By Kathy Rowe The Port Union Skatepark has a new look. Thanks to Toronto Parks Forestry and Recreation, youth outreach worker Melanie Bailey, an artist from Unity Charity and an enthusiastic group of youth,...

Throughout 2019, CCRA News talked to longtime residents and searched through old newsletters to bring you stories from our history. The information here is taken from a poster created for the 60th anniversary and...

By Kathy McGrath A former Centennial resident has developed a new wearable technology product that could change the way we interact with the world. Stephen Lake, who attended Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate, is the...

By Kathy McGrath Less than a year ago, the Theodorou family lived like many others in our community, busy with work and focused on raising a young daughter. Bill, the family’s main breadwinner, ran...

In April, CCRA donated money for a new bed at the Stacey Centre. President Kathy Rowe met with the recipient, Doug Brown, in October. By Kathy Rowe The CCRA would like you to meet...

By Kathy McGrath For those who think their votes don’t make a difference, think again. In last month’s municipal election, former CCRA president Jennifer McKelvie won the race for councillor of Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge...

V!VA Retirement Communities has a conditional agreement to purchase the Legion property on Lawson Rd. This photo is an artist’s rendering of V!VA Oakville, which is currently under construction and slated to open next...

CCRA President Kathy Rowe asks audience submitted questions to the candidates for city council. On October 10 at Legion Branch 258, ten of the eleven candidates for ward 25, city of Toronto council answered...

Framed news clippings on the wall in the Legion report on the opening of Branch 258’s first hall on March 2, 1957, built for $80,000. That building was severely damaged by a fire in...

CCRA President Kathy Rowe, front, and Kathy Lalonde filled two large bags with litter in 15 minutes at the waterfront recently. By Kathy Rowe We all know that littering is against the law, don’t...

    On Thursday June 28 the Port Union Seniors in partnership with the City of Toronto put on a wonderful first annual Canada Day event. The day began with welcome speeches (Community Recreation...

Mr. Thanigasalam broke the Liberal Party hold on the riding most recently held by Liberal Tracy McCharles who was elected in the former riding of Pickering-Scarborough East in 2011.  Tracy did not stand for...

Thursday June 28 , 11 am to 3 pm “I’ve always wanted to have a Canada Day celebration here at the Port Union Community Centre” exclaimed Ann Standard. “I’ve noticed that many other communities...

Last month we wrote about Councillor Jim Hart convening a panel of community members to determine a public property to be named for former councillor Ron Moeser. That panel meeting took place on April...

David Adamson is shown here with a small portion of the war memorabilia displayed in the Legion building on Lawson Rd. By David Adamson I have written numerous articles over the past few years...

Mayor John Tory has asked Ward 44 Councillor Jim Hart to convene a panel of councillors and community members to determine a suitable public property to be named or renamed in memory of Ron...

By Kathy McGrath  Brian Bartlett, Charlottetown’s longest-serving teacher, keeps a picture in his desk of every Grade 6 class he has taught over the past 20 years. Each class and each student evokes special...

By Denise Bacon Move over Jacksons and Osmonds, Port United Band is our very own family band in the Centennial community! PUB, as band members affectionately call themselves, is very much a family affair...

UTSC’s draft plan: 1. pedestrian/bicycle routes, 2. relocating Military Trail northward to create a pedestrian-friendly north campus inner core, 3. integration of traffic enhancements, 4. central, multi-purpose public transportation hub located at Ellesmere Rd....

MP Gary Anandasangaree recently presented Lakshmi Anandaraj with a youth award for her contribution to the community.  Lakshmi began volunteering in junior high school, organizing fundraisers as part of the Me to We club....

by Kathy McGrath Centennial residents have a personal stake in the upcoming Winter Olympics taking place in PyeongChang, South Korea from Feb. 9 to 25. Local athlete Natalie Spooner, a member of the Canadian...

The annual Port Union Winterfest will be happening at the Port Union Recreation Centre on Saturday, January 27, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free. This year there will be maple taffy,...

By Janice Bennink Contemporary art enthusiasts are cheering the City of Toronto’s announcement that Nuit Blanche, the annual all-night public art event, will be coming to Scarborough in 2018 and 2019. This year, Nuit...

Image caption:  Councillor Jim Hart gave residents an update on what’s going on in the community at the CCRA AGM on Nov. 23. It was standing room only in the Lounge at Port Union...