TAKING A FIRST LOOK AT THIS YEAR’S JANE’S WALKS By Whitney French Lace up your sneakers and get ready to walk it off! Since 2007, the first weekend of May has been slated for the annual Jane’s Walk, an urban neighbourhood walking tour that honours urban advocate and author Jane Jacobs.  In the spirit of [...]

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By Lee Zaslofsky On March 24, just as the NDP was choosing its new Leader, Alice Heap passed away. I learned of it on Facebook, from a short message posted by her son, David. Alice Heap was married to Dan Heap, who represented Downtown Toronto at City Hall and then in Ottawa as the NDP [...]

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LOCAL ARTISTS CREATE COLLABORATIVE CONTEMPORARY PROJECT By Jelena Subotic Local artists Pascal Paquette and Sean Martindale have joined forces in a collaborative project just one of many featured in the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Young Gallery (317 Dundas St. W.). Their project centres on a collaborative and do-it-yourself structure. Paquette and Martindale use their different [...]

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THE GLEANER SITS DOWN WITH LOCAL CROONER SAM BROVERMAN By Perry King When it came time to choose a graduate program, a young Sam Broverman was at a crucial crossroads of his existence. A Winnipeg native, and singing for most his life, Broverman also came to enjoy mathematics. As a math undergrad at the University [...]

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