12: Summer-Fall 2008
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Paramedic: The rough trade
Originally from Mumbai, Jasmine Jasavala is one of the Toronto Emergency Medical Services’ (EMS) most senior and well-respected members, and has...
By Shaun Merritt -
Scarborough coming together
The threat of rain notwithstanding, Nayla Rahman is all aglow — and not just because she is dressed in lavender from her headscarf to her toes. Her...
By Matthew Blackett -
Where the lines blur Brown
I once heard Browns Line described as the ugliest street in Toronto, but I didn't bother to confirm this until recently. Browns Line is rather famous...
By Matthew Blackett -
'Food isn't a class issue’
Nick Saul is the executive director of The Stop Community Food Centre, an organization in the Davenport West neighbourhood whose range of services...
By Matthew Blackett -
Bob Kemp and the amazing watering cart
The heavy rains in the summer of 2008 made it easy to forget that 2007 was Toronto's driest summer ever recorded. While people can seek shade and...
By Matthew Blackett -
The longhouse and short of it
Next time you are on the 401 heading east out of the city, take the Kennedy exit and head north until you're just past L'Amoreaux Park. Take a...
By Matthew Blackett -
Why are there no lamp posts on Yonge?
The apparent lack of lamp posts south of Charles and north of Grosvenor on Yonge Street is at first unsettling, suggesting that the stretch of sidewalk...
By Matthew Blackett