OSHAWA — Hundreds of high school girls headed over to Bobby Orr Public School on April 26 for the fourth annual “Gowns for Girls” giveaway event. The occasion has become quite an affair on the pre-prom season calendar for senior girls looking for a dress to transform their look on prom night. Const. Joylene MacNeill,…
BOWMANVILLE — Mark Smigielski wheels his 13-year-old son, Ryan, into the living room of the family’s Bowmanville home. The boy’s eyes sparkle and he smiles in response to a greeting. But that is about as much as the Grade 8 student from Holy Family C.E.S. can manage. Ryan was not always confined to a wheelchair.…
BOWMANVILLE, ON — When Colton Sparkes was 18-months old he lost his words. They came back but in 2013, at three-years of age. When he lost them a second time he was sent for a hearing assessment. That is when the Bowmanville boy first had contact with Grandview Children’s Centre. Since then Colton, 7, has…
WHITBY — Kassidy Sauvé has a remarkable story of grit and determination. The Whitby athlete and student at Ohio State University (OSU) bounced back from sitting out a full hockey season after bilateral hip surgery to playing in every game but one this season, and finished as the first goaltender in Ohio State history to…
TORONTO — The Michael “Pinball” Clemons Foundation announced the launch of its JUST GIVE campaign against the backdrop of planes, trucks and police automobiles in a hangar at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Wednesday, April 19. The JUST GIVE campaign is designed to inspire kindness, with an aim to fill community food banks for the…
Barbara Howe - Journalist 