Jill of all trades: from athlete to educator
STORY BY DARYLL HINVES Not many students can brag about having a professional hockey player for a teacher. Carolyne Prevost plays left wing for Toronto Furies, and is also a math, gym and science teacher at Gaétan-Gervais, a French high school in Oakville. The 24-year-old Sarnia native has been an athlete all her life. She […]
Plato’s Closet offering cash for lightly used clothes
STORY BY VANESSA GILLIS Tucked away in the side of a little plaza off Iroquois Shore Road, you’ll find an unassuming clothing store. But it’s nothing like others you have seen. Plato’s Closet buys and sells second-hand brand-name clothes, with prices much lower than those found in retail stores. “It’s great quality stuff. It’s not […]
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 […]
Assault in Sheridan’s woods
STORY BY WILLIAM DIXON An assault last Thursday morning of a 21-year old woman near a wooded path near Trafalgar campus is under investigation by Halton Police. Constable Cindy Sunstrum is heading the investigation along with two other officers, said Detective Sergeant John Mans, a member of the Child Abuse and Sexual Assault unit. The […]
Raising alert against diabetes
STORY BY MICHAEL RODRIGUES With millions of Canadians suffering from diabetes, healthcare professionals are worried that young adults are not taking the time to care for their health. November is National Diabetes Awareness Month, and the Halton Diabetes Program will be providing an information booth for the students and faculty of Sheridan College. On Nov. […]
Kielburger urges young people to pitch in and make a difference
STORY BY FILIPE DOS SANTOS The night began with the story of Siphiwe Hlophe, a Swazi woman who in 1999 won a scholarship to study in the U.K. only to lose it, and most everything else in her life, after being diagnosed with HIV. On Oct 9, a crowd of more than 750 heard Craig […]
Sheridan’s waste audit digs deep
STORY BY MICHAEL RODRIGUES A Tim Hortons coffee cup. Is it mixed recycling? Does it belong in organics? Or does it belong with the other trash? On Oct. 16, Sheridan’s Office for Sustainability conducted its first waste audit since April 2013. With the intention of finding ways Sheridan College can reduce the amount of waste […]
Planning your Halloween
BY BRITTANY MCAULEY If you’re like anyone else on Halloween, you’re probably not sure what to do or where to go. The Sheridan Sun has broken down a few of our favourites this year that all promise to spook, surprise and show you what Halloween really is.
Turning up the heat
This is a continuing series about people’s first experiences doing things they’ve never done. STORY BY VANESSA GILLIS Nervous. Excited. Terrified. Those are the emotions GTA firefighter Dan Burley felt his first time responding to a fire 14 years ago. “My first fire I just remember looking at the guy next to me […]
BARRED
SAMANTHA MAICH The drinking age has been raised from 19 to 21 at some bars and restaurants in Oakville, which may be illegal age discrimination, according to a Toronto lawyer. The legal drinking age in Ontario is 19, and while bars are allowed to refuse service for various reasons, it remains unclear whether age is […]
The Oakville Bike Tour
VIDEO BY CATARINA MUIA UCycle Sheridan held it’s first Oakville Bike Tour for students at Trafalgar campus on Sept. 25. Students made stops throughout the city, and ended up at Chocolate Alphabet & Casa del Gelato. To read the story, click here.
