Category: Community
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Author Ann Birch speaks to American Woman’s Club of Oakville
STORY BY SAMANTHA MAICH Are you thinking about writing a historical or political novel? Do you think this will be easy? Think again. Canadian author Ann Birch says it is hard to keep bias out of writing historical novels, because they need to be as accurate as possible. Birch has published several historical works, including…
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And they said money can’t buy you happiness…
STORY AND PHOTOS BY CHRIS COUTTS The Oakville and Milton Humane Society is holding a half-price “adopt-a-thon” until the end of January for cats that are more than six months old. The shelter has been so overrun with cats that they’ve had to rent a trailer to house them all after the Humane Society rescued…
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Halton and the Salvation Army give out grocery cards after ice storm
STORY BY SAMANTHA MAICH The Municipality of Halton gave out $27,000 worth in grocery store cards to residents on financial aid through Salvation Army locations from Jan. 8 to Jan. 10 in response to the ice storm. “About $450,000 in grocery cards were made available to communities that were the hardest hit,” and, “the remaining…
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Enactus pitches in to help local community
STORY BY SAM TASKIE Sheridan students who join Enactus are helping build a better community and gaining skills at the same time. Enactus, a club based at the Hazel McCallion Campus, focuses on helping entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations become sustainable both economically and ecologically. Enactus stands for “entrepreneurship,” “action” and “us.” Many schools around the…
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Capturing the “Icepocalypse” in story and image
STORY BY ERIN QUEENAN Gauthier photographs the ice storm in Caledon, ON While lights flickered and faded in homes across the GTA this holiday season, students’ camera’s flashed, capturing stills of a frozen world. Downed wires, chilled houses, cold water, the crack and quake of ice and tree limb all characterize an end to 2013.…
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Student photography of the “Icepocalypse”
STORY BY ERIN QUEENAN PHOTOS BY CHANDLER GAUTHIER, DAVE FINK, KYLE TOTH, MEAGHAN JOHNSON, KEVIN BRYAN, SAHIL GHAI While lights flickered and faded in homes across the GTA this holiday season, students’ cameras flashed, capturing stills of a frozen ice world. Downed wires, chilled houses, cold water, the crack and quake of ice and tree…
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Decking the halls at Dundurn Castle
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MATTHEW LOWE Visitors flocked to the lavish house of Sir Allan Napier MacNab on Saturday as Dundurn Castle held its annual Christmas tour. MacNab, premier of Canada before Confederation, died in 1862 at Dundurn. Built of brick and stone in 1835, the house has been preserved and is open to visitors…
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Writers get opportunity to study in France
STORY BY NICHOLAS OLSEN Aspiring writers are being offered an opportunity to get their work recognized by a colony of artists in France. This spring, from May 15 to 24, Mosaic Press publisher Howard Aster and his wife Jeannette will be holding their annual writer’s workshop retreat at La Roche D’Hys in Burgundy, France. “The…
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Jingle all the way
STORY AND VIDEO BY MICHELLE WHITTEMORE PICTURES BY GRAEME FRISQUE The Arthritis Society hosted their first Ontario Jingle Bell Walk & Run on Sunday at Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus. Participants could choose a 1, 2.5 or 5k route around campus. The event provides jingle bells to the participants so that they can be heard while they…
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Paws with Claus – Pet pictures with Santa at Oakville Place
STORY BY TAYLOR SHAPPERT What do you want for Christmas? What does your pet want? You can take your pet to Oakville Place to meet Santa to find out. On Dec. 9 and 16, small furry friends can have their picture taken with Santa at the mall. In the more than four years the…
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LIVE EVENT: Breaking Bad RV tour
COVERAGE BY TYLER REYNOLDS From November 26th to December the 9th, a replica of the RV from the critically acclaimed tv show Breaking Bad will be touring around the GTA. This Saturday, it will be making a stop at the Heartland Town Centere in Mississauga. Stay tuned to The Sheridan Sun for live coverage.
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Celebration Square tree lighting draws thousands
VIDEO BY GREG LONGLEY The tree lighting ceremony at Celebration Square near the Hazel McCallion Campus drew thousands of people on Saturday night to ring in the Christmas season. Gourmet food vendors lined the square as families participated in skating and horse-drawn carriage rides while listening to performances by Matt Dusk, The Walkervilles and The…