Spring might not have the same significance for everyone. But whether you’re a busy professional worrying about your mortgage or a grandparent caring for a six-year-old, doesn’t the idea of spring just stir up a certain amount of happiness in you?
In East York, we’re already getting a sneak peek of what this new health care regime could look like. This coming Thursday, Toronto East General Hospital is closing its outpatient physiotherapy clinic. A hospital manager was blunt about the reason: “This year, we will not be getting a significant increase to our budget. The $300,000 is a savings basically for us to meet our budget.”
Every day, we make tiny connections with many people we may see for only a brief moment. Maybe they were not seen at all. It is startling to think that Col. Russell Williams was just another face in the crowd. It is scarier to think that his face was lost in the very same crowd as Paul Bernardo.
Nearly four years ago, as a stolen van sped towards Const. Rowena Edey, her partner Const. Steve Darnley made a split-second policing decision to save her life.
Shots rang out in the parking lot and the van came to a violent halt against a tree. Fifteen-year-old Duane Christian was dead in the driver’s seat. Four years later, we must realize the tragedy did not start there.
Public figures are no strangers to scandal – and now Toronto’s very own Adam Giambrone can join Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan and Bill Clinton in a long line of famous cheaters.
At the Malvern Community Centre around 2 p.m., the ice rinks are like the frozen tundra of the arctic: bare. We’re talking about two full-size ice rinks. What’s notable is that around the city of Toronto, ice time is a hot commodity.
I’m not an athlete, but I do enjoy the outdoors. The other day I decided to take a midday stroll around Highland Creek. It was a pleasant walk, interrupted only by short breaks of running for my life.
There was an overwhelming feeling that we just weren’t ready yet. I’m not writing about a surprise party gone wrong, ill preparations for a business meeting or an unexpected pregnancy. But instead, none other than the Copenhagen climate conference I attended one month ago in Denmark.
David Baker lives in a small apartment in Toronto. Knowing the restrictions of his living space and recalling the Christmas habits of his family, most often Baker found it easier just to buy an artificial…
Parents of players in the Scarborough Hockey Association are fighting for the survival of a league that has a dwindling number of new players.