Fatima Syed

That time Rob Ford wrote an op-ed

That time Rob Ford wrote an op-ed

Is there room in journalism for politicians' voices without the filter of a reporter?

Rob Ford is back in the news–this time, of his own choosing. In a special to the National Post published on December 3, 2015, Ford wrote an op-ed to mark the one-year anniversary of John Tory’s mayoral term. “Congratulations, John, you’re sitting in the big chair and you’ve finally shaped up to be a typical politician,” wrote the […]

 Shereen Dindar

Mighty Mouth

Mighty Mouth

Heather Mallick is a well-heeled leftie with a soft heart and a strident style

Inside a classroom in the Bancroft Building at the University of Toronto, fluorescent lights buzz above Heather Mallick’s head as she sits behind a long desk, poised in a long-sleeved dark blue dress, wide-eyed and nodding at a student in her continuing education course, Town Hall: The Bush Legacy. It’s her first time teaching this […]