Transit system plans big increase in service hours across region
Eric Lo Maglio
News Reporter
Transit riders anticipating a fare increase on Jan. 1 can take comfort knowing that York Region Transit plans to dole out more than 51,000 additional …
Archive for December, 2007
Monday, 10 December 2007 16:47
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Tuition is on the agenda, says new minister
Kenneth Brown
News Reporter
The Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities has a new man in charge and the Humber Students’ Federation (HSF) will be asking him to address two areas of …
Monday, 10 December 2007 16:35
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Kaitlyn Coholan
Managing Editor
The police operation Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) kicked off its holiday campaign last Friday at Humber.
The program began locally in 1977 under the title Reduce Impaired Driving in Etobicoke before it expanded throughout the …
Monday, 10 December 2007 16:32
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Patrick Soltysiak
Editor In Chief
Reading and fostering a love of books is important and the numbers seem to suggest the Canadian education system is working.
Five provinces participated in a recent study that rated literacy – and we fared …
Monday, 10 December 2007 16:30
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Kaitlyn Coholan
Managing Editor
Here's what I hate about Christmas.
People ask me what I want. I ask people what they want. I review my budget.
I get to the mall and the way I've dressed to combat the cold …
Monday, 10 December 2007 16:29
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Krista Cyr
Copy Editor
Is it true that everything bad happens in threes? I certainly hope so.
I’ve been to three funerals over the past month.
It has tested my strength and made me realize how extremely important it …
Monday, 10 December 2007 16:26
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Christine Teskey
Online Editor
“You’re skinny! Why do you need to work out?” I’ve heard this question from too many people for too long.
Yes, I’m thin and I have been for all my life. But for the past two …
Monday, 10 December 2007 16:25
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Claims of circus animal abuse suggest compassion needed
Jordana Stier
Life Editor
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have accused the Ringling Bros. Circus of aggressively hooking and beating its animals daily.
According to PETA, Ringling …
Monday, 10 December 2007 16:16
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Eric Lo Maglio
News Reporter
Jonathan Challoner, a third year student studying a bachelor in music at Humber’s Lakeshore Campus, was this year’s winner of the Oscar Peterson Prize, an annual award that recognizes outstanding talent in the program.
“It’s …
Monday, 10 December 2007 16:14
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Online gamers find new world of legal woes on the Web
Jackson Hayes
Senior Reporter
If you steal digital merchandise, is it still a crime?
That is the question several current cases are asking as users look for legal recourse …