Toronto cop recovering after being stabbed in the neck
NORTH YORK - A Toronto Police officer is recovering after being stabbed in the neck Sunday night during a traffic stop in North York.
View ArticleEtobicoke minister celebrates 60 years with church
ETOBICOKE - Rev. Etta Snow is not only celebrating 60 years as a minister with the United Church of Canada, the 85-year-old has also spent a lifetime educating and empowering women in Angola.
View ArticleCooking program puts teens on front burner
YORK - Sure, food feeds the body, but its real power can come from nourishing the soul.
View ArticleCummer Lodge resident takes on Toronto Challenge
NORTH YORK - In a wheelchair after being severely injured in a hit-and-run accident as a young man decades ago, Mark Hadida is focused on raising money to help others.
View ArticleSchool trustee wants students to sing O Canada
TORONTO - A Toronto Catholic District School Board trustee wants students to sing not just listen to Canada's national anthem at the start of each school day.
View ArticleLend a hand at Junction Farmers' Market
If you are passionate about the Junction community - and local sustainable food, organizers of the Junction Farmers' Market is seeking volunteers. The new market is set to start on Saturday, June 2. It...
View ArticleBioethics seminar at Kingsway-Lambton United Church
Kingsway-Lambton United Church welcomes everyone to a seminar on End of Life issues and Assisted Reproduction Technology on Saturday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m.The event will have two key speakers, Dr....
View ArticleChurch hosts annual plant sale
Humber Valley United Church wants to get you to get down and dirty with its upcoming plant sale. Gardeners can order geraniums, trailing petunias, begonias, impatiens, alyssums, greenery and other...
View ArticleNorthdale Concert Band concert April 29
The Northdale Concert Band presents its Time Passages concert on Sunday, April 29 at 2 p.m.The concert will be directed by new conductor David Bourque and features special guest Leslie Fagan, an...
View ArticleRecycle your old electronics in Little India on Earth Day
Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Church (NUUC), in partnership with the Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES), is hosting an Earth Day event on Saturday, April 21 to help people dispose of unwanted...
View ArticleNew working group mulls over single-family housing
Davenport Councillor Ana Bailao's working group studying the fate of 619 Toronto Community Housing stand-alone homes met for the first time Monday, to nail down a few procedural details before getting...
View ArticleHomeward Bound info session April 19
An information session about WoodGreen Community Services' Homeward Bound program - a unique model that provides a range of services to help inadequately housed or homeless mother-led families earn...
View ArticleWeston C.I. teacher saves life of student
A quick-thinking teacher is credited for saving the life of a Grade 12 student who collapsed in the school gym Friday morning after suffering a cardiac arrest.Weston Collegiate Institute teacher Jeff...
View ArticleBrowes accepts feds' decision to kill sustainability panel
Scarborough's Pauline Browes said she accepts the federal government's decision to kill a panel on creating a sustainable future for Canada which Browes has served on for almost six years. Browes' long...
View ArticleMan charged in fatal stabbing
A man has been charged with second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing on the weekend. Police said they were called to 1651 Victoria Park Ave. at 10:10 p.m. Saturday. Jury Carpo, 35, was taken to...
View ArticleMan gets life in prison for murder of Junction resident
Convicted of first-degree murder, a 21-year-old Toronto man has been sentenced to life for the murder of Junction 'gentle giant' Kenneth Mark.Mark, 29, died from a single gunshot wound to the back of...
View ArticleEight hospitals targeted with ATM skimming devices
POLICE - Police are reviewing security camera footage after skimming devices were found attached to ATMs in eight hospitals in the Greater Toronto Area.
View ArticleMascapan brunch helps educate on the carnival arts
Mascapan will be hosting a fundraising brunch on Sunday, April 22 at 4 p.m.The organization will be raising funds for its mega launch, which takes place June 10 and will include a display of the steel...
View ArticleWoodgreen Community Services celebrates 75 years in the community
EAST YORK - Toronto is a far different place than it was in 1937 when Rev. Ray McCleary started Woodgreen Community Services, and the social service organization he started all those years ago has...
View ArticleBusiness leaders hammer away to build affordable houses
ETOBICOKE - Twenty-four of Toronto's top CEOs left the boardroom for the job site as they donned jeans and work gloves to help six low-income families get one step closer to owning their own homes.
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