How Toronto’s election changed one candidate
By Samuel Getachew, (Toronto Sun)
Does Little Ethiopia belong on Danforth?
6 July, 2010 | By Samuel Getachew
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I don’t usually like big mega cities, like New York. However Toronto is an
exception.
    Toronto, a city I admire, has always been full of
    characters, or much like the way former prime
    minister Joe Clark envisioned Canada in his
    successful 1979 election — a community of
    communities.

    The Greektown on Danforth, Chinatown around
    Dundas West and Spadina Avenue, Korea town
    on Bloor in the Annex are some of the areas that
    attract thousands of tourists on a yearly....More
Social Determinants of Health
THE CANADIAN FACTS
    07 May, 2010 (Juha Mikkonen
    and Dennis Raphael) - The
    primary factors that shape the
    health of Canadians are not
    medical treatments or lifestyle
    choices but rather the living
    conditions they experie...More
Ethiopian Enters Toronto City Council Race
    15 April, 2010 (Tadias)
    - Samuel Getachew, an
    Ethiopian-born
    Canadian citizen, has
    announced his
    candidacy for the 2010
City Council election in Toronto......More
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The battle for Little Ethiopia
IS THERE ROOM FOR A LITTLE ETHIOPIA ON THE DANFORTH?
20 July, 2010 | By Josh Hume
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Big dreams for 'Little Ethiopia' dashed
27 July, 2010 | By Natalie Stechyson (Globe and Mail)
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    Business Improvement Association says
    multicultural Danforth-Greenwood area
    too varied for one group to have special
    designation In the soft tones of his
    traditional Amharic language, Samuel
    Getachew orders lunch....More
It's time to phase out codeine: CMAJ
    4 October, 2010 (CTV.ca) - "People of
    North African, Ethiopian and Arab origin are
    most likely to have the genetic variant that
    makes them rapid metabolizers, but...More
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Bullet snuffs out a dream
18 October, 2010 | By ROB LAMBERTI, (Toronto Sun) - The bullet
that claimed Ibsa Hassan Ismeil also killed a dream...More
Isba Hassan Ismeil shot in the head and killed in Toronto Oye!Times
Man shot to death in east-end parking lot CP24
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Idea of Little Ethiopia in Toronto gets a boost
    30 December, 2010 (Globe and Mail) - And Mr.
    Getachew’s dream of a “Little Ethiopia” on Danforth
    Avenue, as improbable as it seems, is moving
    forward. After more than a year of being told “no”
    by the board of one of the biggest Business
    Improvement Areas in the city, the 34-year-...More
Toronto immigrants being cheated of services: Grit MP
10 February, 2011 (The SUN) - "The Ethiopian Association in the
Greater Toronto Area and Surrounding Regions had 86% of its budget
slashed, said its president Haile Fenta. The association has provided
settlement services to poor immigrants for the last three decades and
serves close to 36 languages groups, its staff said...More
Vigil planned for bus accident victim
3 February, 2011 (The Star) - Friends say Menale Dinesa was
passionate about helping his Ethiopian community and it’s that same
community that will lovingly remember him...More