By Chris Hopkins Suzanne Johnson last saw Ryerson engineering student Robert Hineman alive in Sunnybrook’s critical ward the morning of June 17, 1997. He died at 9 p.m. from pneumonia. Hineman, 29, was hospitalized after a diving accident four days earlier. He suffered spinal injuries that paralyzed him from the shoulders down, but was expected […]

By Graeme Smith Toronto has a new mayor. So what? “Welcome to the new City of Toronto,” proclaimed Mel Lastman in his acceptance speech Monday night. Nelson Wiseman, a political scientist at the University of Toronto, agrees with the new mayor that the city is looking very different. “The power arrangement within Metro Toronto has […]

By Lori Fazari Angelo DeLuca’s political aspirations outside Ryerson have been shot down for the time being. The RyeSAC president ran for the position of separate school board trustee in Ward 11, encompassing downtown Toronto, the Don Valley and East York. He came in fourth out of six candidates in Monday’s elections. DeLuca was still […]

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