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Holi celebrates spring with a dash of colour
If you’re itching to celebrate spring or the end of winter, the Hindu festival of Holi is for you. “We are expecting 1,000 to 1,500 people to come out,” said Vinod Varapravan a co-founder of Srshti Seva, a non-profit organization that is putting on the Holi festival in Victoria Park this Saturday. People from different communities come out…
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Canned festival to shine a light on journalism students’ work
The last class of Western’s Master of Arts in Journalism program plans to finish the year on a high note next week with a festival celebrating the students’ best work. The Canned Festival will run all day Tuesday, April 14, during the journalism school’s last week of classes, in the studio on the second floor…
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Bringing organic food to the community one box at a time
Spring has definitely not sprung. The sun is not shining. The birds are not chirping. The flowers are not blooming. But, one woman is trying to bring a little sunshine into the community. And, you can find it in a box. It’s called the Food Box Project. “It’s a food buyers group,” said co-founder Abby…
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The Death of Coachella?
Today marks the beginning of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival, but it also could mark the downfall of the festival once considered one of the best in the world. What used to be a destination for many indie music lovers around the world is slowly becoming an afterthought, at least in the eyes of ticket…