Students can fulfill volunteer hours with ESS
High school students looking to jump start their summer by completing their community service hours need look no further than Etobicoke Services for Seniors. The not-for-profit agency is looking for...
View ArticleParish supporters hit the greens to help build the future
St. Benedict Parish hosts its third annual golf tournament next month in benefit of the Rexdale church's building fund. An integral part of the community for more than 50 years, St. Benedict's has some...
View ArticleAvenue Road Eglinton community group aims to work with, not against growth
Though many neighbourhoods are accused of taking a "Not In My Backyard" stance when it comes to development, one group of midtown residents is taking a different look at neighbourhood...
View ArticleBuilding would provide upscale apartments, councillors say
Despite residents' objections, North York community council has agreed to support a proposed rental building northeast of Eglinton Avenue and Yonge Street at the Ontario Municipal board.Toronto is...
View ArticlePolice seek suspect who stabbed man at Jane and Lawrence
Police are asking for public assistance with an assault investigation in the Jane Street and Lawrence Avenue area May 25.Police said a man boarded a northbound TTC bus at Jane subway station around 4...
View ArticleTTC offers cash reward in hunt for ticket booth shooter
CRIME - For the first time in its 91-year history, the Toronto Transit Commission is offering a cash reward to help solve a crime.
View ArticleDowntown kids get new bikes
CITY CENTRE - A group of 20 children and youth who use services at downtown Toronto's Dixon Hall received an unexpected gift to kick off the summer - a bike of their very own.
View ArticleRiverside's Real Jerk closes its doors
BEACH-RIVERDALE - The quote of the day scrawled on a chalk board wall inside The Real Jerk restaurant Sunday, May 27 read: Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
View ArticleThistletown CI student sizzles at Skills Canada
ETOBICOKE - After three levels of competition, hundreds of competitors and thousands of kilometres, Grade 12 Thistletown Collegiate Institute student Jerick Aranza has returned triumphantly from the...
View ArticleStan Wadlow Park baseball diamonds get make over from Jays staff
EAST YORK - Stan Wadlow Park's baseball diamonds got a professional makeover last week.
View ArticleSt. Joseph's fun fair June 2
The 11th annual fun fair at St. Joseph's School in Leslieville is set to take place Saturday, June 2.The event, which will feature a barbecue, carnival games and rides, a bake sale and a raffle, will...
View ArticleParkdale councillor predicts tax increases if budget chief gets his way
Budget Chief Mike Del Grande's plans to freeze business taxes and get rid of the land transfer tax in five per cent annual increments will mean a five per cent residential property tax increase a year,...
View ArticleKingston Road Village spring festival June 2
The annual Kingston Road Village Spring Festival will take place this Saturday, June 2.The event, which includes food, live music, activities for the kids, and contests and promotions from local...
View ArticleNYGH shares patient safety IT with hospitals across Canada
North York General Hospital, which has won awards for its innovative information technology programs, is now reaching out to other hospitals across Canada.It is leading an initiative that will help...
View ArticleSaintly remains arrive in Scarborough May 31
The body of a 12-year-old girl, sexually assaulted and murdered by a neighbour, will be driven onto the driveway of Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School late this Thursday morning, and then continue...
View ArticleScarborough MP hosts transit town hall meeting
Canada's Opposition party will explain its plan for a national transit strategy Thursday, May 31, night at a public meeting in Scarborough.Host and Scarborough Southwest MP Dan Harris said a strategy...
View ArticlePolice seek motorist who exposed himself to teen
Police are looking for a man following an indecent exposure incident in the Jane Street and Weston Road area Tuesday.Police said a black four-door car approached a 14-year-old girl around 7:30 a.m.The...
View ArticleCompliance audit of Cusimano campaign raises several issues
A compliance audit of failed council candidate Gus Cusimano's campaign finances has suggested the campaign misled auditors, supplying cheques that appear to have been altered so as to comply with...
View ArticleStrike closes St. Christopher House services
PARKDALE - June 15th is the 100th anniversary of the opening of a fourteen room settlement house in the heart of Kensington Market known as St. Christopher House, but today its many services across...
View ArticleWoman, toddler sexually assaulted in parking lot
Police are looking for a man after a 28-year-old woman and her 18-month-old daughter were sexually assaulted in North York Monday.Police said the victims were in a parking lot near Lawrence Avenue and...
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