The Ontarion

“Long Take” looks at overlooked spaces

Stacey Aspinall — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:42:42 +0000

On a bright summer day, the trek across town to Boarding House Gallery on Dublin Street involved the typical scenery: red-brick houses, porches with peeling paint, pathways, and lush green lawns and leaves. These sights were similar to the subject matter presented in Jennifer Carvalho’s solo MFA thesis exhibition Long Take, which used the mundane [...]

TV review: Arrested Development

Alex Roibas — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:41:43 +0000

Season four back on track after six-year cancellation After being off the air for nearly a decade, Arrested Development has returned via Netflix with a hilarious fourth season. In the newest season, each episode addresses the story of a specific character since the show’s cancellation six years ago. The 15-episode season was released all at [...]

Curator tour of MSAC’s “XXXV” exhibition

Jessica Avolio — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:40:22 +0000

Dawn Owen gives a talk and guided tour of the celebratory exhibition Macdonald Stewart Art Centre (MSAC) is celebrating their 35th anniversary with an exhibition labeled XXXV. This exhibit, which launched at the beginning of May, showcases artworks from MSAC’s permanent collections. Since their beginnings in 1978, the MSAC collection has grown from 150 pieces [...]

Contemporary Dance Festival in Exhibition Park

The Ontarion — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:38:50 +0000

Toking up and slimming down

Laura Castellani — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:35:55 +0000

Can marijuana protect us from obesity? Plagued by ever-rising rates of obesity and increasingly sedentary lifestyles, the time has come for Canadians to take a hit for health. Or so a recent American survey, linking regular marijuana use to improvements in metabolic health would suggest. More specifically, the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey found [...]

Internet mourns the loss of their hard G

Alex Howie — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:35:15 +0000

Creator says “GIF” is pronounced “jif” “The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations,” Steve Wilhite, inventor of the GIF, said. “They are wrong. It is a soft ‘g’, pronounced ‘jif.’ End of story.” This declaration from the father of the GIF sent the Internet into a chaotic frenzy over their beloved file format. Wilhite’s intentions [...]

Conservatives refused to cooperate during robocall investigation

Alex Roibas — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:34:44 +0000

A critical analysis of political fraud During the 2011 Canadian election, a series of automated calls took place across Ontario that informed voters that venues had changed, and provided new locations for ballots to be registered. However, the calls proved to be a sabotage mission created by the Conservative Party to help redirect voters they [...]

Crossing Borders: The Immigrant Experience

Shwetha Chandrashekhar — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:33:59 +0000

A First-Generation Challenge We are a nation of immigrants with a million stories; stories which marry us in a unity of struggles and triumphs as pioneers to a foreign land. We are the adherents of our ancestors who wanted more out of life; those who dreamed bigger about better. They came in pursuit of freedom [...]

Parody vs. reality in Rob Ford crack-scandal

The Ontarion — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:33:01 +0000

Out of all the things that have come out of Rob Ford’s mouth, no one could have guessed that the next thing would have been smoke from a crack pipe. About three weeks prior to the time of this publication, several journalists revealed that they had viewed a cellphone video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford [...]

Asparagus

Kaela Shea — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:32:18 +0000

From their tips to roots; interesting facts, nutrition, and recipes of springtime Spring has sprung! Despite the sporadic temperature jumps, it is indeed springtime. Along with the telltale signs of tulips, petunias, and mosquitoes, waves of fresh Ontario produce have entered the stores and markets. One such spring treasure is asparagus. Asparagus has an eight [...]