Kids and parents lined up for hours outside the new Cellular Point store, which celebrated the opening of their Malvern Town Centre location on April 18. But not everyone in line was there to activate a cell phone.
The saga of Toronto’s doomed public pools got a little piece of good news last night. The Toronto District School Board decided to save 13 of the 39 public pools slated for closure in June. The remaining 26 have been given two months to come up with funding to keep them operational.
Ontario pork, veal and lamb are the main course of a publicity campaign by Homegrown Ontario to promote farm-fresh meat, poultry, produce along with a side dish of commonsense: the message that ‘there’s no place like home.’ Homegrown Ontario started up about three years ago by a collective of Ontario food producers; its mandate is [...]
Toronto mayor David Miller launched a new program today intended to make city hall greener. The mayor’s announcement at Nathan Phillips Square introduced the ‘Cool it, Power it, Grow it’ program. The initiative aims to reduce city hall’s carbon footprint by running an air conditioning system that uses less electricity, buying power from emissions-free energy [...]
The medical retail plaza being built at 1145 Morningside Avenue has an innovative selling point for prospective business owners – rather than just leasing, they can buy their units outright. “We give the opportunity for the business owners to become landlords themselves,” said Hannif Highclass.
A partnership of Scarborough groups is pointing residents to community engagement. Residents in the Kingston-Galloway area who want to improve their communities can now hook up with local organizations at the new centre, The Point, to get help.
Canadian journalists Peter C. Newman and Linda McQuaig think newspapers are struggling because of the people who own them. The two spoke recently at the University of Toronto on the issue of why Canadian newspapers, like newspapers worldwide, have been shedding readers and revenue. Both agreed that the owners of these publications are trying to [...]
Pedestrians at the intersection of Bloor Street and Spadina Avenue may have noticed a little less urban grime on Toronto sidewalks lately. The clean-up comes from a teaser ad campaign that uses a stencil and a high pressure water hose to power spray the words Cultivate Grace into the sidewalk of one of the busiest [...]
The children are gathered around their storyteller. Nearby, the children’s parents stare in astonishment. Other than the occasional kick, scream or cry for Mommy, this is probably the most well behaved the children have been.
Many caregivers experience a deeper emotional connection with the person who has cancer and often other family members and friends. However being a caregiver is also difficult. Caregivers will have to cope with the many emotions that can surface when a loved one is sick.
