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UTSU Launches Lawsuit Against Former Union Leaders

On September 21, 2015, the University of Toronto Students’ Union (UTSU) launched a legal suit against its former president, Yolen Bollo-Kamara, former vice-president, Cameron Wathey, and former executive director, Sandra Hudson, accusing the trio of colluding to embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars from this controversial campus organization. The UTSU asserts that Hudson filed for […]

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Cloudy Conditions Don’t Stop Super Turnout for Supermoon Viewing Party

On September 27, 2015, the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics—an astronomical resarch and public outreach centre associated with the University of Toronto Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics—hosted one of their most successful events to date, in celebration of the evening’s rare supermoon lunar eclipse. The Facebook page for the event, where an astounding 18,000

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The Ongoing Fight over Planned Parenthood

The Republican Party introduced the Continuing Appropriations Resolution of 2016 in early September, hoping to block government funding of Planned Parenthood for one year. Although the bill never made it past the Republican-controlled Senate, failing by a final vote of 47-52, debate over the organization continues. Controversy around Planned Parenthood first began to escalate in

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Blue Jays Qualify for Playoffs for the First Time in 22 Years

Twenty-two years ago this October, Joe Carter lined a walk-off homerun in Game 6 of the 1993 World Series to secure the Toronto Blue Jays’ second straight championship. For 22 years, that was the last taste of playoff baseball that Toronto had experienced. But now, after many years of frustration and failure, Canada’s only major

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