By Mark Campbell If you are a member of the West Rouge Residents Facebook group, then you are probably familiar with the name Colin Winn. He is a local resident who has been wowing...

By Eva Nichols My family and I moved to the Centennial community in June 1969, almost 50 years ago. We first became aware of the CCRA when we decided to make arrangements for having...

From left: teacher Carmelo Avarino, Payton Vitor, Hannah Coyne, Principal Arlene Martin, teacher Bianca Morra and goalie Clara Karunakar. By Denise Bacon The St. Brendan Bruins girls’ hockey team is getting ready for the...

CCRA vice-president Gerry Divaris creates beautiful woodcarvings in his free time. By Kathy McGrath In few months from now, our quiet part of the city will get quite busy.  With the widening of Port...

Dave Black, president of the Toronto Baseball Association, and Angela Ayoung-Chee, secretary of the West Hill Baseball League, are longtime baseball volunteers. By Kathryn Stocks Whenever the Blue Jays do well, local baseball gets...

By Denise Bacon and Kathryn Stocks The CCRA’s ’70s dance at the West Rouge Community Centre on March 30 was DY-NO-MITE! Music from Stevie Wonder, Donna Summers, The Tramps and ABBA were just some...

Photo: Detail of Passage to Port Union by Allan Bender (Lead Artist), John Nobrega, Azadeh Pirazimian, Jesse McCuaig, Frances Potts, Chris Brown, and Melissa Bessey. Courtesy of Mural Routes. By Janice Bennink It’s no...

Larissa, left, and Isla Russo had fun on their unexpected day off school making melted snowmen out of marshmallows. Photo: Anja Bundze By Mark Campbell Tuesday, February 12, was a Snow Day in Toronto. ...

By Kathy McGrath Centennial Road Junior Public School has a new principal who feels very fortunate to be part of our community. Dan Puglielli, who started his position January 7, says he has “walked...

Wanda Wierzbicki, far right, with some of the people who volunteer at the zoo on Thursdays. By Wanda Wierzbicki A year and a half ago, I decided that I would like to volunteer at...

Matthew, Claire and Laura By Denise Bacon Clear blue skies and golden sunshine drew Centennial residents and visitors from near and far to Winterfest 2019 on Saturday, January 26. A variety of activities meant...

By Suse* “Moderation in all things,” my mother told me. So, like the obedient daughter I was, I did the exact opposite and finally paid the inevitable price of stroking out. Why are mothers...

Zinta Erdmanis By Kathy McGrath As treasurer for the Centennial Community and Recreation Association, Zinta Erdmanis likes to look at the big picture. While she is attentive to the day-to-day deposits and withdrawals, she...

Ralph Jeffers By Wanda Wierzbicki Happy New Year 2019! This year the Centennial Community and Recreation Association is celebrating its 70th anniversary. It’s wonderful to live in a part of the city with such...

From left: Brody Jobin, Evan Michaud, Matthew Hawley and Pickering Panthers Coach Dave Dininio. Photo credit: Heather Hawley. By Mark Campbell Last month we reported on the opening of the outdoor sports pad at...

CCRA members share the recipes of some of their favourite soups and stews for you to enjoy. Bon appetit! VIEW RECIPES

By Kathy McGrath Local real estate agent Heather Lemieux hoped she might collect 15 gift boxes for women in a local shelter, but she was overwhelmed when 60 people contributed to her Shoebox for...

By Kathryn Stocks Bill Neadles is the new police superintendent of 43 Division, replacing Mark Fenton who retired as of October 31. Neadles rose up the ranks of the Toronto Police Service after joining...

By Denise Bacon Pickleball? Never for me, I thought; I’m a tennis player. That was before my sister invited me to join her for pickleball at the Pan Am Centre on a Wednesday morning....

By Kathy Rowe At this time every year, the Second Highland Creek Scouts do a door-to-door collection in Centennial of non-perishable foods. This year it is scheduled for December 1. The items the Scouts...

By Denise Bacon Residents in our neighbourhood are a very hardy group! Despite the cold and rainy weather on November 1, more than 60 people came out with their Halloween jack-o-lanterns for our first-ever...

By Wanda Wierzbicki On October 24, several community groups and individuals gathered at Wanita Park to join Toronto Forestry personnel in planting 235 native shrubs and trees. Steven Parkes, a staff member from the...

By Kathryn Stocks This month marks five years since the massive ice storm that hit on Dec. 21/22, 2013, and the subsequent loss of power. The length of the power outage varied across the...

By Kathryn Stocks The Tony Stacey Centre has until 2025 to update its building to the significantly revised standards mandated for all long-term care facilities by the Ontario MInistry of Health. Seeing this as...

By Jey Dharmaraj and Kathryn Stocks Writing about real people and their journey in life is always interesting so we were excited to talk to Allan and Judy Conquer and their family. Judy was...