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Get your motor running

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Twenty-five years after the launch of MuchMusic, ’80s style is back. Former VJs Teresa Roncon and Erica Ehm go hog-wild for the season’s latest motorcycle jackets

My 905

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AT THE BASE of Glen Cameron Road in Thornhill, on the south side, is an industrial building. As a kid, I used to ride my bike there. One day, I noticed a man walking out carrying a guitar to his Cadillac. I was learning guitar and was obsessed with the idea of becoming a professional … Continued

The good, the bad and the snowy

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DESPITE THE FACT that she is Canada’s one and only Olympic gold medalist in alpine ski racing, Kerrin Lee-Gartner advocates for keeping it casual on the slopes. “I’m about heartfelt family time,” she says on a call from her home. She’s taken time out of her afternoon to talk to us about skiing as an … Continued

Trudeau, teens and the art of engagement

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JUSTIN TRUDEAU NEVER planned to go into politics. “When I was 15, my father [former prime minister Pierre Trudeau] had just retired … politics was pretty much the furthest thing from my mind as a possible career path,” he says. Nonetheless, despite an early career in teaching, Trudeau is now the Liberal member of Parliament … Continued

North York kids still banging heads after 36 years

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TWO YEARS AGO the members of Toronto heavy metal band Anvil were working at day jobs, shovelling pasta, delivering food and working on houses just to make ends meet. Now, the DVD that documented their journey from groundbreaking ’80s band to obscurity and back again has turned the band into an overnight sensation. In the … Continued

Neighbourhood airport closure ‘probable’

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RECENT NEWS THAT the Buttonville Municipal Airport could be closing has led to speculation about development at Markham Airport. In April, the Buttonville Airport lost $1.6 million in annual funding provided by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority. Owned by the Sifton Family for nearly 50 years, the airport’s closure is “probable,” said Toronto Airways president … Continued

Driving range creates controversy

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SOME RICHMOND HILL residents were surprised when it appeared that work had begun on a project to construct a controversial golf driving range on a provincially owned property behind their houses. They were surprised because the project hasn’t been approved by the province yet. Atilla Yeter, who lives adjacent to the site at 8111 Leslie … Continued

Sunnybrook Hospital captures the sun

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A “GREEN” UPGRADE to the Bayview Avenue campus at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre was dedicated to a former employee of the hospital, Harry Taylor, who died last November. “Harry was my boss,” said Beverley Townsend, the manager of environmental sustainability at Sunnybrook.“He was to win an excellence in leadership award at Sunnybrook for his … Continued

Major development slated for Avenue Rd.

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North York Residents and councillors met recently to discuss the completed “Avenue Road Study.” Created to set rules for development on Avenue Road between Lawrence Avenue and Wilson Avenue, the study was one of three undertaken in 2007. It calls for small-scale, mid-rise developments of five storeys with larger-scale developments of up to seven storeys … Continued

One-third of Downsview Park to be sold

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Beginning this month, Downsview Park staff and consultants evaluate proposals for a controversial development as part of plans to develop one-third of total parklands. Parc Downsview Park, Inc. (PDP) outlined a proposal to sell two sections of the 47.6-acre Stanley Greene neighbourhood located in the southwestern area of Downsview Park to “appropriate residential developers” in … Continued

Local doctor wins big in area byelection battle

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Dr. Eric Hoskins, of the Liberal party, prevailed at the Sept. 17 byelection to win the vacant provincial government seat left by former MPP Michael Bryant. Hoskins won more than 47 per cent of votes cast. He ran against the Progressive Conservative party’s Sue-Ann Levy, a municipal politics columnist for the Toronto Sun, who won … Continued

Don Mills development divides community

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North York Community councillors were unable to reach a decision about whether or not a condominium development proposal that would add 1,300 units to the neighbourhood should be built on the site next to the Shops at Don Mills. The proposal, submitted by Cadillac Fairview, called for a mixed-use development of six buildings with heights … Continued