By Wanda Wierzbicki Are you a teacher wishing you could take your class to The Toronto Zoo, but instead you and your students are all at home? Are you a parent trying to navigate...

By Denise Bacon My family has donated to food banks over the years. Annual Thanksgiving, Christmas and other food drives are where we have enthusiastically made food donations. There is a warm feeling to...

By Kathryn McLean I know that a lot of people like to eat soup year-round, but at my house I find myself making soup more often in the cold winter months. And February is...

By Julie Kish As Covid-19 continues to limit our lives and the news overwhelms us with frightening information, we need to be alert for signs of depression in our children. A certain amount of...

JANUARY CONTENTS: Reflections on the dumpster fire of 2020 . Congrats to CCRA Award recipient . Make some of your ordinary days special in January .Port Union’s head librarian, Patricia Anaka, bids farewell ....

By Mark Campbell There’s likely no need to prattle on at length about how COVID-19 has disrupted the social fabric of our society. But with everything from malls to movie theatres closed, organized sports...

By Wanda Wierzbicki In December 2020, we said goodbye to Josephine, the 49-year-old Western Lowland Gorilla. Josephine was one of the few remaining original residents at the Toronto Zoo, having lived here since 1974....

By Julie Kish  Wildlife will always be among us in Scarborough. The abundance of wooded areas and streams make it a hospitable habitat for deer, coyotes, foxes, raccoons and skunks. There are more wild...

DECEMBER CONTENTS: Highland Creek condo plan gets a closer look Holidays from a distance – family fun on Zoom Residents voice concerns on Highland Creek condo plan Backyard wedding was icing on the cake for local couple Tips...

By Rob Elbertsen Altree Developments submitted an application last fall for the construction of two eight-storey residential buildings overlooking the Highland Creek ravine at Military Trail and Kingston Rd. The community consultation meeting originally...