From the factory to the penthouse
Leaving behind a blue-collar job, George Kozaris has built a great career selling condos and helping others
Home is where the deli is
Brenlea Yamron (left) and her sister Karen Yamron-Shpeller are working tirelessly to keep the family business afloat. (Gavin Axelrod/T•)
Chained Together
By Tamia James The sound of a notification bell fills Kate La with excitement because it means she has received an order. After confirming the customer’s purchase, she rushes to her work station where a container holds chains, lobster clasps, jump rings, pendants and a plier that awaits her. She will now assemble her pieces.…
Opening a Business While Six Feet Apart
How two women banded together to open Bean and Basket, a retail shop, that shares their love for community
A Pet’s Life Post-Pandemic
By Madison Schuliakewich Jennifer Grosse fiddles with her laptop as she sits down on her brown couch, often peering over at the small litter of orange kittens snuggled up to their mother in a small corner of her one bedroom condo. Grosse began fostering cats and kittens three or four years ago, during a time…
Facing the Unseen: A Mental Health Story
By Patricia Dolor Trigger Warning: This article mentions suicide. The letter hidden in her backpack had a paragraph for every person in her life: her sister, her brother, her mom, her dad. The act was fully planned; 15-year-old Karandeep Gill was going to take her life. During math class, she went to the washroom and…
Getting off the bench
With female voices in the sports media industry being sparse, a group of women at Ryerson University created a sports journalism outlet to let their voices be heard.
BORN THIS WAY
By Felecia Francis It’s 2015, a suitcase is being wheeled against the floor of the Norman Manley International Airport, in Kingston, Jamaica. In that suitcase lies more than clothing. It contains a bag of sand collected from the beach. The sand is a reminder that Jamaica is where she’s from, even though she will no…
Dancing To A New Beat
Sanaaj Mirrie grew up with a passion to dance but only moved to the beat of “the safe path.” One accident changed the way she looked at life
Worshipping God through a screen
How one North York church has been coping with its members barely meeting for over a year