The case for making New Year’s resolutions
Welcome to 2018! 2017 may have been a dream for you, or a nightmare, but one thing is true for all of us – it’s over. New Year’s eve is my favourite night of the year.
Articles by Katherine Forte
East York brewery raises the bar
In East York, beer doesn’t get much more local than it does at Muddy York Brewery.
Something fishy about downtown Toronto’s Waterwheel Farms
When you think “farm” you may not think of downtown Toronto, but Alec Wheeler is trying to change that perception. Near Queen and Dufferin, sits Waterwheel Farms, an aquaponics farm that grows leafy greens and herbs.
Liberal ‘red wave’ rises in Atlantic Canada, carries into East York
At 10 p.m. the CBC announced that Liberals will form the next federal government. With earliest results coming from Atlantic Canada, the CBC said that the so-called “red wave” had swept the Atlantic region, unseating such sitting Conservative cabinet ministers as Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea and Aboriginal and Northern Development Minister Bernard Valcourt.
Seminar aids youth charity
“We give them tangible skills to tell stories, whether it’s a personal story or a story that’s going around the community, or their schools, giving them a way to express themselves,” said program director Steve D’Alimonte.
In defeat, Olivia Chow delivers message of hope
She awoke the morning of the mayoral election to a Toronto Sun cartoon editorial of herself dressed in a Chairman Mao outfit, with squinted eyes and tilted glasses. Positioned on a skateboard while standing on the…
Providence Healthcare has a drop-off program for Alzheimer’s patients and their families
Though some people diagnosed with dementia may be apprehensive about joining, Elizabeth Davison and her staff employ a variety of techniques to help patients decide to give the program a try. “Sometimes to get them in there we’ll say ‘Why don’t you come for a cup of tea and we’ll see if you like it?’… We really try and promote that club atmosphere”
Wandering elderly: 1,200 Alzheimer’s and dementia patients lost in Toronto
The federal government announced on Wednesday, Oct. 1 that it is in the “early stages” of developing a national strategy for dementia. But with no definitive money pledged, no allocation of funds, and no timeline provided, the announcement by the federal Minister of Health, Rona Ambrose, is too little, too late for the Basdeo family of Vaughan, Ontario.
Sexual assault on Rouge Hill Go train
According to police, there may be more victims following the Feb. 13 arrest of a Whitby man accused of sexually assaulting a minor on a GO train. Police say the suspect took photos of a…