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Articles by: Saima Desai

Arts & Culture

Livin’ the Handmade Life

Issue
2025 Dec – 2026 Jan
Tagged
Clothing, Fashion, Gift guide, Holidays, local
Politics

‘Drawing the Line’ on Carney’s Right-wing Agenda

Issue
2025 Oct/Nov
Tagged
Bill C-2, Bill C-5, climate, direct action, Draw The Line, Immigration, Mark Carney, Migrant Rights Network
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Labour

Flight attendants vote down Air Canada’s wage offer — but they can’t go on strike for a better one

Tagged
Air Canada, Air Canada strike, Canada Labour Code, CUPE, Rand formula
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News

COVID high over summer, RSV and flu seasons coming

Tagged
air quality, COVID, flu season, public health, RSV
Food

Eat the Plaza

Issue
2025 Summer
Tagged
840 Markham Road, Food plazas, plaza latina, ridgeway plaza, Skycity plaza, wexford heights strip
The wall at Bickford Centre, by Bloor & Christie
Food

Where the Wild Foods Are

Issue
2025 Summer
Tagged
foraging, Forbes Wild Foods, Indigenous, Johl Whiteduck Ringuette, wild foods
Labour

Under Pressure: Delivering for the Apps

Issue
2025 Summer
Tagged
DoorDash, food delivery, Foodora, Foodsters United, gig economy, Jennifer Scott, labour, Mahamudul Hasan Evan, Skip the Dishes, uber eats, unions
Announcements

Catching Junk AI Stories; Why We’re Delaying the Food Issue by a Week

Issue
2025 Summer
Tagged
AI, artificial intelligence, food issue, scammers, The Grind
A photo of an air quality monitor, a small white rectangular device showing a reading of "420" on the front
News

Airborne Danger

Issue
2025 April/May
Tagged
COVID, parenting, schools, Toronto District School Board
Cathy Parkes and her dad. He died at the Orchard Villa long-term care home in Pickering during a COVID-19 wave in 2020.
News

Justice Denied & No Improvements After LTC Disaster

Issue
2025 Feb
Tagged
Bill 218, COVID, long-term care homes, LTC, nursing homes, Orchard Villa
Photo of the blackboard in a school classroom.
News

Broken Chairs, Duct-taped Tiles, Strained Teachers: Ontario’s Schools Today

Issue
2025 Feb
Tagged
Education, provincial funding, TDSB, teachers, Toronto District School Board
Health

‘Dramatic’ Staff Shortages in Hospitals

Issue
2025 Feb
Tagged
burnout, hallway healthcare, health care, Healthcare cuts, nursing shortage, Ottawa Valley
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News

A “Trojan Horse” in the Ring of Fire

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