Lakefront trail links GTA to Canada
Marlaine Koehler enjoys knowing the beaches of Lake Ontario near Burlington are a gateway to Canada. “You have remarkable sand dune beaches and you have a fantastic swimming beach,” she said.
Articles by Nicholas Pescod
‘Flying Eye’ lands in Toronto
The ORBIS Project is a unique nonprofit organization that aims to prevent and treat blindness by offering eye-care to patients and education to foreign doctors, all on board a specially outfitted jetliner. Between November 18-20 OBRIS opened their McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 aircraft to the public at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.
TTC shows off its new wheels
he next generation of commuting in Toronto is almost here. The Toronto Transit Commission showed off a mock version of its brand new Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) between November 11-15 and the public was invited to take a look at the new machine and give feedback.
Sk8er bois back on the rail in East York
“It has to be custom-made,” Nick Pierre explained. “It has to be the right kind of metal for grinding and sliding” (two skateboard tricks).
Frustrated customer opens her own auto shop
Fed up and tired of being ripped off when she took her car to be serviced, Emily Chung decided to do something about it. A Centennial College and University of Waterloo graduate, she opened her own garage catering to women.
Small army mobilized to ensure a fair Ontario vote
By the time the very first ballot is cast on Ontario’s Oct. 6. election, a small army of workers will have spent thousands of hours and millions dollars working to ensure all goes well. At a warehouse and office for the riding of Oakville, roughly 30 employees work day and night, seven days a week preparing and assembling everything that is needed for the big day.
Veteran fought home-front battle
Beharriell served with NATO in Germany as a Chief Intelligence Analyst and Briefer for the first Gulf War, and was also on duty at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Centre in Colorado during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
No fireworks, some differences at B-EY debate
Burstyn and Prue agreed on the issues regarding health care and education, but when it came to the economy, the candidates held very different views.
Toronto culinary grad finds future in the North
Since she was a little girl, Melissa Davis has always had a passion for baking. When she turned her passion into a career, she had no idea where it would take her.
Students, instructors differ on budget’s funding for post-secondary education
A representative of Ontario’s post-secondary students says the provincial budget lets college and university learners down. Today, the Liberal government of Premier Dalton McGuinty released its 2011 budget. In the Legislature, Finance Minister Dwight Duncan…