Letters to the Editor

I recently read Ernest Reid’s article and was surprised to see the Stratford Shakespeare Festival described as being out of touch with youth and reliant on an aging subscription base.
The Stratford Shakespeare Festival has never been a subscription-based theatre, but our theatre is 96 percent supported by box office revenue.
The youth market is a growing segment for ticket sales, though it has never lagged. In fact, each year we attract between 60,000 and 90,000 students – this year the number was around 73,000.

Top athlete finds voice in rugby

Every day, Tiera “Tee” Thomas-Reynolds walks the halls of York University, often to an international studies class. And, every day, people walk by her thinking she’s just a regular student. Thomas-Reynolds is not a regular student.