Investing in Scarborough-Rouge Park Toronto City Council reviewed Mayor Olivia Chow’s final budget last month. Thank you to those residents who shared their views through emails, phone calls and deputations to the budget committee. The...
Patricia Sheehan is a regular shopper at Metro.”It would be helpful if stores made it clearer on which products and produce are Canadian. Thank goodness the bananas are not from the U.S.!” By Don...
By Wanda Wierzbicki There have recently been posts on our neighbourhood social media sites about cats. Sometimes people are concerned that a cat is lost or homeless. Other times people are annoyed with them....
Burn Creeggan supported the CCRA and the community for over 40 years By Kathy Rowe A lot happened for Burn Creeggan in 1968. “Our first new house (in Centennial), our first baby (John), and...
A basement declutter by Allie Shaw By Shelley Cooke As we head into another spring season, we are faced with the age-old tradition of spring cleaning. While some people relish this time of year...
Trustee Anu Sriskandarajah Toronto District School Board Updates New Director of Education I’m excited to share that Clayton La Touche is the new TDSB Director of Education. He began his career with the TDSB...
By Kathryn McLean Is March too early for spring cleaning? Here’s a collection of tips for refreshing some of your kitchen items, springtime or otherwise, to help your everyday kitchen tasks go more smoothly....
Today, we face a world that looks very different from the one we’ve known. Under the Trump Administration, our closest ally and largest trading partner has imposed reckless and unjustified tariffs on Canada —...
Car horns signalling a birthday car parade was a common event during Covid By Kathy Rowe On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the spread of COVID-19 a global pandemic. Two days...
Many Centennial residents proudly flew their Canadian flags on flag day , February 15 By Kathryn Stocks The world has changed quite a bit since our last issue, and there will undoubtedly be more...
Book Reviews The Secret History of Audrey James A novel by Heather MarshallSimon & Schuster, 2024 Book Review by Julie Kish The Secret History of Audrey James is a powerful action-packed story about a...
MARCH 2025 ISSUE (DOWNLOAD PDF) PAST ISSUES CONTENTS Flags display Canadian pride Read “Choose Canada” taking hold in Centennial Read March Break activities at the library and at home Read Burn Creeggan – CCRA...
The CCRA put together a huge car parade community fundraiser for the Tony Stacey Centre Memories of Covid life five years ago By Kathy Rowe On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared...
Local lawyer William Tatham says “complications that can arise in the absence of a will are endless” By Kathy McGrath March is tax season, which brings to mind the old saying by Benjamin Franklin:...
Card sharks playing Bridge at the Port Union Community Centre By Denise Bacon Bridge, which evolved from Whist, another card game, from the 1890’s, is a trick-taking card game for four players in two...
Vision Board Bingo Cards Port Union Library Family Movie Night:Monday, March 10 from 6:00-8:00 p.m.Join us at Port Union Library for a Family Movie night. The movie will be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mutant...
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By Don Lawrence Centennial’s snowy winter landscapes offer countless forms of recreation from skiing and snowshoeing to ice skating and snowmobiling. But there’s a lesser-known activity that’s gaining popularity across the country: kicksledding. Extremely...
Supporting our Scarborough-Rouge Park community It was wonderful to see so many of you at Winterfest! As Council business resumes following the holiday break, memberships for many of the committees and councils that make...
Eva, Grayson and Jerry roast marshmallows for s’mores at the bonfire supervised by the Scouts. By Amanda Pompilii Those who braved cold and cloudy skies to visit the Port Union Community Centre on January...
One of Andrea Cross’s plans is to create a QR code for students to scan, taking them to a Googleform where they can say how they feel and suggest changes they’d like to see...
FEBRUARY 2025 ISSUE (DOWNLOAD PDF) PAST ISSUES CONTENTS Love at first woof Read Cool Dogs of Port Union Read Winterfest bustled with visitors Read Closing time for our Beer Store Read Kicksledding, a new...
Trustee Anu Sriskandarajah Toronto District School Board Updates Kindergarten Registration Now Open Registration for all English Kindergarten programs is now open. Children who will be 4 by December 31, 2025, are eligible to start...
By Kathryn Stocks Zonia Slyfield is a delightfully friendly woman who came to Canada from Jamaica in 1970. She met her husband, Calvin, here and they had three sons. Zonia worked at CP Rail...
By Denise Bacon Linda and Wendy, two residents living in different homes on different streets in Centennial, had similar experiences as they woke up on two different days. These experiences continue to be shared...