Celebrating with neighbours from all cultures and faiths
One of the joys of our multicultural country is to learn about and celebrate with our neighbours from all cultures and faiths.
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VIEWS
‘Tree Funeral Song’ takes on Metrolinx and Premier Ford
Those attending the tree funeral on Nov. 28 organized by the Save Jimmie Simpson group were treated to a new song, sung to the tune of “Hallelujah.”
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Letter: Change the world to stop COVID-19 and whatever’s next
Now that COVID-19 is on the wane, we can shift our worry to larger issues we’ll be face over the next few years — like COVID-19.
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Benefits of the pandemic: new bike lanes and closed roads
If there is one benefit we have received from the pandemic and lockdown over the past year or so, it’s the rapid extension of our bike lanes.
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We will soon be together again
MP Bennett reflects on the past year since March 13, 2020 when she arrived home after Parliament was shut down due to COVID-19.
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Memoir finds different kinds of buried treasure
Leslieville writer Sharon Kirsch made her experience of searching through a home in Montreal’s Jewish community into a personal memoir.
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Is this the winter of the gun?
Trudeau government’s expected gun control on military-style weapons does not go nearly far enough to deal with Toronto’s handgun violence.
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Less romantic Valentine’s Day proposed by MP
She recommends we plan a less romantic approach to Valentine’s, Toronto-St. Paul’s MP Carolyn Bennett says.
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Feeling the loss of East York Chronicle founder Gary Webb-Proctor
Writer began the year with the news her employer and mentor, East York Chronicle publisher Gary Webb-Proctor, had died.
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Kathleen Wynne on girls, women and politics
Former premier Kathleen Wynne recalls her experiences showing misogyny still exists and how much further we have to go to achieve equality.
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Tragedy leads midtown columnist to writing children’s book
Many of you have been reading my columns. What I have not told you about is the devastating personal tragedy I have suffered.
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Back to school, not back to normal
She used to love the first day of back to school, MP Carolyn Bennett recalls as kids return under very different circumstances.
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Lament for the lost era of passing a joint around
I had been anxiously awaiting the reopening of cannabis shops in midtown. But the thought of passing a joint around has given me pause.
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Celebrating together — while apart
We are celebrating graduations, PRIDE, Indigenous history, Portuguese, Italian and Filipino Heritage Month and Canada Day very, very differently this year.
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Cooking up a storm to stay calm
With all the time I have had on my hands over the past two months, one of the things I have been doing to keep busy is cooking more than I ever have before.
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