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Liberal Steven Del Duca swept to victory Thursday night, keeping the riding red following the departure of Liberal Greg Sorbara. Del Duca received 51 percent of the popular vote and was met by a raucous crowd when he arrived with Premier Dalton McGuinty to the Supreme Banquet and Convention Centre in Woodbridge. Del Duca beat his nearest … [Read more...]
A few weeks ago I received a call from a colleague who was in a bit of a bind. She needed to get to the east end as soon as possible because she heard there was a big flood, and we were sending out Beaches South Riverdale edition, iirc, to press the same day. This colleague doesn't have a car and it would have taken her a lot longer to get there … [Read more...]
Danny Scherer and Dani Lunsky both love coming to Reena’s weekly bowling event for adults with developmental disabilities, but for very different reasons. Lunsky comes because she genuinely enjoys bowling. Scherer? He admits he finds it boring. But he has a more meaningful motivation. “I just come because my fiancée loves it so … [Read more...]
Like a bird with clipped wings, jazz singer Lara Solnicki found herself separated from one of her most well-known attributes: her voice. A classical singer and teacher in the fall of 2005, the East York resident was advised by a speech pathologist to go on a period of vocal rest when she realized teaching was taking a toll on her vocal cords. … [Read more...]
Leaside improv comedian Colin Mochrie makes getting on stage without a script look easy. “It’s the best job for lazy people,” he said over the phone from Red Bank, New Jersey, where he’s currently touring. “You show up, the audience gives you all your ideas and you just goof around.” The Canadian funnyman, best known for his roles … [Read more...]
It’s enough to make you want to buy a car. As city council debates whether to put Light Rail Transit on Sheppard Avenue or extend the current subway line, and Queen’s Park ponders when council will make up its mind, Torontonians have been left wondering when — or if — anything will actually get built. Now industry spokespeople are … [Read more...]
Ask artist, photographer, jazz musician and carpenter James C. Swartz if he’s a jack of all trades, and he’ll answer your question before the words leave your mouth. “A jack of all trades is a master of none,” he says with a steely gaze. Swartz is no master of none. Take a stroll through his house and you’ll see he is a man of … [Read more...]
St. John the Compassionate Mission hasn’t been receiving much compassion lately. First, the charitable organization learned a new garbage collection fee for non-profit organizations would threaten their 25-year-old free meal program because they will have to pay thousands of dollars to haul away its waste. “I have to pay to dispose of … [Read more...]
Paul Kocher is a man who doesn’t like to use his disability as a crutch. In fact, when he lost five of his toes to necrotizing fasciitis, more commonly known as flesh-eating disease, he preferred not to use a crutch at all. To be fair, the 46-year-old father of three briefly walked with a cane upon leaving the hospital, but considering … [Read more...]
In the summer of 2006, seemingly healthy mother of four Margaret Robertson found herself waiting for a new heart. She had never thought that at age 52, while exercising four days a week, a heart attack would put her life on the line. “When I look back, I still can’t believe that I had a heart attack,” she said. “I was probably the … [Read more...]
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