Archive | October, 2006

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Moving memories, changing lives

On September 14, 2004, Brenda McIntyre’s life changed. The day before her mother’s 60th birthday, Brenda McIntyre sat holding her hand in a surgeon’s office. The doctor explained to her that he would have to remove her mother’s breast. As the reality settled in, she couldn’t figure out the words to comfort her mom. Her [...]


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Canadian Italian Heritage Day

Without anywhere to dance the tarantella and play the tambourines, some Italians in Scarborough are feeling left out with the lack of Italian festivals in the area. “Everything is in the west end of the city; everything is in Woodbridge; everything is there and we felt we were the black sheep of the Italian community,” [...]