Re: What would it be like to live in a Deaf world?. Nov. 16 One important aspect of Deaf World that was not covered in this piece was the issue of Video Relay Service (VRS), a videotelecommunication service that allows Deaf and hard of hearing people to communicate with hearing people in real time over…
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…
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor Bill 115, the Orwellian-named Putting Students First Act, was passed in the Ontairo legislature last week stripping tens of thousands of teachers and education workers of their right to collective bargaining. You could hear the clucking of Premier Dalton McGuinty and Education Minister Loreal Broten as they patted themselves on…
By Mick Sweetman Managing editor The past several weeks have seen sexual assault attract an unusual amount of media attention for an issue that normally is very under-reported. This attention has happened not because there has been an increase in the priorities of the media about sexual assault in general, but because there has been…
Re: Our home on native land Aug. 10 I really appreciated your report on the last board meeting last month. I look at the “sparks flying” comment and think to myself “did I miss something?” or is he commenting on healthy debate from polar opposite sides of an issue? That is what we have on…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog reporter One who says that they have never cheated in life is lying. Let’s face it, we all have done it at some point in life, it may be during a soccer game, speeding or running a red light, copying music from the internet, making excuses about why you…
