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Vesnivka Returns to Ukraine
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 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 Poland.…
It’s time for Tim Hortons to Roll Up the Rim and recycle: activists
Reading Time: 2 minutesThree 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 to…
User data and understanding the audience: how can the media adapt
Reading Time: 2 minutesTracking 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 themselves:…
The Shevchenko Foundation launched new mentorship program
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe 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 to…
Sephora’s customer appeal attempt went up in flames
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe 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 to…
First day back to work for Toronto City Council
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe 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 the…
Milton psychic charged with “witchcraft”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere 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 the…
Yvan Baker launches nomination campaign
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter MP for Etobicoke Centre Borys Wrzesnewskyj announced he will not be running in the next federal elections next October, he endorsed Yvan Baker to run in his place. Baker officially launched his nomination campaign on November…
Canadian heroes honoured at the anniversary of UWVA
Reading Time: 2 minutesInstead of opening with the Canadian and the Ukrainian anthems, this year’s Rememberance Day ceremony started with a symbolic funeral procession for Col. Yevhen Konovalets. Konovalets was a Ukrainian soldier and nationalist leader killed in 1938 that…
Ward 2 battles with overcapacity at local schools
Reading Time: 2 minutes“In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” With these words, Phillip Putt, a member of the Nativity of Our Lord parent council, began the evening. The running Toronto Catholic District School Board…
