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Entries from April 2010

Unlucky in injury: World’s first “spleen protector” built for U of T athlete

April 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment

By Perry King With U of T’s bittersweet playoff loss to against York University Feb. 24, Nick Snow capped a memorable university athletics career that almost did not happen. The last five years were a maturing experience for Snow. The basketball program gave Snow the chance to see and compete in basketball games worldwide, and […]

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Beaton the brave: Activist wins national award for protecting the planet

April 17th, 2010 · Comments Off on Beaton the brave: Activist wins national award for protecting the planet

By Beth Macdonell “All the skills I have, I use to protect mother earth,” said Danny Beaton as the early morning sun shines across our table at Future Bakery (483 Bloor St. W.). The photographer, filmmaker, flautist, writer, and teacher has kept an office at the corner of Brunswick Avenue and Bloor Street for 20 […]

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Storming the Barnes: First novel a classically spun noir story set in 1960s Toronto

April 17th, 2010 · Comments Off on Storming the Barnes: First novel a classically spun noir story set in 1960s Toronto

Courtesy: Lily Barnes By Emily Landau To outside eyes, Lilly Barnes may be a woman of the world, but her world ends in the Annex. “My kids tease me—they say I act as if I get a nosebleed north of Dupont,” she chuckles. Barnes has lived in the Annex for almost six decades, where she […]

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Tags: Arts · General