Sports | Sep 02
Skatepark to boast bowl
Construction is set to begin this month on the long-awaited Eighth Street Skateboard Park - complete with a skaters-coveted bowl.
The bowl was in doubt earlier this year.
Skaters lobbied for it... ...
Local | Sep 02
At-risk youth graduate from P.I.T
Young people involved or at risk of joining gangs in North York, York and Etobicoke neighbourhoods recently graduated from a program aiming to steer them away from a life of violence.
Seventy... ...
Local | Sep 02
GO buses to bypass DVP traffic
GO Transit is about to start taking the better way.
Beginning Tuesday (Sept. 7), GO's commuter buses will be able to bypass slow traffic by travelling in the shoulder lanes in both directions... ...
Sports | Sep 02
Newtonbrook grad cut after three NFL pre-season games
Shawn Gore, in 2005, helped his Newtonbrook Secondary School team reach the Tier II city football finals, and last Thursday, August, 26, he helped the Green Bay Packers defeat the Indianapolis Colts... ...
Life | Sep 02
Chess club now on at L'Amoreaux Community Centre
Scarborough residents wanting to play the game of chess are invited to the L'Amoreaux Community Centre on Sundays.
From noon to 6 p.m., chess lovers are invited to enjoy a casual game at the... ...
What's On | Sep 02
Folk comes to town with My Sweet Patootie
Acoustic Harvest presents folk duo My Sweet Patootie Sept. 18 at 8 p.m.
This pair is armed with a fiddle, finger-style guitar and two voices that bring to the stage a show packed with energy... ...
Columns | Sep 02
BUT SERIOUSLY: Back to school primer for parents
Well the kids go back to school Tuesday. The $64,000 question is: Are you ready? If the answer is no, not to worry. This tried-and-true daily checklist will guide you smoothly through another school... ...
Columns | Sep 02
City government's role key issue in mayoral race
The race for the position of mayor for the City of Toronto started at a ridiculously early date and has boiled down to one issue.
That issue is nothing less than the fundamental role of municipal... ...