LIVE BLOG: Sustainability Roundtable meeting Ryerson is taking steps to create a greener campus. The university’s Sustainability Matters program hosted two meetings to talk about existing sustainability projects going on around campus. More than 20 campus groups met at the … Continue reading
INTRO: A topic that always comes up when elections are imminent is the issue of getting youth to go out and vote. A campus group called Mobilizing Actively Political Students, also known as MAPS has been trying to find solutions … Continue reading
LIVE BLOG: Rethinking Sustainability Beyond 2015: an Agenda for Citizen Action Ryerson’s Social Justice Week began early with a special pre-event conference called “Rethinking Sustainability Beyond 2015.” The Politics and Governance Student’s Association (POGSA) co-hosted the event on with Academics Stand … Continue reading
Rosedale United Church has stood on the corner of Roxborough Avenue and Glen Road for a hundred years. Through two world wars, 16 prime ministers and generations of Rosedale parishioners, the history-rich church has remained at the centre of the … Continue reading
Doug Ford wears local designer’s clothing during Mayor Ford’s ice bucket challenge Oliver Dixon’s phone has been ringing off the hook since Mayor Rob Ford released a YouTube video accepting the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. In the video, Doug Ford … Continue reading
Club will no longer have to rely on space in local high school pools For the first time since the club was established in 1954, the Scarborough Swim Club (SCAR) will have their own home pool at the new Toronto … Continue reading
City planners to map out areas around the Don River, Humber River and Etobicoke Creek The City of Toronto is drawing up a final report to expand the Ontario Greenbelt to protect three key water systems in its own backyard. … Continue reading
Jenny Lau to take part in course in United Kingdom Warrant Officer Second Class Jenny Lau of Squadron 330 Danforth Tech will be representing the Royal Canadian Air Cadets at a international program this summer. The 17 year old will … Continue reading
Priority Lead Water Service Replacement Program among items on agenda at East York meeting East York residents are invited to a town hall meeting on Thursday, July 17, to discuss city programs that will help homeowners with their home improvement … Continue reading
Council to consider report on plan in August The Leaside community is one step closer to forming its own Business Improvement Area (BIA) after a vote of 52-25 was cast at a public meeting last Thursday in favour of proceeding … Continue reading
Philadelphia Flyer right winger holds Waynes’s Road Warriors event this weekend Wayne Simmonds, right winger for the Philidelphia Flyers, is coming back to Scarborough to host 2014 Wayne’s Road Warriors charity ball hockey tournament on Saturday, July 5. Simmonds and … Continue reading
Calypsonian Dick “D’Juiceman” Lochan is a Caribana veteran. He was there when Caribana Toronto first started 48 years ago. He has been a master of ceremonies for every event at the festival at least once and has seen the celebrations … Continue reading
Getting invited to this year’s Boots and Hearts Music Festival was a luck of the draw kind of thing, according to Matt McCartney, percussionist, guitarist and hamornica player for a new, young band called Northern Roads. McCartney, 21, was in … Continue reading
Taylor Creek Park suffered from another torrential rain Wednesday evening. The overflow of stormwater caused Taylor-Massey Creek to flood in the surrounding areas and caused three vehicles and four people to be stranded. In the wake of yet another flooding … Continue reading
