Photo by Robert S. Donovan. When was the last time you heard about Africa’s development troubles? Not too long before the global economic disaster hit, the issue had finally permeated the mainstream media, which increased aid to the continent; since then, wealthy nations and the Western media have re-focused on their own problems. But it [...]

Every Saturday morning Historicist looks back at the events, places, and characters—good and bad—that have shaped Toronto into the city we know today. University of Toronto Archives, Frederick Grant Banting and Charles H. Best, A1978-0041/001(53) Frederick G. Banting could probably sense that the meeting wasn’t going well. He was in the office of J.J.R. Macleod [...]

Photo by wili_hybrid. There is little more dreadful for a parent than unintentionally hurting one’s own child. There is little more traumatic for a child than having something they dearly want taken away from them. A Toronto psychologist is under fire for recommending controversial treatments which some believe cause just that. A heartbreaking NPR documentary [...]

Robot surgeon at St. Michael’s proving extremely successful. Our future robot overlords approve of the surgeon’s actions, as he gathers critical data about the obsolete meat sacks who, through the accident called evolution, have dominated the planet until now. Crazy Hummer-limo joyride leaves destruction in its wake. The total damages included one person with minor [...]

Provincial Education Minister Kathleen Wynne has tabled a bill that would ban trans fatty foods from Ontario schools. Trans fats and young people have been a hot public safety issue since 2005's infamous "Summer of the Muffin." Conservative MP James Moore yesterday angrily rejected allegations from NDP MP Irene Mathyssen that he had been viewing a picture of a "scantily clad woman" on his laptop while in the House. Although Mathyssen later apologized after...