Toronto’s Lost Voters
One in seven Torontonians are barred from voting in the municipal election because they are not Canadian citizens.
Arts & Life
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Is the iPad the New Newspaper?
Mar 12, 2010 - 7:57 AM
The technology that best distributes information defines the mass public. Increasingly, this isn’t newsprint.
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Fish Tank: Dead-End Living
Mar 12, 2010 - 7:56 AM
“Life’s a bitch, and then you die.” The refrain to Nas’ well-known hip-hop song plays as the credits roll at the end of Andrea Arnold’s film Fish Tank, and appropriately so. It perfectly summ...
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Sex, Bombs, and Burgers: An Interview
Mar 10, 2010 - 8:48 AM
In an interview about his new book Sex, Bombs and Burgers, Peter Nowak joins audio producer Chris Mitchell to talk about how our basest human needs have driven technological innovation. (Run-time: 14 m...
Politics & Policy
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Israel in a Bubble
Mar 12, 2010 - 7:42 AM
The settlement issue isn’t about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, it’s about the internal conflict within Israel itself.
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Cutbacks Should Start With Partisan Waste
Mar 12, 2010 - 7:42 AM
Treasury Board President Stockwell Day’s announcement that he would cut 245 positions on a variety of government boards and commissions is a good example of how this government prefers gimmicks over ...
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What the Budget Didn’t Do
Mar 11, 2010 - 7:45 AM
Since its release last week, the federal budget of 2010 has vanished as though it never happened. Peter Daniel, the dean of Department of Finance communicators, would say “it must be wrapping fish at...
Science & Technology
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Is the iPad the New Newspaper?
Mar 12, 2010 - 7:57 AM
The technology that best distributes information defines the mass public. Increasingly, this isn’t newsprint.
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Sex, Bombs, and Burgers: An Interview
Mar 10, 2010 - 8:48 AM
In an interview about his new book Sex, Bombs and Burgers, Peter Nowak joins audio producer Chris Mitchell to talk about how our basest human needs have driven technological innovation. (Run-time: 14 m...
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Changing the Climate of Uncertainty
Mar 10, 2010 - 7:14 AM
In a recent letter to La Presse, Conservative MP Maxime Bernier remarked that “it would be irresponsible to spend billions of dollars … to solve a problem whose gravity we still are not certain abo...
Business & Economics
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For Start-Ups, Bad Times Mean Good Times
Mar 12, 2010 - 7:52 AM
The recession has actually helped Canada’s start-up industry grow.
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Greece?
Mar 11, 2010 - 7:43 AM
At first glance, the solution to Greece’s financial mess seems clear. The country repeatedly failed to adhere to the deficit limit of 3 per cent set by the European community, racking up a deficit th...
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Quality or Growth. Why Choose Just One?
Mar 10, 2010 - 7:13 AM
If we have learned anything in the last few years, it is that once admired companies can fall out of grace so precipitously that a bout of vertigo is virtually assured for anyone trying to track their ...
