Author Archives: Bulletin Editor

Gord Downie joins WE Day Toronto

Camila Ossa — Gord Downie will be taking to the stage for special performances at WE Day Toronto and WE Day Family on October 19, 2016 at the Air Canada Centre. WE Day, a series of inspiring stadium-sized life-changing events ...

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Community 1 Foundation hosts final Integral House event

Cory Stewart — Weeks after the reported sale (rumoured to Canadian musicians Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida) of Toronto’s celebrated and award-winning residence Integral House (194 Roxborough Drive, Rosedale), the Community One Foundation – an organization with grant and award ...

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Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 99, Oct. 13, 2016.

John Sewell — This Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin is published by the Toronto Police Accountability Coalition (TPAC), a group of individuals and organizations in Toronto interested in police policies and procedures, and in making police more accountable to the community ...

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Big Labour could be coming to a small business near you

Julie Kwiecinski — It may only be an interim report, but proposed changes to the Employment Standards and Labour Relations acts suggested by the Changing Workplaces Reviewwould be devastating to Ontario’s small employers and their employees if they were to be ...

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Invite the public to your home cultural event Nov 20-27

Toronto’s Third Annual Festival of House Culture, Nov. 20-27, is a week of music, arts, workshops, conversations, fun, food, and community building, all in people’s homes, all over the city. The festival features a core of more than thirty in-home, ...

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Healthcare pros taking advantage of auto accident victims

Acting on a tip from a policyholder, two undercover operatives hired by Aviva Canada entered a wellness clinic wearing hidden cameras and posing as auto accident victims. At a North York wellness clinic, where auto accident victims are supposed to ...

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Aquaculture rules fail to protect wild salmon

Neville Crabbe — In a recent study, Gardner Pinfold Consultants Inc. has found regulation of salmon aquaculture in Canada, Maine, and Norway does not meet international standards for the protection of wild fish. Laws and regulations in New Brunswick, Nova ...

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City of Toronto Historic Sites October events

Haunted High Park – Adult and Teen Friday, October 21, Friday October 28 and Saturday, October 29 – 7:30 to 9 p.m. Explore the grounds of High Park after dark and discover the chilling legends and ghostly tales that have ...

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Canadian mining firm fights lawsuit for allegedly using slaves

From National Observer: In a historic legal first, foreign workers who have accused a Vancouver−based company of using slavery at an African mine will have their case heard in the Canadian court system. Read more here

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Whom does free trade benefit? Will it help or hurt?

If you were an Ontario autoworker when the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect, you likely saw your job shift to Mexico or a southern U.S. state in the redneck zone where “unions” is a curse word. ...

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