By Kathryn McLean Whether you have a tomato from your neighbour’s garden, a basket of local tomatoes from a farmer’s market, or simply a ripe tomato on the counter from your last trip to...

By Kathryn Stocks The Beer Store at the Port Union and Lawrence plaza will be closing on September 12 and many people in the neighbourhood were sad to hear this news. Jeanne Laverock posted...

Book Reviews Book Review by Julie Kish  Staying local this summer could also include readingbooks by authors who are close to home. I’ve picked new and classic books by Toronto authors for this summer...

By Kathryn McLean It’s June and summer is almost here. I’m welcoming the longer, warmer days, glad that many flowers and trees are blooming, and so excited that my early-planted seeds are now plants...

By Pamela Collins We are all feeling COVIDY (new word for COVID fatigue) these days. We miss our friends and families, our fitness classes and retail therapy. Most of all we book lovers miss...

Page from Ikea’s The Scraps Book: A Waste-Less Cookbook By Lorelee A. Sankarlal I have been doing a personal research project on food waste and ways to reduce it. Increasing food stability for the...

By Denise Bacon “I’m bringing joy to passers-by” is how Mary Anderson described the colourful handmade window decorations on display at her home on Centennial Road North. Mary’s window art began at the start...

By Kathryn McLean During this overwhelming wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are trying to stay healthy. Not only stay healthy, but boost their immune system and improve their health in the hopes...

By Kathy McGrath Marathon runner Sarah Moncada wants to create what she didn’t have as a child:  a safe, supervised place for kids who enjoy running. “I loved running, but my parents weren’t keen...

By Amy Stephenson The warming weather is drawing many to the water. Our neighbourhood is fortunate to have both the Rouge River and Lake Ontario to explore! Getting out on the water on a...

By Kathy McGrath While many people ramped down their businesses during the pandemic, Hirosh and Chamila Abeywardane were gearing up for the grand opening of their new store. In late February, the husband and...

Sarah Karsh and Nikki Tan help little felines get a good start in life. They have fostered 37 so far. By Wanda Wierzbicki Sarah Karsh and Nikki Tan often have to get up overnight...

By Pamela Collins We have a new retailer in the neighbourhood we would like to highlight for you. Corner Cannabis opened for business on February 23  and they are excited about being in our...

Maple syrup collecting is carried on by Joan, Susan and Dan By Denise Bacon Joan Kunanec’s home has become a source of the family-favourite Kunanec maple syrup over the last 15  years. The love...

By Don Lawrence The worry and uncertainty we feel today surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic might be familiar to those who experienced the polio epidemic in the first half of the 20th century. The polio...

Who has the funniest pet ? Can your pets do awesome tricks or do they pose in awkward ways? Do you dress your pets in cute outfits or crazy costumes? We’re having a photo...

New coffee shop owned by the condo developer Altree By Pamela Collins The Centennial community has watched Highland Creek Village undergo some significant changes and business closures due to property ownership changes and effects...

Centennial resident Jean Palmer stands on Lawrence Bridge today By Kathy Rowe The building of the Lawrence Avenue bridge over Highland Creek (between Beechgrove and Meadowvale)  was quite an event. Construction began in 1969...

By Soraya Page The first lockdown was a bit of a shock to me. In the beginning I was happy about it because I didn’t have to go to school, but then I realized...

Marsh pond photo credit: Colin Winn By Mark Campbell If you build it, they will come. It’s a line from a movie I remember. Only we didn’t have to build a thing, and they...

The backyard was a child’s wonderland of open space for Harry Waterfall and his brothers. Their father built the family’s modest home on Meadowvale Rd. in 1939. By Amy Stephenson While life in Centennial...

By Kathy Rowe “Everybody should see themselves reflected in literature” stated Saumiya  Balasubramaniam when speaking about her two recently published storybooks for children.  Born and raised in Bombay India, Saumiya, her husband and two...

Centennial teen awarded athletic scholarship in Illinois By Kathryn Stocks Madison Trevena is delighted to have recently been offered a full athletic/academic scholarship for track and cross-country at Western Illinois University. “I really liked...

By Kathy McGrath We have all been dreading this winter, not just because of the cold temperatures but because COVID is still out there. And so, our doors are closed — to friends, to...