“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” Nelson Mandela once said. South African-born educator Vicki Bismilla, a 2011 inductee to the Scarborough Walk of Fame, has lived those words.
The Toronto public and Catholic school boards want this year’s Christmas break to start later. The boards are seeking the provincial government’s approval to make Dec. 23 the last day of school for 2011. Students would return Jan. 9 after a two-week period. Currently, the school boards have Dec. 16 and Jan. 2 as the last and first days.
Queensgrove Road in Scarborough may be the only road left in Toronto where you can look up at the night sky and clearly count the stars. However, residents of Queensgrove have been subject to Toronto Hydro’s installation of streetlights without consultation.
Senator Roméo Dallaire didn’t let a little bad weather stop him on Wednesday night. The retired general was more than two hours late for his presentation to students and faculty at the University of Toronto Scarborough campus, where he talked about getting youth excited about building Canada’s future.
Sex worker Julie Grant says Coun. Giorgio Mammoliti’s idea of creating a red-light district on Toronto Island is out of touch and unreasonable.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The snow is melting. The sun is shining. The midpoint of March is behind us, and all these signs point to one thing: Tax season is upon us.
The last trip Kim Okraszewski, 24, made to the grocery store forever altered her nightly routine. She was shopping alone when she had an epileptic seizure.
The St. Lawrence Market north building is set to undergo major renovations this year, starting with a demolition of the historic site.
A group of real estate agents and brokers, calling themselves the Scarborough Breakfast Club, meet every Wednesday morning in a church basement. They’re working together to raise funds for charities.
Ten Scarborough housing projects are getting a piece of a $1-billion pie served up by Canada’s Economic Action Plan, the minister of state for seniors announced recently.