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By Alena Khabibullina Special to The Dialog It’s funny how superstitious people can be! A poor black cat crossing one’s path seems to be a common superstition for everyone no matter their religion or nationality. We dream up lucky numbers, colours, and days of the week. We wear amulets. People want to be fluky and…
Dear Editor: I woke up at 4:30 a.m. on the day of the major Toronto snowstorm to check the GBC website (as instructed by my program faculty) which stated, “The college is open”. I only had clinics that day, which were cancelled, but how did I get this message? Through Facebook; not the website where it…
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…
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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…
Letter to the editor Re:The greatest swindle in Toronto’s history (Jan. 11) If the colonial British had did in 1713 what you advocate in your opinion piece “The Toronto Purchase” and opted for mutual respect, and set aside their foremost God Greed, this country would not be having the racist rooted problems it is having…
By Ken Corbiere Special to The Dialog Stephen Harper is not being a leader. Harper is not listening to Canadians. Harper is not leading this country in the direction most Canadians wish to be led. Big business has his ear and he will listen to nothing else. It has been well documented that through the…
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,…
By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter This is a tale of two rapes. One has been widely reported, protested and has sparked a global outcry and condemnation. It inspired actions of solidarity against rape culture and decried the lack of women’s rights. The other rape has barely been noticed locally, let alone nationally or globally. A…
By Dec. 6 memorial committee Special to The Dialog On Dec. 6 Canadians unite in solidarity, remembering the lives of the fourteen women who were killed 23 years ago because of their gender. On Dec. 6, 1989, an anti-feminist gunman segregated women from men in a classroom at L’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec, declared his…
By Lucie Ganz & Emily Kahle Special to The Dialog Movember! Most of us know it’s a campaign created to fight against prostate cancer. How many of us are aware November is “Woman Abuse Prevention Month”? The month is almost over and we weren’t aware of this campaign and our guess is that we’re probably…
