Ethnic voices at City Hall Share News April 21 2011 Amidst the ongoing debate about political pandering to the “ethnic” and “very ethnic” vote, 16 immigrants and refugees will take the microphone at Toronto’s City Hall on April 27 to… Continue Reading
My name is Lubna Khalid and I am from Pakistan. A country who very few knew about but when they did it was all for wrong reasons. And still today no one knows much about the real Pakistan. My… Continue Reading
CATHERINE PORTER Nov 19 2010 Linda Chamberlain left her dream job because it was making her broke. She’s richer earning nothing, living in her subsidized apartment and getting monthly disability cheques from the government — $260 a month richer. When… Continue Reading
Laurie Monsebraaten Jul 18 2010 Theresa Schrader was a terrible loser. But it wasn’t losing her home, her family or her dignity to a life of addiction and the streets that tore her apart. It was losing two babies to… Continue Reading
Laurie Monsebraaten Jul 19 2010 For years, “hope” was just a four-letter word to anti-poverty activist Mike Creek. After working his way up in the hotel industry from dishwasher to head office manager, Creek lost it all in 1993 when… Continue Reading
News Staff Apr 1, 2010 “We accept people where they are at when they come in the door…if you’re homeless, working the streets, have addiction issues, mental health issues, family or no family, if you’re in crisis, if you’ve just… Continue Reading
An adult bed bug and her offspring, in a 2008 photo provided by Virginia Tech Department of Entomology. ((Tim McCoy/Virginia Tech Department of Entomology/Associated Press)) CBC News Nov 09, 2009 Toronto is experiencing a dramatic spike in the number of… Continue Reading
Laurie Monsebraaten Nov 30 2009 Bronwen Sims calls it Ontario’s “work disincentive program.” The 35-year-old woman, who suffers from bipolar disorder and fibromyalgia, has been living in poverty on Ontario’s disability support program for the past 10 years while doctors… Continue Reading
Opal Sparks checks out what’s growing in the Earlscourt Garden near St. Clair and Lansdowne. It’s part of The Stop Community Food Centre, serving one of the city’s most marginalized and under-serviced neighbourhoods. (STEVE RUSSELL / TORONTO STAR) David… Continue Reading
Carol Goar June 19, 2009 The four-month interlude between the announcement of Ontario’s poverty reduction plan and the release of the provincial budget was a tough time for Children’s Minister Deb Matthews. The economy was deteriorating. Her government colleagues were… Continue Reading