Humber Communique announced sidewalk and pathway closures, and the opening of a new road, near the Finch West LRT station. On Dec. 18, a new connecting road going east from President's Way to Highway 27 will open. This is a connection between parking and a main road in this area. Rob Kilfoyle, Humber's director of public safety and emergency management,...

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Paras Ralhan, a Humber international student, believes the suggested five per cent tuition hike recommended by Ontario's advisory committee on colleges and universities would hurt students.“The college should help the students. They should do something for them," Ralhan said. “Is there any program where international students can fill out a survey or do something else to get [a decrease] in...

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On Dec. 6, 1989, a gunman attacked Polytechnique Montreal with an anti-woman motive. According to a statement from the university, issued in remembrance of the attack, 14 young women lost their lives ranging from 20 to 31 years old. In addition, 13 other people were injured. The lives cut short included a dozen engineering students, one nursing student, and a...

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Monday that the province would take control of the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway (DVP) from Toronto. The announcement comes after a deal was made between the province and the city of Toronto in which the city promised to stop interfering with the Ontario Place Revitalization plan. Ford said the deal will...

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The anti-abortion activist group Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform (CCBR) held a demonstration on Tuesday at Humber College's North campus. The group was founded in 2001 and modelled after the Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform, an American anti-abortion protest group. Protestors lined up between the bus terminal and the main entrance at Humber’s North campus with graphic signs depicting aborted fetuses....

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Hundreds of protesters from Toronto and across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) gathered early Wednesday afternoon at Yonge-Dundas Square across from the Eaton Centre. The protest called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, along with ending the siege in Palestine. The advocacy group Toronto 4 Palestine led the protest and was joined by other movements such as Women Movement 4...

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Since being crowned the NBA Rookie of the Year in his debut season in 2021-22, young Scottie Barnes has only gotten better. The funny, goofy and talented Barnes is the third Raptors player in history to win this award. Even during the 2021 Summer League when he first played for the NBA, his personality was already captivating people. Raptors Rupture...

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Ontario Place for All filed a legal injunction with the Ontario Divisional Court on Tuesday in an effort to persuade the Ontario government to stop the redevelopment of Ontario Place. The group claims that the current redevelopment plan will destroy 850 trees and the ecosystem of Ontario Place. In a press release from Tuesday, Co-Chair of Ontario Place for All,...

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The Canadian Senate is reviewing a prospective universal basic income program to address advocates' calls surrounding the rising cost of living. While most recipients would be middle-class Canadians, experts say the money will significantly change the lives of those often left behind. Public health researcher and food studies professor Elaine Power said that the government needs to do more to...

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Humber College commemorated Transgender Day of Remembrance for the first time in person since the pandemic on Monday. The day was part of a week-long series of events aimed at highlighting and commemorating the losses within the transgender community. It was founded in 1999 by Gwendolyn Ann Smith to honour and memorialize Rita Hester, a Black trans woman who was...

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