Scotiabank AIDS Walk For Life Church Street Public School (83 Alexander Street) Sunday, September 25, 11 a.m. On Sunday, an estimated 5,000 people will participate in the Scotiabank AIDS Walk For Life to raise both awareness about HIV/AIDS and funds for the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT). Over 40 communities in Canada will have their [...]

Illustration by Sasha Plotnikova/Torontoist. The International AIDS Conference in Austria two weeks ago served as a reminder that a vaccine for HIV remains in desperate demand across the globe. Yet a new research paper by University of Toronto professor Peter A. Newman and graduate student Carmen Logie says that even if a perfectly effective vaccine [...]

Chalk River reactor’s risk level was 1,000 times greater than normal. However, Stephen Harper is a certified nuclear engineer, so if he says it’s safe, then shouldn’t we trust him? Wait, what? He’s not a certified nuclear engineer? Well, dang. John McCain wins crucial Florida primary. The old coot narrowly defeated the Mormon android and [...]

The referendum on Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) has become the latest victim of the costly and annoying “email hoax.” This time, instead of telling you about HIV-infected needles hidden in movie theatre seats or a plan by the U.S. Congress to tax your email messages, the anonymous missive attempts to paint MMP as a mysterious [...]

Each week, Torontoist chooses the most interesting cases from the Toronto Police Service crime blotter. All charges are alleged until proven under law. • Shortly after midnight on Sunday, a patron of Flirt Lounge on Adelaide West assaulted another patron, biting the victim’s ear and separating a chunk of cartilage. A cell phone camera snapped [...]

Howard Moscoe to jerks: “Hey, stop abusing disabled parking permits!” Bill Gates and Stephen Harper have pledged millions of moolah to the Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative. Polls suggest the Conservatives have taken the lead in public popularity, but Harper claims he’s in no rush for an election. Today in City Hall: a $6.2 million renovation [...]

The atmosphere outside of the (Elgin and) Winter Garden Theatre last night was similar — not quite the same, but similar — to that of a rock concert. Various people stood in the cold, holding signs that said “Need One Ticket, PLEASE,” while the large crowd jostled around three or four groups handing out flyers [...]

So, what did you think of that nine percent increase in water billing? How would you like a TWELVE percent increase? Because water staffers are suggesting it as an “alternative plan.” I suppose technically it’s an alternative, but it doesn’t have the feel of what an “alternative plan” is supposed to be; usually there’s a [...]

December 1st is World AIDS Day every year, but 2006 should stand out with particular significance. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the discovery of AIDS. And it was also the year that Stephen Harper decided to snub the International AIDS Conference. 40 million people are living with HIV/AIDS. An estimated 25 million have [...]

We know those nights are getting longer and colder and it’s only natural that some of us will go out on Friday night looking for that special someone right now to warm up those frigid fall nights but we thought we’d point out these little health notes from the people at Toronto Public Health. Firstly, [...]