PSAs and news briefs
Equity matters at UTSC The anti-racism Equity Matters group will run its Integration vs. Isolation event on March 17 from 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus. The event is…
Equity matters at UTSC The anti-racism Equity Matters group will run its Integration vs. Isolation event on March 17 from 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus. The event is…
I Take This Man debuts I Take This Man, a comedy by Jack Sharkey, debuts March 27 at the Scarborough Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston Rd. The play runs until April 6. General admission is $17,…
Deveroux Mitchell was looking for a place where he and the kids he mentored from Malvern could play basketball and talk about life. The local resident had turned to different places and people, but only…
If you want to catch your local firefighters at work, chances are the best place is along the highway. That’s where Station 214 gets most of its calls. In the wake of the huge fire…
Single family homes with attached garages are commonly sought by middle class families migrating to Scarborough, but they’re not the only ones interested. They’re also being targeted for marijuana grow operations.
With the record-breaking amounts of snowfall Toronto has seen this winter, it’s no surprise that the city’s used higher than normal amount of salt on the city’s roads and sidewalks. Now, with spring fast approaching…
Thanks to Ontario wine drinkers, clients of Toronto food banks may well be better nourished. Late last fall Wine Council of Ontario ran its “Buy Local, Share Local” campaign. It raised $50,000 for Ontario food…
At the end of a one-lane pathway in the countryside of Richmond Hill, a massive white dome-like structure is situated housing the largest optical telescope in Canada. This is the David Dunlop Observatory (DDO), what…
With traditional Irish music playing in the background, Irish eyes were smiling in Toronto on Sunday. The 2008 St. Patrick’s Day Parade was a sea of green on a sunny afternoon, but there was one…
Scarborough resident Alysha Phalen looks forward to the day when a visit to the hospital won’t take up half a day. Last February she went to the Scarborough Hospital for a minor procedure. “I went…