The Globe and Mail

Working on excellence: Regent Park school tries a new beat. April 25, 2015.
Alongside the scrambled symphony of piano and cello lessons at the Regent Park School of Music, each Friday a curious sound emanates from the classroom at the end of the hall.
Waka waka woo woo waka waka woo. Continue reading here.

Parents back TDSB trustees at special public meeting. January 26, 2015.
An embattled Toronto District School Board faced a supportive crowd Monday as speakers at a public meeting largely rejected a recent report’s recommendations to scale back trustees’ powers and reduce the number of schools with low enrolment. Continue reading here.

Auditor issues ‘financial storm’ warning for Brampton. January 28, 2015.
Brampton faces “financial storm clouds” on the horizon if it doesn’t quickly address its infrastructure funding gap and ballooning operating costs, according to an auditor’s report released Tuesday. Continue reading here.

Residents fear SmartTrack’s footprint. October 3, 2014.
Each time a train rumbles by on the tracks behind Sean Whalen’s Mount Dennis home, he says the vibrations shake his entire house.
“The upstairs of the house actually rocks and rolls,” said Mr. Whalen, who lives on Brownville Avenue. Continue reading here.

Safety experts urge schools to replace wired glass. A1. September 1, 2014.
School boards are not responding quickly enough to replace a common but dangerous type of glass, industry experts say, warning that wired glass can lead to serious injuries. Continue reading here.

What a Rush. L1. June 23, 2014.
Before she plunged 30 metres through the air on her first bungee jump, Rebecca Mildon was weighed to make sure she had the heft to make it all the way down safely. She was only 12 years old. Continue reading here.

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CIM Magazine

B.C. announces major mines permitting office. March/April 2015 issue.
Speedier mine approvals may be on the horizon in British Columbia following Premier Christy Clark’s promise of additional funding in this year’s budget for a new office dedicated to issuing mining permits. The announcement was made at the AME BC’s Roundup conference in January. Continue reading here.

WIM welcomes 2015 trailblazer. March/April 2015 issue.
Betty-Ann Heggie, the first female senior vice-president of PotashCorp, is this year’s winner of the Women in Mining (WIM) Canada Trailblazer Award. Continue reading here.

Diavik expands. February 2015 issue.
Development is set to begin this year on a fourth kimberlite pipe at the Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories. Diavik announced in November that its operator, Rio Tinto, approved the addition. Continue reading here.

Lundin reaches commercial production at Eagle mine. February 2015 issue.
Lundin Mining announced it achieved commercial production at its Eagle nickel-copper mine in Michigan in late November, about two months after launching operations at the mine. Located in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state, commercial production for the US$400-million project had previously been slated for the first quarter of 2015. Continue reading here.

Toronto Star

Losing church ‘feels like a death in the family.’ A3. April 6, 2014.
Pastor Roman Galadza could only watch helplessly as the Brampton church he’s led his parish out of for two decades was reduced to ashes. Continue reading here.

Outages hit public housing project hard. GT5. December 23, 2013.
As a destructive ice storm cut power to thousands of households on Sunday, some of the city’s most vulnerable were left struggling in the dark. Continue reading here.

Kitten flung out of car at downtown intersection. A3. July 13, 2013.
A tiny kitten is slowly recovering after he was allegedly flung out of a car in a busy downtown intersection Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading here.

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The Canadian Press

Urban umbrella opens in Toronto. CBC News Toronto. October 27, 2012.
A pedestrian-friendly alternative to clunky wood and metal scaffolding that turns sidewalks into narrow, dark tunnels around construction sites is making its Canadian debut. Continue reading here.

Toronto committee to look at licensing hookah establishments. The Globe and Mail. October 19, 2012.
Health concerns about non-tobacco water pipe smoking in Toronto’s hookah establishments have led city licensing staff to pursue regulations. Continue reading here.

TTC approves 5-cent fare hike ‘in principle.’ CP24.com. September 27, 2012.
Toronto transit users could be facing a fare hike as the Toronto Transit Commission battles a $28-million gap in its 2013 operating budget. Continue reading here.

New Toronto Taxes? Mayor Rob Ford’s Committee Approves Look At New Levies To Fund Transit. The Huffington Post Canada. September 10, 2012.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s executive committee has approved beginning public consultations on sources of funding for public transit, including several taxes and levies. Continue reading here.

The Ryersonian

E-exam for nurses coming to Canada. Page 3. February 26, 2014.
Aspiring registered nurses in Canada will write an American entrance exam starting next year, and some Ryerson students are worried they won’t be prepared. Continue reading here.

Ryerson grants Councillor Josh Matlow access to Sam sign. October 30, 2013.
The Sam the Record Man sign received a long-awaited visitor at its current warehouse home Tuesday afternoon. Continue reading here.

Same city, new perspective: discovering the ‘other’ Karachi. November 29, 2011. Available here.

Ryerson Journalism Research Centre

Universities downplaying issue of sexual assault on campus, says Jane Doe. April 26, 2012.
Universities, including Ryerson, deliberately downplay the issue of sexual assault on campus because it is bad for business, the 2012 Atkinson lecturer said during a speech at Ryerson University’s School of Journalism. Continue reading here.

No free press for journalists working in ethnic media. March 13, 2012.
Threats and intimidation are a regular part of the job for journalists working in the ethnic media, a prominent editor from the Toronto-area Punjabi community said during Ryerson University’s recent conference on press freedom in Canada. Continue reading here.

Ryerson’s Kamal Al-Solaylee publishes first anthology of Canada’s ‘national theatre.’ January 12, 2012.
As Kamal Al-Solaylee worked to produce the first anthology of Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre, his siblings in Yemen continued struggling in dangerous conditions brought on by the Arab Spring. Continue reading here.