Giving back has always been a priority for Veronica DeSantos, owner of DeSantos Premier Martial Arts, seventh-degree black belt and founder of the DeSantos Foundation. As a young child, she would organize events in order to raise money. But after moving her business to the Upper Beach about 10 years ago she began to focus […]
They do high-flying stunts, won silver in Niagara Falls, and never have a net to catch them. Malvern Collegiate’s daredevil cheerleading team won second place at the Canadian championships in Niagara Falls this month – their best finish on a national stage. Jennifer Wilson, a flyer and tumbler now in her third year on the […]
For someone who hasn’t ridden a bike in nearly a decade, the decision to train for a 200 km bike ride done over two days doesn’t come lightly. But when that same person has watched family and friends do the same thing in her honour and survived a brain tumour diagnosed during her pregnancy, a […]
Newly re-elected Ward 32 councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon and Ward 36 councillor Gary Crawford will both serve on Mayor John Tory’s executive committee for the 2014-2018 council term. Crawford joins the executive as chair of the city’s budget committee, while McMahon will serve as a member at large. ● Sheila Cary-Meagher, school trustee for the local […]
