The Toronto Observer

Rosannagh MacLennan remembers when she was 10 years old watching Olympian Karen Cockburn train at Skyriders Trampoline Club. At the time, MacLennan said she was too nervous to go and speak with her role model. Now 23, MacLennan trains with the three-time Olympic medalist as they both prepare for the upcoming Summer Olympics in London.

The second of two community meetings to discuss the current state of child care, specifically full-day kindergarten, was recently held at St. Jude Catholic School in Toronto.

The Scarborough Hospital will be hosting an event where speakers will be focusing on food's connection to chronic disease and body image.

Once a month, in a staff room at Holy Spirit Catholic School, the Scarborough chapter of The Congress of Black Women of Canada meets. Their goal is to motivate black women to participate in and contribute to the communities in which they live. At Thursday’s meeting the women focused on their upcoming community projects.

In a call to arms of some of Ontario’s best arm wrestlers, The Loaded Dog pub witnessed world No. 1 Devon "No Limits" Larratt dominate in all four classes he entered in the Golden Horseshoe Armwrestling Championships, remaining unbeaten Saturday in Scarborough.

A strike by University of Toronto teaching assistants has been avoided for now. After an eight-month-long negotiation battle, a tentative agreement between U of T and Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) local 3902 is now up for a ratification vote by TAs.

Homer Simpson — yes, that Homer Simpson — was once a member of the Stonecutters, a secret society made up of Springfield residents. Though it happened way back in season six of the show, I can't help but remember the Stonecutters' "We do" chant. As a matter of fact, I sometimes catch myself singing the tune: “Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?”

Police say that a 57-year-old man's cellphone was taken after being approached by two male suspects on Feb. 22. The man was allegedly approached by the two males around the Warden Avenue and Finch Avenue East area at approximately 8:35 p.m., and one of them took the cellphone before both fled the scene.

They're exclusive. They're expensive. And they're accelerating off showroom floors. Since taking a beating in the financial meltdown of 2008, the top-end of the car market in the GTA is back in top gear, says Steven Pavan, a sales consultant at Grand Touring Automobiles. "Sales are good, are getting better and will probably never stop,” he said.

The Congress of Black Women will be hosting a luncheon on April 15 from 1: 30 a.m. to 6 p.m. It will be held at 963 Pharmacy Ave., Scarborough.