By: A Dog Well, here we are again. You’ve got your small plastic bag and I’m looking for a the right spot, but could you do me one favour? Stop staring. It’s just a small ask, but your ogling is …
Editorial
I’m not racist, I’ve just been arguing that I should get to say the n-word for 6 days
By Darren Anderson As you may have heard, there’s been a lot of discussion this week about the acceptability of the “n-word” after Bill Maher said it on air on Friday night. So I just want …
“Why can’t you be more fun?” by your upstairs neighbour at 4am on a Tuesday
I am a super fun guy. Everyone says it. I go to a lot of parties and at every one there’s always, like, a girl or two who’s like, “Hey, I love your viking hat. You must be a super fun…
But if we raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, how will I know that I’m better than my fellow man?
By: Dave Heder, construction worker This week Ontario’s new PC government announced they were freezing a plan to raise the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour by 2019. Already a lot of people ha…
We bought a $3 million bungalow full of bats and were not happy with the result
By Catherine Jheon I was at work when my husband Julian called, with a kind of sexual excitement in his voice that I knew only too well. “I just saw a for sale sign. I didn’t bother looking at th…
At least I beat the brown guy
By: Kellie Leitch, former Conservative Party Leadership candidate I wish to congratulate Andrew Scheer on winning the Conservative Party Leadership. While my divisive, anti-immigrant, and half-ba…
Why can’t millennials just bring me the horn of the Mountain Beast?
Arguably no generation has been afforded as many advantages as millennials. Education, technology, and societal advances should be making it easier than ever to get ahead. So why can’t millennial…
I ride my bike with my helmet around my handlebars in case I need to put it on just before I crash
By: Erik Schmidt The exercise, the freedom, the wind in your hair: riding your bike is one of the best things you can do, both for yourself, and for the environment. But it’s important to put saf…
Kathleen Wynne has to go, and that’s why I’m voting for—oh, oh no…
By Margaret Dyer Enough is enough. Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals have shown that are completely unable to run this province. I’m tired of incompetence, of cronyism, and of corporations coming first. …
Journalists should only become the news if they are white: Toronto Star Public Editor
BY: KATHY ENGLISH, TORONTO STAR PUBLIC EDITOR It has long been the policy of the Toronto Star that black journalists not take public stands on public issues or become the news. By exercising his …
