Someone had better shore up the medals table when Balmy Beach Canoe Club celebrates its season on Nov. 8. The local canoe and kayak club won more medals than any other competing club at the national championships in Ottawa this August, a haul that included 11 gold, 18 silver and 25 bronze. Balmy Beach also […]
Toronto’s Pan Am Games have sparked a surprise effect in the Beach – a spike in kids ready to join the circus. Millions saw the Cirque du Soleil open the Games on July 10 with fire and acrobats, but a handful of young Beach dancers got to share the stage with them. Angie Lawrence, 14, […]
Arts on Queen, 2198 Queen St. E. at Balsam, will feature the work of East End painter Patrice Carmichael for the month of July. Carmichael is a native of South Africa, though Toronto is home. A member of the Beach Guild of Fine Art, her oils on canvas range from expressionist landscapes to abstract paintings […]
This column is dedicated to the late Glenn Cochrane, who grew up in Hamilton, but was a Beacher by choice with his wife Jean, and a great Canadian. I learned a lot from Glenn about Hamilton sports in a national context. I recently had a discussion about the Pan Am Games, which someone said was […]
She trains in the Pan Am pool with the Scarborough Swim Club, and has tickets to watch swimming with her family during the upcoming Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games. So you can imagine how thrilled Lily McDonald was to be chosen as one of the 3,000-plus torchbearers taking part in the 41-day Pan Am Games […]
Kristen Loritz puts in a lot of miles every week, commuting between home, school at the University of Toronto’s Mississauga campus, and skating practice at the Burlington Skating Club, home of NEXXICE, her synchronized skating team. But the team, performing as Team Canada with Loritz as co-captain, didn’t have to travel far on April 11 […]
Mural Routes, an arts service organization supporting mural artists and communities through teaching, learning and sharing initiatives, is holding a workshop series encouraging community involvement with the upcoming Pan Am / Parapan Am Games. Faces of the Community / Las Caras de la Comunidad, in partnership with Toronto 2015 Ignite and the Toronto Arts Council, […]
Equestrian Hanna Bundy is as keen as Mustard to ride at the Pan Am Games. Bundy, 20, lives in the Beach and competes internationally in three-day eventing, the ‘triathlon’ of equestrian sports. It combines dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. Mustard, 12, is Bundy’s horse and athletic partner. Raised in B.C., he was actually born wild, […]
It took 60 years, but Scarborough Swim Club finally has a home pool. And what a pool. By 6 a.m. on a recent Saturday morning, both Olympic-size tanks in the new Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre had lanes full of splashing swimmers — the SCAR club in one, Canada’s junior national team in the other. […]
Racing canoes and kayaks is thirsty work, but Balmy Beach paddlers got an extra big drink this month after bringing home the Ontario Cup. The provincial title caps a season when Balmy Beach Canoe Club shot from 16th to third nation-wide. “I don’t think we can ever do better than this,” said head coach Peter […]
