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		<title>School board asked to put a face to new Africentric school</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A former vocational school instructor wants the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) to reveal to the city's African-Canadian community whom the new Africentric schools will serve.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonecastello.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3025215&amp;post=197&amp;subd=simonecastello&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Musicians urged to seek the bigger picture behind Internet exposure</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published in the Toronto Observer Online &#8211; Nov. 25 2008 Emerging musicians looking for instant exposure in the digital age should educate themselves first on the power and potential of the Internet, say veterans of Canada&#8217;s recording industry. This sentiment echoed throughout a free public forum titled, The Changing Face of Music in a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonecastello.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3025215&amp;post=188&amp;subd=simonecastello&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The 48 days of Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally filed on Nov. 7, 2008, for the Toronto Observer (Print Edition)  I am a Christmas enthusiast. In fact, my family dreads the weeks leading up to Christmas celebrations because they can&#8217;t keep up with my level of excitement. There&#8217;s just something about the festive season that brings out the child in me. Everything about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonecastello.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3025215&amp;post=178&amp;subd=simonecastello&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dirty Dancing &#8211; the musical</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published on SpotlightToronto.com on Oct. 12, 2008 After watching Dirty Dancing, the musical, I can honestly say that I did not have “the time of my life.” As someone who owns the movie (the VHS and 20th anniversary DVD release), it makes me very sad to admit that, but it’s the truth. A friend [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonecastello.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3025215&amp;post=209&amp;subd=simonecastello&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Award celebrates a long march to personhood</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published in the Toronto Observer Online &#8211; Oct. 24 2008 One of this year’s Persons Day Award recipients says the times and the timing have special importance. On Oct. 18, Toronto City Council recognized the efforts of Deena Ladd, the co-ordinator of the Worker’s Action Centre. Ladd works with the centre to improve the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonecastello.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3025215&amp;post=172&amp;subd=simonecastello&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Election 2008: Future uncertain for Liberal leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published in the Toronto Observer Online &#8211; Oct. 15, 2008 Liberal leader Stéphane Dion conceded his race for prime minister to Conservative party leader Stephen Harper late Tuesday night in the federal election, with promises to make the economy a top priority in Parliament. “It is clear that the global economic crisis is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonecastello.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3025215&amp;post=153&amp;subd=simonecastello&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Election 2008: Harper&#8217;s drive for majority stalls in Quebec</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published in the Toronto Observer Online &#8211; Oct. 14, 2008 (Uploaded onto the site as the results came in&#8230;) Conservative party leader Stephen Harper’s dream of winning enough seats in Quebec to propel him into an early majority government may have fallen short thanks to a stronger than expected showing by the Bloc Quebecois [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonecastello.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3025215&amp;post=143&amp;subd=simonecastello&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scrapbooking on a budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published on SpotlightToronto.com (Lifestyle section) on August 18, 2008 I’m not the most creative person I know. In fact, I really never understood people who found incredible amounts of time to craft together beautiful projects that looked as though they had taken endless hours of effort to create. I mean, don’t get me wrong [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonecastello.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3025215&amp;post=87&amp;subd=simonecastello&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A familiar place</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published in The Weekly Wanderer on August 13/14, 2008 as a two-part series I often wondered what my great-aunt meant when she said I would always be the perfect blend of east and west. It wasn’t until my recent trip back east, that I fully understood what she was talking about. I’ve lived in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonecastello.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3025215&amp;post=57&amp;subd=simonecastello&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian comedian brings laughter to Dundas Square</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Orignally published on SpotlightToronto.com &#8211; July 26, 2008 Torontonians looking for a chance to unwind and relax after a long workweek were treated to a special concert at Dundas Square on Friday night. Canadian Comic Shaun Majumder hosted a free outdoor concert in the square, as part of the city’s second annual Just For Laughs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonecastello.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3025215&amp;post=24&amp;subd=simonecastello&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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