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TORONTO STAR -- Exploring Toronto’s forgotten jazz landmarks: ‘There is creative history in this city that would blow your mind’

BY FILIPA PAJEVIC (FJHI '24) -- With the sun at her back, Jacintha tUkU Matthews, 57, stands between two buildings on Yonge Street. Hands on hips, she looks to her left at the tall Corinthian columns of a defunct bank, and scans the heritage site. Then she glances to her right at another neoclassical heritage building, this one shadowed by 60 storeys of glass. READ MORE.

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TORONTO STAR -- The buzziest restaurant in Toronto might be this west-end living room. Next week, it could be a downtown condo. Inside the intimate and ever-changing world of Toronto supper clubs

BY FILIPA PAJEVIC (FJHI '24) -- Twice a month, Elva Alushi, 34, opens the doors of her Victorian home in Roncesvalles to 10 guests — some friends, most strangers — for a special kind of dinner party. READ MORE.

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TORONTO STAR -- They met in Ukraine, fell in love and turned their tale into a play. But their romance is no fairy tale

BY FILIPA PAJEVIC (FJHI '24) -- On a rainy April afternoon, Mariya Khomutova and Matthew MacKenzie were huddled in a small café in Cabbagetown, waiting for the storm to pass. READ MORE.

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NEWS DECODER -- Can you say it in plain English? A new Quebec law says: “Non.”

BY FILIPA PAJEVIC (FJHI '24) -- In Montreal’s Plateau neighborhood, just off the buzzing Rue Saint-Denis and a block up the cobblestones of Duluth — a quaint corner store beckons. READ MORE.

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NEWS DECODER -- An ancient art form connecting two continents

BY FILIPA PAJEVIC (FJHI '24) -- In 2014, Japanese-Canadian artist Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka began hand-weaving a list. She wove each letter into fabric with a technique typically used for lace, so they’d only be visible when placed against a light source. READ MORE.

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TORONTO STAR -- Worried about paranormal activity in your new home? Meet Toronto’s only psychic licensed realtor

BY FILIPA PAJEVIC (FJHI '24) -- As he walks through the vine-covered brick house in Toronto’s lush High Park neighbourhood, Larry Medina makes note of the details a prospective buyer might want to consider: the rumbling of a passing TTC train, the dated kitchen that will almost certainly need upgrading, the heavily patterned wallpaper and faded linoleum flooring that will have to be removed. READ MORE.