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. “It’s interesting on one hand, because they are talking about getting more involvement with the parents and community,” said Hank Clark, who attended an information meeting about the school, [...]
Music has always been about the sharing of an artistic expression with others. But not all those involved in Internet-based music, agree with the culture of sampling. Five panellists spoke at a free public forum Monday night at the St. Lawrence Centre in Toronto. The forum, titled “The Changing Face of Music in a Digital [...]
Wayne Powell’s prayers were answered last week when police arrested and charged a man alleged to be the “poppy bandit.” Powell, vice president of a local Royal Canadian Legion branch, was disgusted when officials discovered about 17 poppy donation boxes stolen from local retail stores, during their annual poppy distribution campaign.
I am lying on the roof of a shoddy shot-up building with my sniper trying to stay below the radar. Bullets are whizzing by and bombs going off everywhere. I’m waiting patiently for my next victims when suddenly I see three men running towards my building. Without a moment’s hesitation, I aim through my scope [...]
Construction has begun on the Cedarbrae library branch that closed over a month ago. The library officially shut its doors to visitors on Oct. 6 and is in the preliminary stages of a total overhaul and redesign.
By Matthew Mitchell and Muzna Siddiqi The triple-murder suicide that shocked a quiet east Scarborough street earlier this month may have been the grisly result of depression, says a local psychologist. Keith Delong, 66, reportedly stabbed his wife Wanda, his son Richard, and his daughter Elizabeth Tompkins to death before shooting himself in the head [...]
The controversial relationship between fashion and fur has been generations in the making. Like many other trends, fur has enjoyed a rollercoaster ride in popularity, from the peace-loving, animal-friendly hippy years to the fashion-forward, high-society wannabe ’80s. But we may be coming to a time where we get to have our cake and eat it [...]
Tension over the wind farm project seems to be reaching a breaking point in the Guildwood community. A thousand people flooded into an information session hosted by Toronto Hydro at Sir Wilfred Laurier Collegiate Institute on Nov. 24 where they debated the positive and negative effects of the proposed offshore wind farm.
Seth Rogers, 36, the Delongs’ next door neighbour: “I’m really shocked. We’ve known each other more than 30 years. Richard, Elizabeth, and I have grown up together. I’ve shovelled with them. I’ve thrown snowballs with them. They were just a normal, quiet family. They were a really nice couple. Keith fed the birds behind their [...]
Roy Bowers has been a landscape artist for 66 years, and it’s still not enough. Now 77, the local resident is always saying “this is my last painting,” but he can never stop. “It is rewarding for me when someone else experiences these same precious moments through my paintings,” said Bower, who was 11 when [...]
