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Toronto Historic Sites events April 21 to May 4

Ilena Aldini-Messina — The City of Toronto Historic Sites present several events in April that provide enriching entertainment for all ages while connecting visitors to Toronto’s rich history. Visit www.toronto.ca/museum-events for more information. FORT YORK NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE  250 Fort ...

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Rising food prices harm those on social assistance: OCAP

Jessica Sikora — The annual cost of living across Canada rose by 2% this January over last year.  The cost of food, however, rose at twice that rate (4%). In Ontario, the increase in food prices has been even steeper ...

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It’s not about you

Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. — The baseball thudded into the dirt at the batter’s feet; causing a dusty orange cloud as the dry powdery clay splashed over home plate. “Ball Four!” cried the umpire; and the batter took off for ...

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Tory style plagues us since the bad days of Mike Harris

Frank Touby– Toronto is plagued by Tories. First there were the Mike Harris Tories who broke our world-class city apart by forcing us to include suburban cities as part of Toronto. Our smoothly functioning CityHome municipal housing program was demolished ...

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The tightening grip of corporations on the U.S. government

Michael Hasty — Perhaps the most important result so far of the Bernie Sanders insurgency is how starkly it has exposed the truly totalitarian nature of the 21st century American state. Of course, this is not totalitarianism of the classic Orwellian variety. ...

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Nuclear industry donates to Kathleen Wynne’s Ontario Liberals

Angela Bischoff — On Wednesday Ontario’s Opposition Leader, Patrick Brown, asked Premier Wynne to call a Commission of Inquiry into her Government’s political fundraising practices. According to Mr. Brown, “The people of Ontario need to know if government contracts and ...

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OFL urges Ontario to halt the sale of Hydro One

Joel Duff — As the Ontario Government gears up to sell off another 74.2 million shares in Hydro One, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is calling for an immediate moratorium on the sale of the province’s hydro transmission and ...

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Sitting and restless: Stand against ‘meeting culture’ in Canada

Teresa Fazari — Concerned you’re spending too much time in a chair during business hours? Well, you’re not alone. According to a new survey released by ParticipACTION, the majority of Canadian office workers (63 per cent) are worried about the ...

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GTA March resale housing figures

Toronto Real Estate Board President Mark McLean announced record TREB MLS® home sales for the first quarter of 2016 following a strong result for March transactions. There were 10,326 sales in March and 22,575 sales in the first quarter. The ...

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Hillary Clinton: “If I’m President, We Will Attack Iran

Stephen Lendman — On July 3, 2015, presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton addressed a hand-picked audience at a Dartmouth College campaign event. She lied calling Iran an “existential threat to Israel… I hope we are able to get a deal next week that puts ...

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