The North York Mirror

Registration information for classes running from July 2-25 can be accessed through the board's website at www.tcdsb.org/continuinged/. New credit courses are full-day, running from 8:25 a.m. to 3:35 p.m., while upgrading classes are half-day, with either morning or afternoon classes offered.

Non-TCDSB students requesting online courses will be placed on a waiting list and notified by e-mail if space is available.

For more information, e-mail continuing.education@tcdsb.org or call the Continuing Education Department at 416-222-8282 ext. 2675, 2168, 2894 or 2135.

A University of Toronto professor is out to examine that claim.

U of T urban studies professor Patricia Petersen is conducting research into decisions made by the OMB in planning matters to see whether the perception that the provincially appointed board members favour developers over communities holds true.

The board is often viewed as a refuge for developers unhappy with council decisions or perturbed that the city is delaying unnecessarily in dealing with an application.

Petersen will be working with a fellow urban studies expert in order to bolster or debunk the theory that the OMB is pro-development.

Registration information for classes running from July 2 to 25 can be accessed through the board's website at www.tcdsb.org/continuinged. New credit courses run from 8:25 a.m. to 3:35 p.m., while upgrading classes are half days, with either morning or afternoon classes offered.

Non-Catholic board students requesting online courses will be placed on a waiting list and notified by e-mail if space is available.

For details, e-mail continuing.education@tcdsb.org or call the continuing education department at 416-222-8282 ext. 2675, 2168, 2894 or 2135.

MacNevin will unveil her book, If I only knew: Stories of a Teen Mom, which details the lives of young women who experience the triumphs and challenges of motherhood.

The event is open to all community members with everyone encouraged to participate in the forum component of the event taking place at 6 p.m. when there will be further discussion on teenage pregnancy.

The Black Creek Community Health Centre is hosting the forum in partnership with Toronto Public Library, York West Ontario Early Years Centre, The Hincks-Dellcrest Centre and Toronto Public Health.

For more information, call 416-249-1252 ext. 2298 or e-mail lisa.brown@bcchc.com.

Patients from The Hospital for Sick Children will also be helping out for the first time this year by assisting in the head-shave event taking place from 1 to 3 p.m.

The local Cops for Cancer event is being held in honour of Chris 'Punch' Andrews, a Toronto radio announcer and traffic reporter who died of lung cancer earlier this year at the age of 43.

Police officers from across Canada have helped raise more than $28 million since 1994 in support of the Canadian Cancer Society to fund cancer research, support and advocacy programs.