By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor A recent report published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, written by economists Trish Hennessy and Jim Stanford, slams the Ontario government’s austerity budgets and breaks down how far from solving the province’s economic woes—budget cuts actually exacerbate them. The report, aptly titled More harm than good: Austerity’s impact…
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor On March 7, Evan Murray, the chief returning officer for the Student Association (SA) election, released a public statement outlining the reasons that he rejected a request from students for a polling location for Arts and Design students at the School of Design building at 230 Richmond St. East. According to Yassamin Yassini,…
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor The trouble started with a light-hearted photo on the campaign trail of Yuchen Sun, who is running for the director of Finance and Operations, by her running mate on the Unified 4 Change slate Avanish Agarwal who is a candidate for Hospitality and Culinary Arts Rep. On the night of…
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor Some people choose to live on the streets of Toronto throughout the winter. That’s right, I said they choose to live on the streets. But the choice they make is a Hobson’s choice between the overcrowded, bed bug infested and dangerous conditions of the city’s shelter system or the…
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor When you read the phrase “hatchet-wielding hitchhiker” what image pops into your head? Are you thinking about a horror-story told as a cautionary tale about the dangers of picking people up who are thumbing a ride? Or are you thinking of Kai (who when asked if he had a last…
Photos by George Brown College students of the severe winter storm on Feb. 8, 2013. Despite most post-secondary schools in Toronto closing George Brown College stayed open.
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor This week has seen the campus press making the news and much as covering it. The Gazette at Western University is in a hot dispute with the University Students’ Council (USC) over plans to move the paper into a space about half the size of its current office, reportedly to…
Toronto exists because of one of the biggest swindles you can think of. In 1787, the British Crown first made what was known as the Toronto Purchase from the Mississaugas who were the Indigenous Peoples in the region. However, this was no tidy real estate transaction, the deed for the original purchase was left blank,…
It’s been an emotional week for me as Remembrance Day wass again marked and we march towards the 100- year anniversary of the slaughter of the first World War. I remember the hours I spent as a skinny teenager in the Air Cadets standing guard at the cenotaph at the ceremonies in my hometown of…
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor Many people don’t bother to vote, let alone lobby their elected representatives, sit in public galleries, or attend protests. It’s not that people are apathetic or dumb. On the contrary, many people know that their votes and their voices really don’t count for much in our system. Once you cast…
By Mick Sweetman Managing editor Amanda Todd is now a household name, her story has been written about in media outlets large and small across the country, she has been invoked in the House of Commons around a proposed anti-bullying bill, and the emotional video she posted on youtube before she ended her life has…
By Mick Sweetman Managing editor Just when I think this city’s government is finally turning a corner and making some halfway reasonable decisions I find they’re not looking, drifting toward the curb and crushing the nearest cyclist with a five-ton truck. Oh well, what’s some blood on the road if it means that Rosedale’s drivers…
