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Working in cooperation with Basetrack, Ryerson University journalism students examine how the war in Afghanistan has affected not only Afghan citizens, but also Canadians. By Networked Streets With the killings of 16 Afghan civilians this month by an American soldier, attention has turned back to a country that has been torn apart by a [...]
Read more...By Asher Greenberg For those unfamiliar with the debate, the problem and solution can seem rather simple. Ontario funds both public and Catholic schools, but it does not fund any other faith-based or religious schools. The United Nations twice ruled Ontario’s system unfair. Elections have been fought and lost over the question of whether to extend funding to [...]
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Enrollment in Ontario’s private Muslim schools has multiplied. But so have the tuition costs. Zainab Hasan and Shelyna Khalfan discuss why they send their children to Islamic school. By Asher Greenberg I’ve been in the building less than five minutes and I have already committed a cultural faux pas. I awkwardly withdraw my hand [...]
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By Asher Greenberg It costs more than undergraduate education, every year. In today’s multicultural Ontario, it can cost $5-10,000 per year, per child to send your kids to a religious or faith-based private school. If you’re not in the Catholic system, that is. This at a time when the middle class is shrinking. In the last [...]
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In a competitive job market, prospective employees need something to make their resumes stand out. French/English bilingualism seems to be one way to accomplish this and can provide advantages to job seekers in the form of higher employment rates and in some cases, higher incomes. By Veronique Herry-Saint-Onge There’s no doubt Canada is facing an [...]
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Not that long ago, the non-Catholic Christian system was the public education system in Ontario. Today, these Christian schools are private – and struggling. Crystal Moore, a born-again pastor from Peterborough and mother of four girls, is trying to balance her values and her pocketbook. By Asher Greenberg Crystal Moore and her family live [...]
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The big, blue food truck that’s parked outside of City Hall has served hamburgers and fresh-cut fries on the cheap for 30 years. Ivan Tchohlev has owned the Mr. Tasty Fries truck for 18 of those 30 years. Once the owner of a hotdog cart not 20 steps away, Tchohlev traded up for a bigger [...]
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Although many downtown restaurants have shut their doors, and the headlines are asking whether we’ve reached our burger limit, one gourmet burger-slinger is building a small empire by selling locally-grown, naturally-raised beef. In 2007, Saeed Mohamed quit his job as a software engineer to open Burgershoppe on Queen Street East in Riverside. He got the [...]
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With the demise of M:brgr and their storied $100 double Kobe beef and foie gras headline-grabber, Bymark once again hawks the most expensive hamburger in the city. As the lunch crowd buzzes in from Brookfield Place, Royal Bank Plaza and the Toronto-Dominion Centre, even a bar-seat needs a reservation. You’re in Bay Street’s collective lunchroom, [...]
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The hamburger has taken Toronto by storm. With some restaurants charging as much as a steak dinner for a burger and fries, how do some of our city’s most iconic burgers stack up? By Chris Hampton While a burger and fries have long been the quintessential North American fast food, we’re in the midst [...]
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By Tendisai Cromwell University and college graduates, increasingly unable to find employment matching their education, are feeling the heat in the job market in these tough economic times. Rolla Tahir, a 23-year-old University of Toronto graduate, sits comfortably in her apartment in Toronto’s downtown core. The Middle Eastern decor is reminiscent of Egypt where she [...]
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While Toronto surges with trendy gourmet burger joints, one Annex diner has stood the test of time. People’s Foods, opened at 176 Dupont St. in 1963, has charmed generations of locals with its tableside jukeboxes, red vinyl booths and piled-high portions. While the autographed glossy of Peter Mansbridge hanging from the wood-paneled back wall says, [...]
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The life a man lives opens a world to his child. By Sharon McLeod A busy columnist staffs the demanding press gallery at City Hall in Canada’s largest city; he looks like some kind of urban soldier. Press releases and paper conceal his desk, people constantly interrupt him, and his blackberry buzzes endlessly. The columnist, [...]
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