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Review: M. NourbeSe Philip’s Blank is an essential remedy for our cultural amnesia
Plaza Requiem by Martha Batiz.
Review: Oisin Curran’s Blood Fable and Kristyn Dunnion’s Tarry This Night
Blood Fable by Oisin Curran.
Putting on the glitz: how to ring in the new year with style
Prop Styling by Wilson Wong
We should welcome Haitians facing U.S. deportation – it’s the right thing to do
Hugh Segal
U of T’s Leonard Cohen collection digs up diamonds in the mine
Within the library of Leonard Cohen’s materials, what may strike you isn’t uncommonness, but familiarity. This is largely seen in his letters to his mother, in which he seems most true.
In philanthropy, pro athletes step up to the line
Former Toronto Raptors point guard Cory Joseph was traded to the Indiana Pacers over the summer, but the Pickering, Ont., native is still involved with philanthropic causes in this country.
Egypt, Sudan relations at a new low over Erdogan's visit
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 14, 2015 file photo, a Sudanese boys poses for a photograph while swimming in the Nile River, in Khartoum, Sudan. Egypt's pro-government media is vilifying neighboring Sudan over its expanding ties with Turkey and Qatar, Cairo's regional nemesis, saying the three are conspiring against Egypt. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)
China criticizes US, German embassies for 'interference'
Pro-democracy activists hold pictures of Chinese activist Wu Gan near the Chinese central government's liaison office in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017. Activist Wu Gan who calls himself the "Ultra Vulgar Butcher" for mocking and pressuring Chinese officials, was given an eight-year prison sentence on charges of subversion, the harshest punishment in a sweeping crackdown on rights campaigners. The placard with Chinese words that reads "Rights is innocent, free Wu Gan now." (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Libyan army in east welcomes elections soon as possible
NKorea boat captain charged in theft from tiny Japan island
In this Dec. 9, 2017 photo, a crew member of a North Korean boat, center is detained by police in Hakodate, Hokkaido prefecture. Japanese authorities have indicted the North Korean captain of a boat that drifted to its coast on charges of stealing a generator from an uninhabited island. The captain and his nine crewmembers on the dilapidated boat were rescued near a tiny island off of Hokkaido, northern Japan, in late November. Japanese police this month arrested the captain and two crew members on suspicion they stole a generator and appliances from a barn on the island.(Masanori Takei/Kyodo News via AP)
In the news today, Dec. 28
Ontario minimum wage rises, youth pharmacare takes effect Jan. 1
First Nations look to grow marijuana industry for economic highs
Former Assembly of First Nations chief Phil Fontaine attends the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Ottawa on June 2, 2015. Canada's marijuana industry is expanding rapidly and some First Nations are looking to cash in on the emerging economic opportunities. Phil Fontaine, an Indigenous politician turned marijuana executive, has spent the last year travelling the country and talking to First Nations about jobs, wealth and training opportunities the burgeoning marijuana business could bring. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley promises to lay out budget balancing plan in 2018
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is pictured in Edmonton on Monday, December 18, 2017. Notley says 2018 will focus on Alberta's fragile but rebounding economy, specifically a road map to get back to budget balance in five years.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Ethiopians deported en masse by Saudi Arabia allege abuses
In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, Ethiopian Zeynu Abebe, 19, sits in between two others upon his arrival after being deported from Saudi Arabia, at the airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Undocumented Ethiopian migrants who are being forcibly deported from Saudi Arabia by the thousands in a new crackdown say they were mistreated by authorities while detained. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
Debt reduction remains high priority, ahead of investments and savings: CIBC
Credit cards are displayed in Montreal, Wednesday, December 12, 2012. Canadians are keen to lighten their debt loads in 2018, according to an annual opinion survey conducted for CIBC. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Germany: Union boss presses centre-left to join Merkel gov't
FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2017 file photo German Chancellor and chairwoman of the German Christian Democratic Party (CDU), Angela Merkel, speaks at the party's headquarter in Berlin, Germany. Germany’s top labor union official, Reiner Hoffmann, is pressing the center-left Social Democrats to join a new coalition government under conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel. Merkel’s Union bloc will begin talks Jan. 7 on a possible new government with the Social Democrats, her partners of the past four years. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn,file)
The Latest: Afghan president decries cultural centre attack
Charity donations likely to drop next year due to tax law
FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2017, file photo, a patron donates money in a Salvation Army red kettle in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. In this season of giving, charity seems to be getting an extra jolt because the popular tax deduction for charitable donations will lose a lot of its punch. (Mark Moran/The Citizens' Voice via AP)
Revenue hit predicted for California's medical pot market
In this Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017 photo, Elias Zaldivar, who has a medical marijuana prescription poses for a picture in Los Angeles. In the two decades since the state approved medical marijuana, it was an open secret that if someone was 18, they wouldn’t have to look very hard to find a doctor to write a prescription for a real or imagined health issue requiring marijuana. Now, with weed becoming legal for recreational use, that charade will end for many, and the medical marijuana industry could take a major revenue hit. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Turkey: 38 Islamic State group suspects detained in raids
As West Coast fights homelessness, kindness is contentious
Homeless people wait in line for a free meal Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, in Dana Point, Calif. The number of homeless living in Orange County has climbed 8 percent over the last two years. Advocates say the homeless population has become more visible as police have cracked down on rules barring camping, driving people from parks and bus benches to a few centralized locations, such as the flood control channel along the Santa Ana River in Anaheim. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
India chides Pakistan for treatment of officer's family
FILE - In this March 29, 2016, file photo, journalists look a image of Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was arrested in March 2016, during a press conference by Pakistan's army spokesman and the Information Minister, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan's foreign ministry said on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017, New Delhi has officially informed Islamabad that the wife and mother of Jadhav, who faces death penalty for espionage and sabotage are arriving in the capital for a meeting with him. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)
Turkey's Erdogan seeks to mend strained ties with Europe
Soccer star Weah poised to win Liberia's presidency
People wait to cast their votes during a Presidential runoff election in Monrovia, Liberia, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017. Young Liberians went straight from all-night Christmas celebrations to the polls Tuesday for a runoff election between a former international soccer star and the vice president to replace Africa's first female head of state. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)
A massive price tag to rebuild Iraq after Islamic State
In this Nov. 16, 2017 photo, Mohammed Tahar, right, and his grandson Mustafa Hansen, remove debris from the sidewalk leading to their house in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq. While 2.7 million Iraqis have returned to lands seized back from Islamic State, more than 3 million others cannot. Of those around 600,000 are from Mosul. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Few ready to pay to rebuild Iraq after Islamic State defeat
In this Nov. 16, 2017 photo, a boy who recently returned to the Old City walks past a destroyed building near his house in Mosul, Iraq. The U.N. estimates around 40,000 homes will need to be rebuilt or restored in Mosul, which faces the longest path to rebuilding of all the Iraqi cities freed from the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Wednesday's Games
Trump lashes out at Vanity Fair over Clinton video
FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves as she arrives to vote at her polling place in Chappaqua, N.Y. Vanity Fair is trying to defuse criticism of a video mocking Clinton and her presidential aspirations. In a statement Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, the magazine said the online video was an attempt at humor that regrettably "missed the mark." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
WHL Roundup: Gawdin, Gennaro lead Broncos over Warriors for sixth straight win
Democrat Jones officially declared winner over Roy Moore
FILE- In this Dec. 11, 2017, file photo, U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally in Midland City, Ala. Moore is going to court to try to stop Alabama from certifying Democrat Doug Jones as the winner of the U.S. Senate race. Moore filed a lawsuit Wednesday evening, Dec. 27, 2017, in Montgomery Circuit Court. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
Myanmar releases journalists, staff arrested over drone
Once busy Oklahoma death chamber stays quiet into 3rd year
FILE - This Oct. 9, 2014, file photo shows the gurney in the the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla. A state with one of the busiest death chambers in the country in recent decades, Oklahoma will enter its third year without an execution in 2018 while prison officials and state attorneys work to fine tune its procedure for putting condemned inmates to death. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
Judge dismisses public-pay abortion challenge, appeal next
FILE - In this July 12, 2011 file photo, attorney Peter Breen leaves the Sangamon County Courthouse in Springfield, Ill. Conservative activists and legislators pressing a lawsuit against publicly funded abortions in Illinois are seeking an emergency injunction to prevent the law from taking effect Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. State Rep. Peter Breen (R-Lombard) and Thomas More Society special counsel says many taxpayers have a "sincere moral obligation" to paying for abortions and that Illinois' budget crisis also is making financing them a problem. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
Colton Point makes most of start, earns shutout as Canada routs Slovakia 6-0
Canada's Colton Point plays the puck against Slovakia during the second period of IIHF World Junior Championship preliminary round hockey action in Buffalo, N.Y. Wednesday December 27, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch
China: US should curb demand for opioids, not blame China
A press release detailing some of the chemical substances to be banned in Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017. A top Chinese drug enforcement official says the United States needs to do more to fight its opioid epidemic, including sharing more data and police intelligence with Chinese counterparts. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Rising energy costs eyed amid brutal cold snap gripping US
Postcard from Pyongyang: The airport now has Wi-Fi, sort of
This Dec. 23, 2017, image shows a screenshot of a login failure notification appearing after an attempt to access the new WiFi service being offered to departing travelers who have already cleared immigration at the Pyongyang international airport. North Korea's main Internet provider recently set up the airport WiFi, though access to WiFi and the Internet in general remains beyond the reach of most North Koreans. (AP Photo/Eric Talmadge)
7th person charged in teen forced labour case at egg farm
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Venezuelans abroad panhandle with their useless cash
Dec. 28: Your daily horoscope
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Israel passes law that critics say is meant to shield Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during the graduation ceremony of Israeli air force pilots at the Hatzerim Israeli Air Force base in the Negev desert, near the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva, on Dec. 27, 2017.
Israel passes law that critics say is meant to shield PM
The Latest: Ex-Miss Americas react to statement
FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2013 file photo, Miss New York Mallory Hytes Hagan reacts as she is crowned Miss America 2013 in Las Vegas. Trashed by emails sent by pageant officials, former Miss Americas will help choose the new leaders of the Miss America Organization. The group told The Associated Press Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, that it is enlisting the help of former Miss Americas and state directors to recommend the next generation of leaders for the pageant. Hagan's sexual habits were mocked in the emails. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)
Foundation warns of drug-impaired driving this New Year's
The Latest: All passengers safely removed from stuck ferry
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