TTC head Gary Webster fired during special session
On Tuesday night the Toronto Transit Commission’s General Manager Gary Webster was fired after a closed door meeting at City Hall. The final vote was 5-4. Webster was let go “without just cause” which means that he will be given two years of severance pay. Andy Byford, the chief operating officer, with take over Webster’s [...]
KJ Mullins-Toronto: A forest takes a thousand years to grow and flourish. Have we humans changed the course of the forest so much that the soil no longer has the power to keep mighty trees alive? In Charlotte Gill’s book Eating Dirt readers are drawn into the world of tree planters, a multicultural tribe of [...]
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In the previous article, I presented the Monty Hall Problem, a famous problem in elementary probability, based on “Let’s make a deal”, a television game show of years gone by. If you haven’t read that article, what follows is likely to make little sense. It would therefore probably be better to read that article before continuing [...]
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KJ Mullins-Toronto: In Quebec a hobby farm is the site of a sanctuary for retired research chimps. Operated by Gloria Grow and her partner Richard Fauna Sanctuary tries to give these animals a sense of peace after their long years as lab subjects have ended. Author Andrew Westoll’s The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary gives [...]
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Bart B. Van Bockstaele-Toronto: How often have you heard this: “It’s just common sense”? Probably far more often than you care to remember. Common sense is often seen as a sort of innate intuition that leads us to the correct conclusions only a moron would deny. However, as I will show in this and the [...]
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The Japanese-Canadian band MONKEY MAJIK brought their special magic to Toronto Sunday night at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre for a special free concert as Ambassadors of RESILIENCE. Monkey Majik consists of Canadian brothers Maynard and Blaise Plant (vocals and guitars) along with the Japanese rhythm team Tax (drums) and Dick (bass). The band has [...]
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KJ Mullins-Toronto: On March 11, 2011 Japan faced one of the largest disasters in their modern history when an earthquake followed by a tsunami killed tens of thousands. The band, MONKEY MAJIK, witnessed their hometown’s tragedy pushing them to give more of themselves. MONKEY MAJIK are KIZUNA Ambassadors (Ambassadors of RESILIENCE). The band is in [...]
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Migrating Landscapes, a Canadian wide architecture competition, is being exhibited at Toronto’s Brookfield Place until February 24, 2012. The exhibition is the work of Canadian architects and designers under the age of 45 have been influenced by migration and immigration. The sanded wood scraps build miniature city skyline models with videos featuring the projects. Winners [...]
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JJ Lee’s “The Measure of A Man The Story of a Father, A Son and A Suit” takes readers on the journey of understanding a father with each thread and seam of altering his suit. As Lee tailors his story the history of the suit comes alive, bringing an understanding of how the modern wool [...]
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Each day a Toronto Police officers goes to work they could be facing those who have mental illness. There are policies in place to protect those who are ill but what can of help is there for those on the front lines themselves? I have been where you fear to go… I have seen what [...]
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