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A helping hand for harmonicas

January 22, 1997

Toronto Blues Society putting on harmonica workshop

A cozy night with Tricky

January 22, 1997

By Lee Fay The setting is a lovely, multi-leveled British pub on Wellesley Street. The event is a press conference for British musician Tricky, set to play the Phoenix Concert Theatre later that night. Apparently winter is different in Bristol. “Tricky’s not used to the cold,” said the PR person for Island Records after a […]

Life in Mussolini’s Italy

January 22, 1997

By Theresa Ebden The Best Foreign Film from the 1971 Academy Awards, detailing Mussolini’s Fascist regime in World War II, has been revamped with new technology. Now playing at the Carleton cinema, The Gardens of the Fizni-Continis examines intimate details of the vitctim’s lives. Class division among the Italian-Jewish community determines the different families’ responses […]

Gus, planes and infected bladders

January 22, 1997

Every mode of transport is hell

Sled slips away

January 22, 1997

By Kelvin Chan Even with the incest, simulated oral sex (at least that’s what I think it was), uncoordinated stip-club dancing, phony fight scenes, lounge singing and the rambling monologues, Sled is still a pretty horrible play. Sled is Judith Thompson’s latest play, her first full-length effort in seven years. It’s being billed as “epic […]

Rye accepts donation

January 22, 1997

By Saleem Khan Ryerson received $12,000 so theft charges against a Metro businessman would be dropped. But Ryerson doesn’t seem to be concerned where the money is coming from. “We’re not the donations police,” Bob Crow, executive director of university advancement said. “I was as surprised as anyone to read the Globe and Mail story,” […]

Mission possible

January 22, 1997

Volunteering abroad with relief work organizations can offer real education

Car break-ins prompt action

January 22, 1997

By Jackie Burns Ryerson campus and surrounding streets were hot spots for car break-ins last month, and Ryerson security said the crimes won’t simmer down anytime soon. Chris Beninger, Ryerson’s Crime Preventions Officer, said incidents have been going on for months. “It’s an ongoing problem. It always will be,” he said. Police arrested 37 people […]

Guilty plea in gay-bashing case

January 22, 1997

By Philippe Devos The man who attacked a Ryerson professor he thought was gay pleaded guilty to assault Tuesday. Steven Wong, 22, of Murray St. in Brantford, say nervously in the prisoners box as Judge E. Ormston heard the case. Wong offered an apology before sentencing. “I’d just like to say I’m sorry for what […]

Northern’s plight

January 22, 1997

Josh Brown explores some of Northern Ontario's small towns and finds, well, not much

Nomad’s land

January 22, 1997

A paradise with a tribe of wanderers who have settled and opened their homes to young tourists

North-bound

January 22, 1997

By Gisele Junqueira Kato I had already glanced at my watch at least a hundred times. Weighed down by oversized bags and winter coats, I had been knocked off balance twice in 10 minutes. My heart was beating fast — in a few minutes I would be on the plane, headed to Canada. I spent […]

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