This & That
Lorraine Johnson breaks the law to keep chickens in her Toronto yard
For the past three years urban gardener and author (City Farmer: Adventures in Urban Food Growing) Lorraine Johnson has kept chickens in her Toronto west-end backyard. As Toronto considers ending its current ban on urban fowl, Johnson, 51, serves up her reasons for overturning the bylaw. THIS: What inspired you to get chickens? LJ: I… More »
Canada's medical schools accept funding from Big Tobacco, study finds
You have to wonder what the staff at Canada’s medical schools are smoking. At least one quarter of the schools have accepted money from Big Tobacco to fund their operations, according to a study conducted by the University of Toronto’s Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health in May. Four… More »
Why Toronto should change its tattletale approach to social welfare for immigrants
Why Toronto should change its tattletale approach to social welfare
Minority report: Comparing Lester B. Pearson and Jean Chrétien
Long before June’s federal election results were in, the outcome seemed inevitable: despite Paul Martin’s best attempts at dragging his heels in calling an election to try and garner more support among voters, he would convene Canada’s first minority government in 25 years. Clearly, it was not what Martin had hoped for. But for the… More »
Over the falls in a trash can
As tourism grows in Ontario’s Niagara Region, with new hotels and casinos built each year, so does the amount of garbage. According to Walker Industries, which operates one of the region’s landfill sites, almost three-quarters of all garbage comes from commercial and industrial establishments. In 2002, residential waste weighed in at 110,000 tons, while industrial… More »
How to stop high-end magazines from using sweatshop labour
How to stop high-end magazines from using sweatshop labour
That & That, July-August 2004
A collection of smaller THIS & THAT articles from the July-August 2004 issue.
Sponsorship shmonsorship
Yes, the scandal was sleazy. It was offensive to Quebeckers. It wasted $100 million (over four years) that could have been spent on much, much better things. It probably had criminal overtones.
