Vet knew she belonged in the navy
As a child, Marilyn Trainor remembered the music of the Elgin Regiment brass band from across the street in her St. Thomas, Ont., home. “I always wanted to be in the (military),” she said.
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Students acknowledge remembrance by creating letters home
The Grade 10 students entered “the smelly little drama class,” as most at Francis Libermann Catholic High School call it. They took off their shoes, formed a circle, and waited for the national anthem. Following the singing of “O Canada” and morning announcements, Catherine Smith asked her students to think of the years encompassed by the First World War, between 1914 and 1918. Using their imaginations, they wrote letters as soldiers that had left home.
Section 37 funds cause a stir in Scarborough
Section 37 has Toronto City Council fuming over how to spend the $300 million it brings in each year. Some councillors say communities like Scarborough are missing out.
‘Healthy Hikers’ take last steps this Sunday
“I think it’s important to learn a bit about our local heritage and our local ecology. The ravines are a very important aspect of Toronto,” said Taylor Stone. “We have the largest ravine system of any city in the world. Getting Torontonians to appreciate it and appreciate that there is this potential to experience nature right in our backyards is important.”
Vet remembers sudden end to wartime mission
It happened on a night in May of 1944. Fred Davies remembered the cannon shell from an enemy fighter aircraft flying past his face. It ripped into the engine of his bomber. “The engine and wing… blew up,” he remembered, “(creating) an immediate ball of constant flame about 20 feet or higher.”
Teen targets trick-or-treaters with terror town
In the past few weeks, Dunlop, 17, has built and tweaked a masterpiece of a maze at his home, in the Coxwell-Cosburn avenues area. It comes to life with animated spooks at every turn.
History month: What’s happening at Guildwood
Despite the continuing patience of the Guildwood community, the Guild Inn has remained fenced off since 2001. There is yet another Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Inn, but it is late.
Let the poppy campaigning begin
As the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Onley is annually presented with the first poppy of the Ontario Poppy Campaign. Bruce Julian, vice president of the Ontario provincial command of the Royal Canadian Legion, presented Onley with the poppy on Oct. 23 at Queen’s Park.
New Ontario Science Centre exhibit is out of this world
The star of the show is the Mars rover, Curiosity. As the real NASA rover is currently busy exploring the surface of the Red Planet some 230 million km away, visitors to the science centre can get up and personal with a full-size model.
Local good Samaritan hosts open door café
Paying it forward might actually be easier done than said, or at least in the case of this local retired Scarborough resident.
Sandra Ralph, 59, has put together a women’s open door café for the past three years in hopes of getting women of all ages, backgrounds and faiths to connect with one another.