Oshawa Camera Club Award

The Oshawa Camera Club celebrated its 79th anniversary at The Regent Theatre, Oshawa May 9.  I was delighted to be awarded first prize for this image of a lion cub chewing his mother’s ear in the zoology category.

Canadians walk for water in Kenya

Many people take fresh drinking water for granted and are able to quench their thirst with the turn of a tap. However, thousands of communities still rely on walking many kilometres a day to fill up their jerrycans and carry their water supplies home on their backs. WE.org is changing the way communities in the Masai…

Heart & Stroke Heart Month Rally

February is Heart and Stroke Month and the Durham and Peterborough Region Heart & Stroke Foundation (DPRHSF) is set to proclaim the message to residents of the signs an attack to residents, with a rally for the hundreds of volunteer canvassers at Maxwell Heights Secondary School. “Heart disease and stroke are the number one killers…

Whitby’s Abilities Centre hosts Paralympic Schools Week event

WHITBY — Three-time Paralympic medallist Todd Nicholson, who played sledge hockey for Team Canada for 25 years and competed in five Paralympic Games, delivered an inspiring message of commitment and determination to students during Paralympic Schools Week at Whitby’s Abilities Centre, April 26. “Never give up on your dreams,” was the message Nicholson repeated during…

Tickets on sale for Brooklin’s Victorian Tea

BROOKLIN — Group 74 invites women of all ages to dust off their best hats and join friends for an elegant afternoon of light refreshments at their 17th Annual Victorian Tea on Saturday, May 13 at Barnes Memorial Funeral Home. The event has become a traditional way for women of all generations to dress-up in…