Parking tickets drop 29%, rates may increase
It’s been 10 months since the parking app was launched. Since then, the number of parking tickets issued has plummeted by 29 per cent.
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Nunavut cousins find badminton success at Indigenous Games
Many of the teams participating in badminton this week at the North American Indigenous Games had never met before arriving in Toronto.
But that’s not the case for cousins Davidee Kudluarok and Mike Kavik, the 16U males double team from Sanikiluaq, Nunavut.
Badminton’s Isabelle Bailey and Rachel Cameron becoming fast friends
Athletes often cite experience playing with each other as an answer to why they’re able to work so well together.
Hockey players, for instance, often make blind passes, made possible by a sixth sense of just knowing where their teammate will be at any given time.
Nova Scotia makes history with win at NAIG lacrosse
The North American Indigenous Games is an event that subscribes to sportsmanship, community and personal growth, but as the Under-19 lacrosse team from Nova Scotia learned, winning can be fun, too.
Javelin thrower Hannah Morningstar a role model for all
On the morning of her first major competition, Hannah Morningstar was struggling just to think. It was at the 2014 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) in Regina, Sask., and the then 13-year-old was trying to…
North American Indigenous Games open in Toronto
It’s time for a celebration, Toronto.
The 2017 North American Indigenous Games officially got underway Sunday evening, with the opening ceremonies taking place at York University’s Aviva Centre.
East York fine arts students shine at ‘Mercurial’
“Due to my disability, I find freedom in the water. So generally because most of the time I’m in a wheelchair I find it easier to be out in the water because I have the freedom and mobility I don’t necessarily have on land,” Victoria Grzincic said. Her featured piece depicts a mermaid.
Daffodil Month over, but fight against cancer goes on
“Sixty years ago, it was Lady Eaton whose family owned Eaton’s department store. She started to do some fundraising lunches or fundraising teas and she used daffodils to decorate them. It basically became the symbol for the month and then the symbol on our logo for the Canadian Cancer Society,” Patricia McLaughlin said.
Councillor proposes to stop Pride funding
The Pride Parade is known for its rainbows and lively colours, but Coun. John Campbell is set to propose a motion that will cut pride funding.
Gentrification: Why the owners of Pape Avenue’s Milk Mart are retiring
Every day for the last 19 years, Salim “Sam” Hadad, his daughter Mary and his son-in-law Emel were up at 7 a.m. to open Milk Mart Convenience at Pape and Cosburn avenues in Toronto’s Pape Village. Milk Mart…