Doris Huestis Mills Speirs was a writer, naturalist and contemporary painter of the Group of Seven. On Oct. 7, storyteller Adèle Koehnke, Speirs’ granddaughter, spoke about and showed artwork by her grandmother at Morningside Library.
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.
The brisk October air and heavy dark clouds didn’t stop the kids from 3181 Eglinton Ave. E. from helping their friends at the Toronto Police plant shrubs and flowers in their courtyard Saturday.
This gathering was another event TAVIS has supported in making the building’s courtyard a more inviting communal place.
It used to be an area to avoid at night. With little or no light, the pathway that connects Cougar Court to Eglinton Avenue East was known for drug dealers and beat downs.
Canada continued to make a name for itself this summer, this time at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore. The Games are for athletes aged 14 to 18, and saw over 3,000 athletes competing in the program that is also set for the 2012 London Games.
On Sept. 19, a morning full of sunshine, the annual Terry Fox Run took place all over Canada. Scarborough residents came out to Cedarbrook Park on Markham Road and Old Kingston Road in West Hill to continue Terry’s run to raise awareness for cancer research.
The West Rouge community was out in full force to celebrate a double whammy of communal milestones.
While Toronto’s mayoral hopefuls are busy debating LRT or subway, one proposed Scarborough line is conspicuously missing from the discussion.
With the sun rising into a clear sky above the Scarborough Bluffs, Sunday provided the perfect backdrop for the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. The only problem? Only six people volunteered to help at the Sept. 19 event.
The start of all-day kindergarten in Ontario’s schools this month has some educators excited about the added teaching time despite the added strain to the system.