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At 4 a.m., the Ontario Food Terminal is already abuzz
Reading Time: 3 minutes Friday is one of the slowest days at the Ontario Food Terminal, but the loud yelling, beeping and constant zooming of carts suggest otherwise. The food terminal, located in Etobicoke on The Queensway near Park Lawn…
Canadian sniper rifles headed to Ukraine by September
Reading Time: 3 minutes A Canadian weapons manufacturer based in Winnipeg is getting ready to export sniper rifles to Ukraine. The rifles sale comes days after Canada extended to March 2022 Operation UNIFIER, Canada’s defence and military training mission to…
Buses, not the LRT, may be the solution to transit issues in Scarborough
Reading Time: 2 minutes Increasing the number of bus routes is the most immediate solution to transit inaccessibility, some Scarborough residents believe. The borough’s diverse community depends on public transit to get around, yet the service they’re getting needs improvement.…
Vesnivka Returns to Ukraine
Reading Time: 3 minutes The last time the renowned Ukrainian choir Vesnivka travelled to Ukraine was 28 years ago, in 1991. This spring, Vesnivka will be returning to Ukraine for a tour through Western Ukraine. The choir will also visit…
It’s time for Tim Hortons to Roll Up the Rim and recycle: activists
Reading Time: 2 minutes Three young environmentalists from Calgary are trying to make Canada’s beloved Roll Up the Rim contest more environmentally-friendly. Mya Chau, 12, Eve Helman, 12, and Ben Duthie, 16, started an online petition #BetterCup, calling Tim Hortons…
User data and understanding the audience: how can the media adapt
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tracking software helps media organizations to understand their audiences better. It collects information such as user location, online interactions, and searches. However, digging for that user data may be difficult: media companies have to rely on…
The Shevchenko Foundation launched new mentorship program
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Shevchenko Foundation, in partnership with the Ihnatowycz Family Foundation, launched a new mentorship program for emerging Ukrainian-Canadian artists. The program, titled REACH Mentorship / Residency for the Arts, provides funding for artists of all genres…
Sephora’s customer appeal attempt went up in flames
Reading Time: 6 minutes The French personal care chain Sephora came under fire when it introduced a new perfume kit by Pinrose, a San Francisco-based perfume company, on Oct. 5, titled “Starter Witch kit”. The modern practicing witches world-wide took…
First day back to work for Toronto City Council
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Toronto City Council was back to business on Dec. 5, 2018, for the first meeting of the 2018-2022 period. The councilors had their hands full with a bigger population of their new 25 wards, and…
Milton psychic charged with “witchcraft”
Reading Time: 2 minutes There were no signs of open business on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 at “Milton Psychic”. The signs that advertised Dorie Stevensons’ services in her front lawn and on the windowsill have been taken down. Stevenson opened…
