York prof helps decriminalize Ontario prostitution

The recent Ontario court decision to decriminalize key provisions of Canada’s anti-prostitution laws was due in part to the efforts of a York professor and his students. Some specific prostitution-related acts were decriminalized by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice Sept. 28, including pimping, running brothels and soliciting.

Nuit Blanche sucked again

First off, I agree with you: Nuit Blanche sucked. The ways that we’ve chosen to respond to the increasing suckage of Toronto’s all-night contemporary art event, however, seem to vary.

Beer 101: Know your roots

Two foreign companies control almost 90 percent of Canada’s beer market. On the shortlist of Canadian stereotypes, beer ranks right up there with hockey and excellent manners. But the three biggest Canadian-owned brewing companies in recent memory – Molson, Labatt and Sleeman – were all purchased by larger multinational corporations in the last two decades.