Category: Community
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LIVE EVENT – Dog Festival at Riverwood Conservancy
COVERAGE BY KATE WOODS AND PADDINGTON On Sunday, September 28, the Sheridan Sun will be covering the Dog Festival at Riverwood Conservancy in Mississauga. We will be posting live coverage, so be sure to come back and join the Sun’s Kate Woods and her K9 companion, Paddington, as they bring you live coverage of this…
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Plenty of paws to admire at PawsWay
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY LINDA HERMIZ Kennedy, an 11-month-old Irish red and white setter, leaped on guests, showering them with kisses at PawsWay’s biannual puppy and kitten weekend. Lucky for him, the room was filled with animal lovers who returned his affection. Purina PawsWay hosted the two-day event in Toronto where pet experts, breeders, groomers,…
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Be The Game continues to spread the kind every time message
BY JONATHAN FERGUSON Be The Game continues to spread the kind everytime message while raising money and mental health awareness. At the Black Bull Neighbourhood Pub Banquet hall, Sept 18, Be The Game held a fundraiser so schools that normally would not be able to have the program visit now could within the upcoming months.…
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Mississauga aims to release the hounds after new tethering bylaws passed
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DYLAN PAISLEY It was raining cats and dogs last Saturday but that didn’t put a damper on the Mississauga Humane Society pet fair and walkathon. “This is an annual event,” said society president Lily Chen. “The walkathon started almost 10 years ago, then we changed it to a pet festival two…
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Supercrawl festival returns to Hamilton this weekend
COVERAGE BY CHAD MASON AND MARKO WOLOSHYN From Friday through Sunday, James St will be closed down for the sixth annual Supercrawl music and arts festival. The free event is set to feature dozens of bands, food trucks, visual artists and guest speakers. The event kicks off Thursday with politically charged rap collective A Tribe…
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Festival brings life to Kerr Street
STORY BY SAMANTHA MAICH The First Annual Kerr Festival, hosted by Kerr Village, is the largest event to come to Kerr since the Santa Claus Parade. Unlike the parade, however, the festival ran for 10 hours and a wide variety of onlookers crowded the streets of Downtown Oakville throughout the day. “They ate fire!” Gabriella…
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Beach Celtic Festival 2014
VIDEO BY LINDA HERMIZ The Beach Celtic Festival is a tradition that has been going on since 2004. Created by Sandy Graham, the festival is held to honour the Scottish, Irish and Welsh culture. When Graham’s mother passed away 11 years ago, she asked her family and friends not to mourn her, but to celebrate…
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Celebration Square is Awemazing for the anual AwesTruck
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DYLAN PAISLEY Celebration Square experienced both rain and shine last weekend for its first ever SoundBites event. SoundBites is a two-day open-air festival featuring music, movies and food trucks. “This is the first year of the event and we are excited to make this an annual thing at Celebration Square,” said…
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Peel cops cuff cancer at HMC shave-off
STORY AND PHOTOS BY VANESSA GILLIS It all started with one little boy who lost his hair to cancer. Cops for Cancer is an program that began in Edmonton in 1994 when 5-year-old Lyle Jorgenson lost his hair after going through cancer treatment. Sergeant Gary Goulet was visiting Jorgenson’s school when he saw other kids…
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A truly Canadian tradition
INFOGRAPHIC BY VANESSA GILLIS STORY AND PHOTOS BY JONATHAN FERGUSON AND VANESSA GILLIS //
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Marketing student event helps Sick Kids
STORY AND PHOTO BY GREG LOWENTHAL Hazel McCallion Campus was in high gear on March 21 for Carnival Day. The event was organized by the Marketing program as an incentive for students to earn grades, but the ultimate goal was to raise money for the Sick Kids Hospital Foundation. Jake Hernandez, a Marketing student, explained…
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Oakville Place is Just Dancing this March Break
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DYLAN PAISLEY Oakville Place has been moving all week with its Just Dance 2014 March Break dance off. The competition last week to promote the mall and was to entertain kids on March Break. “Well I know other shopping centres have done it with Guitar Hero. The game seems to be…