The Toronto Observer

Phil Reyes said he can’t picture himself living anywhere else, but admitted that Thorncliffe Park has much to improve on in several areas.

“Honestly, I’m really disappointed with the situation, especially for the kids, because they and their schooling are the ones that are most affected,” said Kelly Webster, whose daughter is at Chester Elementary School on Gowan Avenue.

Scarborough native Colin Aguiar has scored two Academy Award nominated films and recently composed the soundtrack for Rosie Takes the Train, an official Canadian Film Festival selection. He also wrote the music for the critically acclaimed television series Traders and Harrison Bergeron.

Mayor Rob Ford is a volunteer football coach, but hours on the gridiron failed to teach him one essential lesson: don’t take the field away from the players by proposing fees.

A land once supposed to be a garbage dump, highway, and subdivision is slated to revitalize the economy of GTA’s eastern reaches as Canada’s first near-urban national park. Rouge Park, which borders Scarborough, Pickering, and Markham, is to be expanded into a 15,000-acre wilderness, befitting national park standards through the federal government’s help.

The 2012 municipal budget introduced new fees for sports fields but what the City doesn't understand is this puts them and residents in a lose-lose situation.

A land once supposed to be a garbage dump, highway, and subdivision, is slated to revitalize the economy of GTA’s eastern reaches as Canada’s first near-urban national park. Rouge Park, which borders Scarborough, Pickering, and Markham, will be expanded into a 15,000-acre wilderness, befitting national park standards through the federal government’s help.

Film and television students will find 2012 a great time to graduate as Toronto’s film scene looks to be working flat out, said Toronto Film Commissioner Peter Finestone. Ontario’s film and television industry posted its best year on the books since the Ontario Media Development Corporation started keeping records in 1986. The sector brought $1.26 [...]

Chris Upfold has a familiar complaint about the TTC: the public washrooms could be cleaner. Luckily for Upfold and the TTC's 1.5 million daily riders, he's the transit commission's chief customer service officer, and it's his job to listen to commuter complaints and improve customer service.

Scarborough has welcomed waves of new immigrants over the past 25 years. According to the 2006 census, 57 per cent of Scarborough’s population is made up of immigrants. For many, Scarborough has become a steppingstone for those who want to write a new chapter of their lives in Canada.

Scarborough has welcomed a wave of new immigrants for the past 25 years. But what factors attract them to the area?

All bets are off as rumours of a new Toronto casino surfaced across the city's media landscape last week. In the midst of a business review set for release this year, reports surfaced that the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation plans to propose the building of a waterfront casino.

A student union representative says Ontario’s new tuition grant falls short of college and university students’ needs. Hundreds of students from across the GTA joined the annual National Day of Action, this year in Queen’s Park. They protested the 30-per-cent tuition grant. Some chanted, “We don’t want no mac and cheese, come on Dalton drop our fees!”