By Amy Stephenson “Looking at a six- to eight-week old puppy, it’s hard to imagine that one day it will be something awesome,” said Beverley Stephenson, who has successfully trained three service dogs here...
Centennial is home to many people whose heritage comes from somewhere else in the world. On that note, we’ve asked a few residents to share the backgrounds of their traditional holiday favourites with our...
CCRA president Kathy Rowe is asking the city for a crosswalk at Meadowvale and Lawrence. The bus stop on the south side forces TTC passengers to jay-walk across Lawrence. Photo: René Johnston, Toronto Star...
BetterHomesTO launches! Check it out! As we approach the holiday season and I look back at my first year as your City Councillor, I see that we are off to a great start and...
Diane Cole, left, has been playing hockey since she was 10 and her passion for the game is shared by her daughter Erin. Photo credit: Stephanie Lake Photograph By Denise Bacon More and more...
A multitude of events in Scarborough–Rouge Park I hope everyone had a wonderful fall. This past month has been very busy with a multitude of events and announcements in Scarborough–Rouge Park. Below I have...
Your support reaffirms that our plan is working This October, the people of Scarborough–Rouge Park re-elected me to represent them in Ottawa with a remarkable majority of 62.2% of the vote. This fantastic result...
Venerables Vice-President Reg Pembleton watches over the play at the Tam Heather Curling Club By Kathy McGrath The snow and chilly temperatures arrived early this winter, which makes it tempting to burrow on the...
By Kathryn Stocks Major changes are coming to the Tony Stacey Centre for Veterans Care. Vito Greto, board chair and leader of the strategic rebuild committee, said that short-term changes like enhancement of the...
The holiday season is coming up quickly Our fall certainly became winter all of a sudden! Now we are quickly closing in on the holiday season. Stay warm folks, I fear it could be...
TDSB Trustee Anu Sriskandarajah Reminder for drivers about safety near school buses Remembrance Day On Monday, November 11, students and staff at our schools and across the city marked Remembrance Day with classroom activities...
Scott Megahy is remembered every year at Mowat when the scholarship award in his name is presented at commencement. By Kathy Rowe Every fall, Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate holds a commencement ceremony for students...
Contributed by Ganpan Gao Eight-treasure rice is a glistening dome of sweet, sticky rice with a jewel-like pattern of dried fruits and seeds and a dark, secret heart of red bean paste. YIELD: Makes...
By Tracy Forsyth The 2nd Highland Creek Scout group continues to have a busy schedule and would like to thank the community for their support of the successful Apple Day fundraiser in October. The...
Contributed by Jean Pinto In Mangalore (a town in South Indian where Jean’s parents come from), they call these cookies kokkisan. In Kerala, which is an Indian state close to Mangalore, they are called...
Contributed by Ania Walsh and Irena Rudzinska Makówki is a poppy seed-based dessert that’s like a bread pudding. It consists of pieces of bread layered in a large glass bowl with a mixture of...
Contributed by Sharon Shelton Ponche de crème is very much a strong tradition among the Trinidadian community. “People love having a glass of this delicious drink with a piece of black cake when visiting...
Centennial is home to many people whose heritage comes from somewhere else in the world. On that note, we’ve asked a few residents to share the backgrounds of their traditional holiday favourites with our...
We are really lucky in Centennial to have so many fine parks surrounding us. From Highland Creek to the Rouge, from the waterfront to Adams Park, we have a prodigious amount of green space...
By Denise Bacon The 43rd general election is now history and Scarborough–Rouge Park resoundingly endorsed Liberal MP Gary Anandasangaree to represent the riding in Ottawa again. He received 31,339 votes out of the total...
By Bill Hozy Imagine flying a Spitfire plane at low altitude over enemy territory without a gun and without wingmen to protect you from ground fire. This was my father’s service in World War...
A Net Zero Toronto by 2050 By Councillor Jennifer McKelvie October was a great month. I was excited to be back in city council for the first meeting after rising for the summer! We’ve...
Tree planting event was a highlight in October By MPP Vijay Thanigasalam I hope everyone had a wonderful month. This past month has been very busy with a multitude of events and announcements in...
By Kathy Rowe Let me begin this article by thanking the many residents who expressed their passion for the development of a multi-use park where the vacant lot on Bridgeport now sits. We asked...
By Tracy Forsyth The 2nd Highland Creek Scouting sections have been busy outdoors this new scouting year. The Beavers went to the new UTSC Valley Land Trail at U of T Scarborough and had...