Newsstand: April 20, 2012

Let's be honest, it might rain today. But more importantly: Toronto police may change the way they deal with people who have a mental illness; gone are the days of tinny, hideously outdated, pre-recorded "O Canada" renditions—for Catholic school kids; a battle between comic convention companies pits Comicon against Comic Con; and Far Enough Farm may not get far enough.

Toronto police are reviewing their treatment of individuals with mental illness. At yesterday’s Toronto Police Services Board meeting, members of the public—some wearing blue hospital gowns to evoke a February incident wherein police shot dead a Toronto East General patient—got to make suggestions on how the evidently flawed system could be improved. Issues such as [...]

The Maple Leafs’ 2010–11 Season in Cartoons

Another Toronto Maple Leafs season is in the books—another volume in what can feel like a multi-tome riff on Waiting for Godot. But while the team’s missed the playoffs six years in a row (which is 24 in Leaf-years) the Buds are finally budding with potential instead of wilting with age. Here’s a look back [...]

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Newsstand: April 20, 2012

The Maple Leafs’ 2010–11 Season in Cartoons