Jazz up your ice cream as we head into summer
By Kathryn McLean It’s June and summer is almost here. I’m welcoming the longer, warmer days, glad that many flowers and trees are blooming, and so excited that my early-planted seeds are now plants...
Beware of hazardous dust during landscape season
By John Gibb The landscaping season has begun! Possibly some folks reading this may be planning some work. If so, please keep reading. Installing various types and sizes of paving stones for patios, walkways...
Young front-line doctor grew up in Centennial
By Kathy McGrath In early 2020 when Maxine Kish was finishing medical school at Queen’s University, she looked forward to starting her residency in Toronto, where most of her family and friends lived. Little...
Native Plants for our Neighbourhood
Wild Sunflower with a bee pollinator Following up on last month’s article on the importance of growing native plants in our gardens, here is a list of easy-to-grow native plants which will return to...
Trustees Report June 2021
TDSB Trustee Anu Sriskandarajah Temporary COVID-19 Funding for 2021-22 To support the continued safe operation of schools in 2021-22, the Ministry announced that it will provide another year of temporary COVID-19 funding to school...
Innovative library projects challenge your imagination
By Pamela Collins We are all feeling COVIDY (new word for COVID fatigue) these days. We miss our friends and families, our fitness classes and retail therapy. Most of all we book lovers miss...
There are so many ways we can reduce food waste
Page from Ikea’s The Scraps Book: A Waste-Less Cookbook By Lorelee A. Sankarlal I have been doing a personal research project on food waste and ways to reduce it. Increasing food stability for the...
Presidents Message June 2021
Looking forward to events resuming in the fall By Kathy Rowe June is here and the weather has been quite nice for the past few weeks. The gardens are looking more beautiful every day....
Scouts travelled the world via their virtual weekend camp
Particpants received a camp crest We had a virtual weekend camp with an Around the World theme. We virtually travelled all over the world, we danced in Africa, made Chinese lanterns, learned map and...
Work progressing on Port Union Road
By Mark Campbell Port Union Road is the only major arterial road in Scarborough that does not have a minimal four-lane cross section. This bit of knowledge was likely well known by the 139...
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