Literature lovers battle censorship
Julielee Stitt, Centretown News
Bob LeDrew is an organizer of "Censored Out Loud," a campaign that is part of Freedom to Read Week.Archive 1997-2016
Aside from sharing the label “literary classics,” books such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the Harry Potter series, and To Kill A Mockingbird have something else in common. They all have been targeted for censorship.Julielee Stitt, Centretown NewsBob LeDrew is an organizer of "Censored Out Loud," a campaign that is part of Freedom to Read Week.
Your appetite doesn’t make cruelty okay.
At a drug store in Centretown, pills and supplements crowd both sides of an aisle. On one side are pharmaceutical drugs. On the other side are natural health products – alternative medicines and supplements derived from natural sources. This category includes vitamins and mineral supplements, herbal medicines and homeopathic remedies. Both categories are regulated by Health Canada. Illustration by Talbert Johnson
In a few weeks, city staff will propose new guidelines to streamline the process to approve outdoor patios. That can’t happen soon enough because under the existing procedure councillors can’t do their jobs properly.