Scarborough Swim Club will call new Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre pool home

Club will no longer have to rely on space in local high school pools For the first time since the club was established in 1954, the Scarborough Swim Club (SCAR) will have their own home pool at the new Toronto … Continue reading

NHL player Wayne Simmonds returns to Scarborough to host charity ball hockey tournament

Philadelphia Flyer right winger holds Waynes’s Road Warriors event this weekend Wayne Simmonds, right winger for the Philidelphia Flyers, is coming back to Scarborough to host 2014 Wayne’s Road Warriors charity ball hockey tournament on Saturday, July 5. Simmonds and … Continue reading

Caribbean Carnival veteran Dick ‘D’Juiceman’ Lochan gears up for another year of celebrations

Calypsonian Dick “D’Juiceman” Lochan is a Caribana veteran. He was there when Caribana Toronto first started 48 years ago. He has been a master of ceremonies for every event at the festival at least once and has seen the celebrations … Continue reading

Scarborough’s Northern Roads perform at 2014 Boots and Hearts Music Festival

Getting invited to this year’s Boots and Hearts Music Festival was a luck of the draw kind of thing, according to Matt McCartney, percussionist, guitarist and hamornica player for a new, young band called Northern Roads. McCartney, 21, was in … Continue reading

Martial arts student Derek Stevenson to receive black belt Saturday

Man did not let Down syndrome stop him from training at Energy Martial Arts Academy Eight students from the Energy Martial Arts Academy will be graduating with a black belt this Saturday, June 14, but one student stands out among … Continue reading

Scarborough school receives huge literary grant

Indigo Love of Reading Foundation presents $83,000 to Samuel Hearne Middle School A chorus of cheers and applause erupted from the staff and students of Samuel Hearne Middle School this week when the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation handed them … Continue reading

Scarborough Film Festival spotlights local talent

Opening gala set for June 3 will include Cliffside Local filmmakers will be featured alongside Canadian and international talent at this year’s Scarborough Film Festival. The opening gala on Tuesday, June 3 at 7 p.m. will kick off the six-day … Continue reading