By Kathy McGrath After an 18-month closure, the Port Union Library has reopened with a new leader at the helm. With more than 30 years of experience under her belt, Susan Farmer is looking...

Photo credit: Denise Bacon By Denise Bacon As the fingertips of the last swimmer of the four-person team in the women’s 4 X 100 freestyle relay touched the wall on July 25, this country...

CCRA President Kathy Rowe met director Mike Barber on the set By Kathy McGrath Centennial residents may have noticed more film crews in the area as movie and television productions rush to resume filming...

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...

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...

by Zinta Erdmanis For almost 25 years, Father Richard Newland has welcomed Centennial residents to St. Dunstan of Canterbury Anglican Church with open arms: “The doors are wide open.  Come on in!” Unfortunately for...

By Pamela Collins Anyone who knows John MacKenzie knows that, as the saying goes, “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” John is a personable and dedicated family man and currently the CEO...

IN CELEBRATION OF EARTH DAY 2021 Help Native Bees FREE BEE BOX KITS for you to build. First come, first served. Open to all ages. Email by April 20 to reserve for delivery at...

Centennial resident Chris Tipoff, third from left, had a wonderful surprise on his 90th birthday when Toronto’s mounted police unit showed up at his driveby party. Chris, Doreen Tipoff, Kevin Tipoff and Gus Klisouris...

By Kathryn Stocks In our February issue, we reported the upsetting news that COVID-19 had hit the Tony Stacey Centre for Veterans Care in January. At the time we went to print, 84 residents...

By Kathy McGrath We can get a vast amount of information from big internet search engines with a simple click of a button, so why bother reading local news sources? We’ve created this Top...

The flag flies at half-mast in honour of those who died of COVID-19, and the white ribbons show community support for residents and staff. By Kathryn Stocks It was a heartbreaking start to the...

By Denise Bacon One of the most difficult aspects of this pandemic is the inability for people to visit their parents in long-term care after the coronavirus gets in. This is true for Lucia...

By Amy Stephenson It is understandable that many of us want to turn a blind eye to 2020. But before we start blocking the year from our memory, maybe we can find a few...

By Kathy Rowe The CCRA wishes to congratulate Sir Oliver Mowate graduate Chayah Greenidge on winning the CCRA Award for the 2019/20 school year. The award goes to the Grade 12 student who demonstrates...

Centennial News is delighted to have Derrick Liberty’s stunning watercolour “A Winter’s Day at Colonel Danforth Park” to highlight this issue. Derrick has lived in the Centennial community since 1995. His painting is a...

Building Height: The meeting outlined the proposal to widen Military Trail from the existing 20 metre road allowance to 27 metres. The proposed 8 stories of this building will be 27 metres, equal to...

By Kathy Rowe The story of Centennial’s own Lindo, a sweet-natured three-legged dog from the Dominican Republic, is a unique and heartwarming one. Owners Michelle and Jim are passionate animal lovers with a history...

Most allied soldiers in WWI would pass through the Menin Gate to get to the trenches. By Kathryn Stocks Last year on Remembrance Day, my husband Robin and I shivered in the cold rain...

Emma, Joel and Olivia Beriault were happy to help with the community cleanup on September 26. By Denise Bacon Saturday, September 26 was a glorious day with clear skies and bright, warm sunshine. No...

Kathy Rowe Coronation Organics has released an acoustic report on its proposed waste-biogas processing plant at 633 Coronation Dr.  and it can be viewed on their website at coronationorganics.com. On the home page, scroll...

By Kathy Rowe The aggressive proposal for the biogas waste facility on Coronation Drive has made for a busy summer for the core group of area residents who have been working with me on...

By Don Lawrence For most, summertime means holiday trips and relaxing time at the beach. But summer during a pandemic is a bit different. CCRA has been working hard to deliver new content so...

By Denise Bacon CCRA asked for support for its fundraising campaign for the Tony Stacey Centre for Veterans Care and the community stepped up. During the isolation that people have been experiencing during this...

By Kathy Rowe This fight is just getting started. Your voices need to be heard. As president of the CCRA, I continue to learn about and support residents’ concerns regarding the proposed waste-biogas processing...