By Denise Bacon Visitors to the Port Union waterfront this summer have been stopped in their tracks by barriers preventing their walks along our beautiful trail. Unfortunately, erosion of the beach over time required...
By Kathryn Stocks Leaving the leaves on your lawn over the winter is much more important than you might think. Somehow it is ingrained in us that we must get rid of the leaves...
By Lorelee Sankarlal On September 8, Canada lost Queen Elizabeth II as its Monarch and gained King Charles III. Whether you are a monarchist or not, this does affect all Canadians in some important...
By Kathy McGrath After a forced separation of several years, it was obvious Centennial residents were ready to mingle once the good weather hit. It started with the Waterfront Festival in June. Large crowds...
By Kathy Rowe After 20 years as an early childhood educator at Centennial Road Public School, Liz Tibbles retired last June. Fortunately, she has many happy memories to take with her. “It’s the relationships...
By Amaan Jabbar After years of consultation with residents and local businesses, the City of Toronto has released its preferred transportation master plan for Highland Creek Village. With the goal of addressing many transportation...
By Kathy McGrath Adam Rodricks is a gamer who flips the stereotype of the reclusive, socially-awkward geek on its head. The 34-year-old West Rouge native is a talker who loves sharing his personal experiences...
By Kathy Rowe If your family has been involved with the 2nd Highland Creek Scouts over the last 10 years, chances are you know Kevin Beleskey. His big voice, infectious laugh and buoyant personality...
By Kathryn McLean As summer approaches and the weather is warming up, you’re likely finding yourself reaching for cool drinks. Check out this lineup of refreshing summer beverages that are perfect for yourself, and...
By Kathryn McGrath and Kathy Rowe Wear and tear is showing on the Crossroads Skatepark at the Port Union Community Centre. That’s not surprising since the facility is now 20 years old. Early in...
By Denise Bacon A glimpse of our next generation of leaders can be seen in Varuhn Anandaraj, CCRA’s Youth and Social Media Representative. Varuhn started in this role in the summer of his Grade...
Above, Mowat student Megan Peppard is excited to attend Cambrian College for animation this fall. The 17-year-old Mowat student, who has been serious about sketching since Grade 3, says she always liked drawing people...
By Denise Bacon Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, Madam Goretti opened the topic about the war with the 20 students in her Grade 5 class. At the start of that conversation, she had no...
Bruno was cast in the feature film Molly’s Game, which starred Oscar-winning actor Jessica Chastain. By Kathy Rowe What does a successful working actor look like? He looks like Centennial’s own Bruno Verdoni. Raised...
Book Reviews Book Review by Julie Kish Linda Deenen positively beams when discussing her debut novel A Keen Betrayal, a young adult science fiction story that was published in March. She relaxes in her...
By Lillian McMullin By the time this article arrives at your door, the Port Union Community Centre will be back to full operation. The last two years have been tough on everyone, but things...
By Kathryn Stocks Last year, my family and I created a garden filled with native plants after making space in an overgrown, weed-infested piece of our yard. It was a lot of back-breaking work,...
“I’m afraid you have humans” By Sid Chaurasia Collectively, as the human race, we’ve begun to tear apart the Earth. We’ve littered, polluted, dirtied, misused, poisoned, and really harmed our one planet. It’s only...
Book Reviews Book Review by Julie Kish Book: The MaidAuthor: Nita ProsePublisher: Penguin Random House Canada, January 2022 Toronto writer Nita Prose has knocked it out of the park with her debut novel, The...
By Kathryn Stocks The Port Union branch of the Toronto Public Library opened its doors again on March 21 and staff members were delighted. The branch had been closed since January 10. “We’re so...
“According to Google Maps, we are on the fastest flyway possible” By Sid Chaurasia So many of us have so many plans for March Break and our well-deserved vacation. We humans have built so...
CCRA Transportation chair Amaan Jabbar is an urban planning student at U of T Scarborough. By Kathy McGrath As an urban planning student, Amaan Jabbar has learned that city developers must consider many points...
Book Reviews In his new book, Rob Peck shares some of his favourite speeches. Book Review by Julie Kish The debilitating fear of speaking in front of people is more prevalent than the fear...
Centennial resident Shawna Fujiki has been teaching yoga online since the beginning of the pandemic. By Kathryn Stocks Shawna Fujiki has been a yoga teacher for 13 years and most of those years were...
By Kathryn Stocks On a frigid but sunny day in January, Alan, Rebecca and their two sons, Ethan, 8, and Nische, 6, were skating on the small pond in the swamp nestled in the...