Tag: community
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Lunch n’ Learn informs Sheridan about invasive species
BY MARK ELGIE Students and staff were invited to bring their lunch and learn about invasive species Tuesday, March 15. The event, hosted by the Office of Sustainability and featuring the Ontario Invasive Plant Council’s Colin Cassin as speaker, touched on invasive plants and insects, and how they can be identified. Not all invasive species…
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Traditional Quebec ‘Cabane à Sucre’ pops up on Toronto shore
BY JASMINE ANTHONY The beginning of March Break brought some sweetness to Toronto’s waterfront with Sugar Shack, a “real Cabane à Sucre.” On March 12 and 13, Torontonians and visitors alike had the chance to treat themselves with maple syrup taffy, live shows, and warm(ish) weather. See the festival through tweets, photos and videos below. [View the…
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Neighbourhoods in transition: Pushing the envelope
BY NATALIA CAMARENA On Jan. 26, Linda Morgan returned to another committee of adjustment meeting, along with 10 of her neighbours in an attempt to prevent another variance from being approved. In the last few years many neighbourhoods in the Town of Oakville have been undergoing transition. Older houses have been taken down, and million…
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Oakville residents creating mural for Canada’s 150th birthday
BY JASMINE ANTHONY Oakville residents have the chance to be a part of a nationwide art project to celebrate Canada’s upcoming 150th birthday. The Canada 150 Mural Mosaic project is a collaboration of artwork from 150 communities across the country. Each will produce a separate train car themed mosaic that represents their community, which is…
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Ready, set, write: Contestants aim to finish novel in a month
STORY BY RACHEL LEE-THOMAS Novelists and writers of all ages dusted off their thinking caps at the start of November, as National Novel Writing Month began. NaNoWriMo is a writing contest, challenging contestants to write a 50,000-word novel in the month of November. To accomplish this goal, writers must ideally produce 1,667 words each day. The…
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Student wins awards for volunteering
STORY BY ERIN QUEENAN It was her first call on the line. She hadn’t known what to expect but it definitely was not this. As a volunteer at the Call Centre Oakville Jane Miroshynkova was supposed to take distress calls and help make them better, but this woman was just yelling at her. “Oh…
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Oakville celebrates diversity at annual Culture Days
STORY BY COURTNEY BLOK AND CAMILLE GUSHWAY With music playing, kids running everywhere and a hall filled with arts and crafts, this years’ Culture Days didn’t fall short of its title. The Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre celebrated its 6th annual Culture Days event on September 26. The event was created to celebrate…
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The dark world of human trafficking
BRITTANY PREOCANIN Last year there were about 45 women and girls, on any given day, prostituting between Trafalgar and Guelph Line. “It’s happening here. What you see in Oakville and Burlington, it’s just a drop in the bucket from what you see in Mississauga and Toronto,” said John Cassells, a street youth specialist with SIM…
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Milton walks to Bethlehem
COVERED BY WILL DIXON The Sheridan Sun’s Will Dixon and Jennifer Stienstra joined the walk to Bethlehem in Milton to experience the birth of Jesus. [View the story “Milton walks to Bethlehem” on Storify]
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From puppy to guide dog
STORY BY SAMANTHA MAICH Oakville’s Lions Foundation of Canada for Dog Guides breeds, trains, and provides canine vision, hearing ear, seizure response, autism assistance, diabetic alert, and service guide dogs. According to Alex Ivic, director of the dog guide programs, the foundation breeds around 250 puppies per year. At six to eight weeks old, the…
