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Playing ball, breaking barriers: GTA Muslim women's softball league growing in popularity
A softball league for women is hoping to promote the sport to an under-represented group - Muslim women. It's called the Sisterhood Softball League.
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How Prologue to the Performing Arts breaks down barriers for students
The Prologue to the Performing Arts organization has a simple mission: to expose as many young students as possible across Ontario to the performing arts, no matter what community or neighbourhood they come from.
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Canadian chefs gear up for Bocuse d'Or – the Olympics of the culinary world
A team of chefs in Toronto has been bustling around a kitchen at George Brown College in preparation for the most prestigious international culinary competition in the world — Bocuse d’Or.
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Homestay: Documentary explores world of international students through VR
Filmmaker Paisley Smith uses virtual reality to tell the story Taro, a 17-year-old international student who took his own life while he was living with her family.
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Shedding light on the struggle for Tibetan independence ... one momo at a time
Tibetan community of Parkdale hopes to spark a conversation about the lives of Tibetans through a momo crawl along Queen Street West.
Video
Watch this raccoon get inside a raccoon-proof green bin in less than 30 seconds
A video of a raccoon getting inside of a raccoon-resistant green bin in less than 30 seconds is all the proof Toronto needs that this is a raccoons' city — we humans are all just living in it.
The Meadoway: 16 km stretch of urban park will connect downtown to Scarborough
A 16-km long stretch of land is being transformed into a large urban park in Scarborough called The Meadoway.
Police looking into past 'sudden deaths' in Bruce McArthur investigation
Toronto police detectives confirm that, aside from investigating hundreds of missing persons cases, they are also looking into any outstanding murders and "sudden death" occurrences that could be linked to Bruce McArthur over the years.
Milton mom given 25 handmade hijabi dolls by mystery donor
When Sheza Hasan came home earlier this week, she was surprised to find a mysterious box had been left on her front porch. When she opened it up, she found 25 handmade dolls made of fabric and sporting a variety of colourful outfits.
'It's insane out here': Canadians desperate to help relatives stranded in Dominica
Local families are growing increasingly concerned for the safety of their relatives stranded on the hurricane-ravaged Caribbean island of Dominica without enough food, water, power and no way of leaving.