According to Councillor Georgio Mammoliti, who sits on the Toronto Zoo’s board of management, several corporate sponsors have inquired about funding the initiative that will see a male panda named Er-Shun, and female panda, lent to Canada for up to 15 years starting in 2012.
Rob Ford’s West End mentality may have worked for his Etobicoke constituents, but it certainly isn’t commuting to Scarborough, in the aftermath of his sweeping election.
When it comes to athletic facilities, the University of Toronto takes a back seat to no one in Canada.
Toronto’s 2015 Pan Am Games logo is meant to reflect people coming together. And bring people together it did. The logo was unveiled Sept. 29 outside the Air Canada Centre to great fanfare.
If there’s one thing Toronto can learn from the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, it’s that winning the bid is only half the battle. Preparing for and running a multi-sport event — like the 2015 Pan Am Games — is the other.
Amateur swimming officials say the Pan American Games pool proposed for the Scarborough campus of the University of Toronto will inspire athletes and casual swimmers alike.
If the unveiling of the official logo of Toronto’s 2015 Pan American Games is an indication of what to expect, the event will be a monumental experience.
While Toronto’s mayoral hopefuls are busy debating LRT or subway, one proposed Scarborough line is conspicuously missing from the discussion.
Scarborough has an opportunity to become more than Toronto’s Bronx, known for crime and gangs.
With the Pan Am Games, a new Toronto mayor and green energy projects like wind turbines, by 2015 it could be a very different Scarborough from today.
There are two very different possibilities for our future.
The “suburb” has a bad reputation for a reason, and that will not change due to a new building in town. Scarborough has talked about improving the area for decades, and things are only getting worse.