is celebrated not only for his musical achievements and timelessness, but for overcoming his disability, triumphing over something that could [...]

Film Friday: We Don’t Even Like the Manic Street Preachers Song

Australia! It’s a big country, and to be terrifically unfair and dismissive we’ll be honest and say until recently it hadn’t given us very much. Off the top of our head, we thank it for inspiring an enjoyable episode of The Simpsons, a couple of 2000 AD stories (Oz and Song of the Surfer), and, [...]

Canada, The Scariest Place On Earth

We hate to burst your bubble, but there’s a good chance that the government of Australia hates Canada and all Canadians…especially you. This is, of course, nothing more than a wildly inappropriate and unverifiable allegation on our part, but we do have a bit of evidence to support our theory. You see, Australia’s official position [...]