The Toronto Newsgirl Boxing Club aims to spread positivity and togetherness in Toronto’s east end, says boxing coach and owner Savoy Howe.
Section: News
As anti-Semitism rises, a rabbi keeps the faith
When Rabbi Miriam Margles heard of the attack on four Orthodox Jewish boys, she equally heartbroken and angry.
Jazz goes to church
Love jazz vesper services at Northlea United encourages connection, community, and sharing
Artist who ‘doesn’t follow the rules’ brings paintings to life
The main focus of Philip Sherman’s art is his paintings, which feature imaginary faces that are replicated throughout.
Putting the art of henna in the palm of your hands
The Henna for Charity Stand used henna tattoos to raise money for children in need.
World’s largest tarantula settles into ROM exhibit
The Goliath birdeater is the newest addition to the Royal Ontario Museum’s collection of over 400 species of arachnid. It is one of the worlds largest species and hails from the Amazon rainforest. This beautiful specimen feeds on anything it can sink its fangs into. Insects, rodents, small lizards, and according to the ROM entomologist Mateus Pepinelli who helps maintain the exhibit, yes it can eat a small bird, but he admits that birds aren’t apart of its main diet.
Ontario’s social-assistance reform just reforms the surface
Ontario’s “government for the people” has released a plan for social-assistance reform that may not benefit all the people.
East York restaurants, stores go romaine-free
Due to the severity of the outbreak around romaine lettuce, East York restaurants and grocery stores have had to modify their orders and recipes.
The skateboarding danger on the Danforth
As winter approaches, certain methods of transportation are being stored away for the season. For a large group of people, however, that doesn’t include skateboards.
As the newspaper says goodbye, we head off into an exciting new era
It was the summer of 1973 and four keen journalism students didn’t know it yet, but they were about to create a local legacy. Today, we are saying goodbye to that legacy: The East York Observer.