Withrow heading to the World’s
By Paula Sanderson August 22, 2012 At Ted Reeves Arena the normal cheer squad of parents supporting their kids is reversed. “Go Dad!” shouts one kid. “Good job Daddy,” yells […]
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One of Canada’s Best
By Paula Sanderson July 23, 2012 Zane Schwartz was sitting in his dorm room at U of T’s Trinity College when his phone rang. He had been selected as one […]
Athenas drop regionals to Leaside
By Paula Sanderson July 5, 2012 On a dry and dusty Tuesday, East York C.I.’s girls softball team went into the regional championship ranked number 1. When they emerged, the […]
Northview takes the north crown
By Paula Sanderson July 4, 2012 As the buzzer sounded at Northview Heights S.S., the entire boy’s water polo team jumped into the water to celebrate their North Regional crown […]
Vaughan teacher making it better in the Bahamas
By Paula Sanderson July 2012 After five years of teaching swimming lessons for the City of Vaughan, Erikka Dal Bello knew what she was good at. “They’ve always given me […]
Saying farewell
By Paula Sanderson June 29, 2012 Three-sport star Riverdale C.I.’s male athlete of the year Ronnie Yeun picked up baseball this year Three-sport athlete Ronnie Yuen of Riverdale C.I. […]
NTCI boys of ’62 relive their championship season
By Paula Sanderson June 25, 2012 Nov. 7, 1962 was dark and dreary but North Toronto Collegiate Institute’s senior boys Norsemen football team took to the field at the old […]
90-year-old loves her Scrabble, good or bad
By Paula Sanderson June 19, 2012 Apart from the clack of scrabble tiles and the occasional murmur of scores quietly being added up, the room is silent. The only indication […]
Bruins come up just short in final
By Paula Sanderson June 19, 2012 Don Mills C.I. girl’s soccer team made it further into the playoffs than it ever had before, but it wasn’t enough to take the […]
Young women learn the ropes at city hall
By Paula Sanderson June 18, 2012 Coming from a community that hasn’t traditionally been supportive of women in politics, Zuhal Darawal, 20, says she was eager for the chance to […]
A spring stroll across midtown
By Paula Sanderson June 18 2012 For many Torontonians, walking is a means to an end. We are trying to get from point A to point B without stopping to […]
Close call for UTS
By Paula Sanderson June 15, 2012 After leading for six innings UTS came close to blowing its chance at a Tier Two South Region championships after Jarvis C.I. drew even […]
North Toronto Collegiate 100 years young
By Paula Sanderson and Omar Molesh June 15 2012 One hundred years after the cornerstone of North Toronto Collegiate Institute was laid, 1,500 alumni celebrated the anniversary by going back […]
The other Pottery Road is a mess
By Paula Sanderson June 14, 2012 Zooming up the Bayview extension, many drivers take a shortcut to Moore Avenue by driving on a small strip of Pottery Road. Disconnected from […]
Bayview sidewalk to be torn up
By Paula Sanderson June 14, 2012 Merchants along Bayview Avenue are bracing for another round of sidewalk construction work set for later this year. Following up repair work done in […]
Wilson’s Small Jobs
By Paula Sanderson June 6, 2012 When Riverdale resident Michael Wilson needed a summer job, he decided to create his own in the community where he was born and raised. […]
Beaches Jr. A lacrosse looks for fresh start
By Paula Sanderson June 6, 2012 After a dismal summer season last year, the Beaches Jr. A lacrosse team is starting fresh with new uniforms, new equipment and new coaches. […]
Reflections on the musical history of North Toronto Collegiate
By Paula Sanderson June 5, 2012 When North Toronto Collegiate Institute alumni gathered at Roy Thomson Hall to celebrate the school’s musical tradition theTown Crier asked: “What was your favourite North Toronto musical […]
Reader asks for story behind North Toronto CI sculpture
By Paula Sanderson June 5, 2012 Q: As I wandered about North Toronto Collegiate Institute during the anniversary tour, I noticed a steel artistic structure on Roehampton Avenue with hundreds of inscribed […]
Making beautiful music once again
By Paula Sanderson June 5, 2012 or one evening, 400 alumni of North Toronto Collegiate went back to their musical roots, putting on their white tops and black bottoms and […]
‘Gung-ho’ for playground
By Paula Sanderson May 17, 2012 By selling bricks, benches and boulders, Rebuild Our Park has reached its goal and raised over $140,000 to build a new playground at […]
What do the neighbours think?
By Karolyn Coorsh and Paula Sanderson May 16, 2012 Residents on Mayor Rob Ford’s picturesque street near Scarlett Mills Park say they stand behind their famous neighbour despite the […]
Young women seeing if they have right stuff for city politics
By Paula Sanderson May 16, 2012 At city hall 30 young women are learning what it takes to be a female councillor.“They can’t believe the number of hours that […]
What the people who use St. Clair say
Streeter by Eric McMillan We hit the pavement and cement of St. Clair Avenue West to talk to residents, riders, drivers, shoppers and business people. From one end of the […]
Newtonbrook SS levels Don Mills
By Paula Sanderson May 9, 2012 Newtonbrook SS senior boys rugby team has set their goals high after crushing Don Mills CI 49-0 in their first game of the season.“We […]
Ugly loss marks start of a season of learning
By Paula Sanderson May 1, 2012 After Don Mills CI’s devastating 49-0 loss to Newtonbrook SS, the coach of the senior boys rugby says his team has a lot to […]
Walking the Walk through Don Mills
By Paula Sanderson May 1, 2012 Don Mills was a trailblazing community when it was built in 1950s and local Jane’s Walk leader Ron Kluger plans to show you […]
Proposal casts shadow on Rosedale
By Paula Sanderson May 1, 2012 Just across the Glen Road footbridge from Rosedale, a brewing development project led South Rosedale residents to hijack a mid-April community planning meeting. The […]
Bottled water to dry up in schools
By Paula Sanderson May 1, 2012 Former Toronto Catholic District School Board student trustee Natalie Rizzo says she felt she was stabbed in the back when she was told […]
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