Paul Ekstein is one of a dwindling breed in Vaughan. At 74 years young, the farmer and cattleman still grows his crops and raises his Holsteins, even as the urban jungle sprouts up around his Woodbridge farm at a blazing pace.
Once a foreign affairs correspondent covering the Americas for NBC News, rookie Thornhill MP Peter Kent is on familiar turf in his new cabinet post. Prime Minister Stephen Harper welcomed his new minister of state of foreign affairs for the Americas, along with the rest of his cabinet, last Thursday at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
Youthful fun knows no bounds at the city’s newest playground. Located in Civic Park next to Vaughan’s city hall, the accessible facility, which features junior and senior play apparatus and a safety surface, officially opened recently.
It’s 1940 and the war in Europe continues to escalate. Fearing sabotage and treason on Canadian soil, the federal government begins detaining some of its own people based on nothing more than suspicion. Paradise by the River – The Story of Petawawa is the tale of one Italian-Canadian Montrealer caught in that hysteria.
Police have arrested a trio of alleged bandits who they say is responsible for 288 incidents across York Region.
Dozens of red Rogers vans will fan across the city tonight to keep watch over little boils and ghouls as they haunt the streets to scare up Halloween treats.
It’s a time of reflection for Susan Kadis. Barely a week after being unseated by Conservative Peter Kent in the Oct. 14 federal election, the Thornhill Liberal says it’s still too soon to make any decisions about her future.
A 2-year-old boy died in hospital Monday morning after being struck by a car reversing out of a Thornhill driveway Sunday night.
Vaughan’s Chamber of Commerce has an award-winning leader at its helm. The Chamber of Commerce Executives of Canada (CCEC) named Deborah Bonk its Executive of the Year in the 100,000-plus-population category at the national organization’s recent conference in Quebec City.
The heralded Scott Somerville Fire and Rescue Service Station and York EMS Station 7-9 has won yet another honour. Natural Resources Canada recently awarded the station an ecoENERGY plaque for its level of energy efficiency.
York Regional Health Services inspectors recently closed two Vaughan eateries for infractions under the Health Protection and Promotion Act.
Star broadcaster-turned-Conservative candidate Peter Kent found himself in front of the news cameras once again early Wednesday morning, only this time it was as Thornhill’s MP-elect.