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Newsstand: October 11, 2011
After the sacrificial turkey has been carved, we welcome our reward: the glorious montues. Though technically a Tuesday, montues signals the start of the work week that ends with the welcome disorientation of Friday's hastened arrival. In the news this Tuesday montues: cooking up a feast at the Good Shepherd, new feminist icon from olden days, Toronto's G(irls)20 summit goes overseas, and the plight of cats and dogs.
If you thought cooking your first Thanksgiving turkey was a challenge, try cooking up 150 birds. That’s what staff and volunteers at the Good Shepherd Ministries did to prepare for this year’s Thanksgiving dinner. The Queen East ministry served over 1,600 meals on holiday Monday, complete with flowered centrepieces and pumpkin pie. Thanks to the 72 volunteers and staff of seven who put the feast together.
Anyone seeking a new 17th-century feminist icon and/or wondering what is up with Italian politics these days, look no further than the University of Toronto. The university’s Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies and Iter partnership are publishing a collection of letters written by Arcangela Tarabotti. The Benedictine nun was also a writer, publishing six books criticizing the Italian patriarchy. She also kept correspondence with literary luminaries of her day and detailed her efforts in lacemaking. This marks the first time the letters will be published in English.
More lady love from Toronto: local student Hanan Dhanani will represent Canada at the G(irls)20 Summit in Paris this weekend. The summit, modelled after the G20 summits where world leaders gather to discuss the global economy, was started in Toronto during our G20 weekend in June 2010. Delegates, all girls between the ages of 18 and 20, gather to brainstorm how to empower girls and women around the world. On that note, time for a Beyoncé dance break.
A Toronto man is trying to help the hungry of Costa Rica. After some Canadian students bonded with a trio of malnourished dogs in the Central American nation, they started a plea to find the animals loving homes. Air Canada has offered to pay half the transport costs and an Ottawa vet will spay and neuter the dogs. Enter Rene Videla and his wife Catherine, who are eager to take one of the dogs in, after losing one of their dogs to cancer last year. Homes must be found for the other two dogs before the pack can be put on a flight.
But enough of that long-weekend fluff, and on to the real news. That’s right, on to the cats. A potential cat adopter and her cat-fostering friend are short one short-haired cat after the Toronto Humane Society gave the cat to another adoptive home. The fosterer was hoping she’d be notified when the cat went up for adoption, as she had worked that out in the past, but things didn’t go so purr-fectly this time around. Now, against policy, the Humane Society is going to contact the new owners and see if they’re willing to give the cat back. Stay tuned for the thrilling conclusion.