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Mayor whistles arenas in girls’ hockey fight - Toronto Star
Beijing 2008 Stadium —
Authority: 144
Mayor whistles arenas in girls’ hockey fight - Toronto Star Mayor David Miller says adult male shinny groups and players in the competitive Greater Toronto Hockey League will be moved out of publicly owned arenas to accommodate the growing number of girls in the game. “They need to accept that they are less ...13 hours ago -
Remembrance Day - A Different Angle
Toronto Estate Law Blog —
Authority: 127
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre houses Canada’s largest Veteran’s care facility , offering care to a current population of 500 vets, a few from the Korean War, but the majority of whom are from World War II. Residents are housed in two wings: the Kilgour Wing which promotes independent living, and the ...1 day ago -
Revenge of the Copy Editor
Words at Work —
Authority: 118
HA HA HA! A copy editor strikes back. A copyeditor at the Toronto Star greeted the news that union copyeditor jobs were being eliminated in favor of freelancers by heavily editing the publishers memo announcing same, pointing out all the ways in which the publisher could benefit from editorial aid.1 day ago -
Textual Interventions
First Person Irregular —
Authority: 103
Last week the Toronto Star announced it was going to sack about 100 in-house editors, and replace them with editors from somewhere else. Today the Torontoist blog is running an internal memo to Star staffers from the publisher. What’s interesting about it is that a Star editor took a none-too-kind red pen to ...2 days ago -
Sub editor takes revenge on publisher
Jon Slattery —
Authority: 487
The Toronto Star recently announced it was planning to outsource some one hundred in-house editing jobs. Now, one sub at the Star has heavily edited the internal memo from publisher John Cruickshank announcing the changes and it has been sent to the Torontoist website where you can view an enlarged version (or ...2 days ago -
HAS CHINA REALLY INVENTED THE SECRET OF MAKING THE WEATHER? - Daily Express
Beijing 2008 Stadium —
Authority: 144
HAS CHINA REALLY INVENTED THE SECRET OF MAKING THE WEATHER? - Daily Express SATURDAY night in downtown Beijing was like any other autumn evening: overcast and gloomy. But when the residents awoke on Sunday morning they were greeted with a thick white carpet. Six inches of snow blanketed bicycles and cars, impromptu ...2 days ago -
Canadian Editors: Freaking The F**k Out, Just Like Their American Counterparts [Blame Canada]
Gawker —
Authority: 868
Funny Canadians. Our editors get into knockdown-dragout brawls where they kick the shit out of each other just for bad writing. The Northern version? Your union editing job: outsourced. Take a memo,...4 days ago -
Toronto Star starts restructuring, offers buyouts
Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com —
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Canadas largest circulation daily has launched what its publisher said will likely be the biggest restructuring in the newspapers history by offering voluntary buyouts to employees in all divisions of the company.1 week ago -
Mad News, October 28-November 3, 2009
Basket of Kisses —
Authority: 542
Basketcase robert linked us up with Stephen Colbert interviewing Gail Collins about her new book, which addresses the progress of the women’s movement from 1960. Mad Men is referenced around the 3.22 mark, but watch the whole thing.From Basketcase BroncoRoger: A Mad Men guide to New York City.The Frisky argues for ...1 week ago -
Bell trumps Telus with high-speed launch
ShareConnector —
Authority: 455
If you’re ready to sign three years away to get an iPhone in Canada, now’s your big chance! “The end of Rogers’ iPhone monopoly is drawing near, as its two main Canadian rivals prepare to launch their next-generation wireless network this week,” says the Toronto Star , going on: “BCE Inc. president and CEO ...1 week ago -
Frankie Boyle, Rebecca Adlington and the limits of taste in comedy - Times Online
Beijing 2008 Stadium —
Authority: 144
Frankie Boyle, Rebecca Adlington and the limits of taste in comedy - Times Online Here we go again. Only a year after the “Sachsgate” scandal fired a fevered debate about about the limits of what is acceptable in comedy, the topic has floated to the surface again, like a corpse not weighted down properly after ...1 week ago -
Parkdale Residents Association AGM, dates and speaker listing
junctioneer —
Authority: 430
Thursday Nov. 12, 7pm at May Robinson Auditorium (20 West Lodge Ave.) the RA will be electing PRA Officers and Executive for 2010, as well as having to speakers .This year we have two featured speakers:Joe Fiorito is a city columnist for the Toronto Star newspaper. He won Canada’s National Newspaper Award for ...1 week ago -
We have designs on Wii - Toronto Star
Nintendo Wii Game and Accessories Review —
Authority: 160
We have designs on Wii Toronto Star Project Runway is strutting to Nintendos Wii . Atari Inc. is developing a video game based on the popular reality TV fashion show. The game, set for release ...1 week ago -
Sources of error
Regret the Error —
Authority: 136
An Aug. 20 Living section article about the lack of services for homeless gay and lesbian youth featured the experience of a young man, Solomon Christiansen. The article reported that Christiansen felt he had no where to turn, left home, dropped out of school and began taking drugs because his mother’s boyfriend ...2 weeks ago -
Persichilli on Political Journalism
The Phantom Observer —
Authority: 420
Angelo Persichilli currently has a reputation as a Tory apologist, thanks to his unrelenting criticism of the Libranos. This is something he acknowledges in his latest Toronto Star column — and something for which he makes no apologies: I don’t understand why if you write stories unfavourable to the ...2 weeks ago -
Flush Before Flying
Intelligent Travel Blog —
Authority: 531
In an innovative approach to conservation, Japanese carrier All Nippon Airlines is suggesting that its passengers make a pit stop before boarding their planes in order to reduce fuel consumption. The AFP reports : ANA estimates that if half its passengers went to the bathroombefore boarding, it could reduce its ...3 weeks ago -
In the end, only kindness matters
fragileheart's journal —
Authority: 112
The title of this post comes from lyrics from the song ‘Hands’ by Jewel. I’ve been reading the Toronto Star’s Acts of Kindness for quite some time. I don’t read it every day but it’s always in the back of my mind. Some stories truly are heartwarming, whereas some stories remind me that people are very… ...3 weeks ago -
A recent graduate finds hope in Social Signal’s social media career advice
Alexandra Samuel —
Authority: 118
We were delighted to see that Tamsyn Burgmanns article on social media career opportunities -- featuring Alex, Channing and TheBigWild.org s Theo Lamb -- ran in the Toronto Star yesterday . And we were even more delighted to get this lovely message from a Toronto Star reader Rhea Claus: After coming across an ...3 weeks ago -
Writers share the rituals of writing — or not
Dani Couture —
Authority: 108
“Procrastination seems to be an essential part of the process of putting words on blank screens,” writes Geoff Pevere in his article in the Toronto Star. A survey of 50 writers — most of whom will be at this year’s International Festival of Authors — on procrastination. The article. Current procrastination ...3 weeks ago -
Copenhagen climate deal unlikely: Environment Minister Jim Prentice – Calgary Herald
Cooler Choice —
Authority: 161
AFP Copenhagen climate deal unlikely: Environment Minister Jim Prentice Calgary Herald Less than two months from key global climate-change talks, federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice says … Canada refutes climate split with developing nations AFP Environmental Groups Sue Canadian Government For Climate Change ...3 weeks ago
