The owner of KAOS Music Centre competes with Amazon to maintain to maintain his 30-year-old store By David Cassels Bill Bates hates Amazon. He hates Amazon because he believes that the online retail kingpin poses a threat to his community music store. Guitars of all colours, shapes and sizes adorn the walls of KAOS Music…
By Kate Yien He does final checks on his pouches, paintball marker and mask. The plan is simple: Push up the left flank, capture the flag and get out. With a whistle blow by the referee, the team surges forward. The backman sprays at the enemy’s forward most players, keeping their heads down while Jeffery…
By Ariel Brookes Inside the waiting room of the Yellow Dog Music School, the lively melody of the electric guitar and the deep pulse of the drums can be felt in the vibrations in the walls. The drums and guitar aren’t playing in sync, they are coming from two different practice rooms. The chaotic feeling…
The Comic Room is located on the side of an old plaza across from Scarborough Health Network General Hospital. There are no big billboards or neon lights calling attention to it; blink and you’ll miss the store when driving by. However, the sign that reads “Books ½ price” is inviting enough to attract curious minds.
Pay-what-you-can grocery store ramps up efforts to help those in need during a pandemic
For over 20 years, Executive Director Phil Anderson has helped foster Queen Streets Gallery1313 and kept the spark alive at the unique Parkdale gallery.
Venus Bakery and Café has become a hub to the Iranian community in Scarborough, acting as a one-stop-shop.
How a waitress-turned owner’s excellent work ethic earned her an offer she couldn’t resist
While working towards their goal of 500 stable homes for youth in five years, the executive director of Youth Without Shelter tells how far he feels they have come and forecasts where he sees the shelter heading.
