Ontarians might just drink their way out of the recession. And the beer they drink might not have a major corporate label attached. According to the Ontario Craft Brewers, consumption of locally brewed beers is…
A Scottish member of the UK Parliament has a message for Canada’s minister of immigration: “Come out and debate with me like a man,” George Galloway thundered from New York City as a church full of supporters cheered him on in Toronto.
All you need is love. The Fashion Design Council of Canada (FDCC) utilized a Show Love theme in this year’s installment of LG Fashion Week.
More than 300 people, from community groups to laid-off manufacturing workers, held a rally outside a Canada Employment Insurance (EI) office in Scarborough Monday to call for changes to eligibility rules and benefits. A chorus…
As the sun sets over Houston, Texas a road weary convoy of do-gooders turns in for the night. Father Hernan Astudillo is leading a team of volunteers dubbed “The Caravan of Hope” from Toronto to Soyapango, El Salvador. Their mission is to deliver two decommissioned Toronto EMS ambulances to the impoverished town.
A Toronto woman is finding that becoming a vegetarian can take more then willpower. Sometimes, it means battling not only old eating habits, but one’s own family. Rima Ramoul reports. [audio:http://www.centennialondemand.com/radio/wp-content/uploads/mp3/2009/01-rima-ramoul.mp3]
As the Montreal Massacre had its second anniversary in 1991, three men in Toronto sat around their kitchen table. They decided that men must have a role and responsibility in working to end men’s violence…
In 2006 Scarborough resident Taryn Welch-Joslyn caught the attention of her friends and family. At just 13 years of age, she was diagnosed with an eating disorder-anorexia nervosa. During her recovery period, she never would…
Audette Shephard was at home one night in August 2001 when her son, Justin, came to her room to tell her that he was going out and would be back in 10 minutes. When he hadn’t shown up within an hour, she began calling all of his friends to see if he had gone to someone’s house, but no one knew where he was. By 2 a.m. she had called the police and a few hospitals, but had no luck there either.
A team of experts, hand-picked by city planning staff, is looking for ways to help Toronto see stars. These astronomers, naturalists, technicians and businesspeople want to limit the excessive night time brightness of street lamps,…