Book launches, dance festivals, and fashion mark month By Dilara Kurtaran It’s been a little over two decades since Canada officially recognized February as Black History Month, and this year, the wide range of events aimed at honouring the legacy of Black Canadians includes book launches, lectures, and fashion installations. Local independent A Different Booklist […]

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An arbitrator has sided with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) ruling that the rent the mental health hospital and research facility pays to the landlord of its College Street location be based on its value as an institution. Its landlord, Brookfield Asset Management, had notified CAMH during a lease renewal process that […]

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Group of Seven member Lawren Harris, who painted Red House, Winter, shown on this year’s holiday cover, not only has many links to the Annex, but to this issue as well. He attended the University of Toronto, taught visual art for a time at the Central Technical School, and painted several depictions of the Ward […]

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An alternative medicine practitioner has been charged with sexually assaulting a patient at his independently-owned Natural Healings Health Solutions clinic on Bloor Street West. A 22-year-old woman has alleged that 53-year-old Mark Lennard assaulted her while receiving treatment at the clinic for back pain. He was arrested on Nov. 9, charged with two counts of […]

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A 40-year-old archaeology professor at the University of Toronto has been awarded a MacArthur “genius grant”. Dimitri Nakassis, who studies Late Bronze Age (Mycenaean) Greek society, will receive $625,000 over five years to spend however he chooses, but is still not sure how he will use the grant. “My interpretation of the award is that […]

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