“I’ll be doing Okichitaw until I’m in my grave.” Candy Blair, a 22-year-old Torontonian woman, says practicing the martial art of Okichitaw has changed her life. “I struggle with depression, I’ve struggled with social anxiety, I’ve struggled with suicidal thoughts ...
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Riverside resident Eugene Kurz was running on adrenaline when he drove up to Newmarket at 7 a.m. on a Saturday morning, but there’s no rest for the president of the Toronto Stiga Table Hockey League (TSTHL) on the day of ...
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Go around back of 33 Villiers St, an old Port Lands warehouse now converted to general studio space, and you enter what at first sight and sound is a cross between the Battle of Five Armies and a loudly genial ...
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Athleticism isn’t often the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks about the Harry Potter book series, but Quidditch Canada defied expectations and thrilled a small crowd by kicking off the recent Fan Expo weekend at the Downtown ...
Read More »Underwater rugby teams scrape along
Taking the hard hitting sport of field rugby underwater has not changed the dynamics, competitiveness and challenges of the game and it provides participants a safe arena to test their skills. Two teams of six battle it out but injuries ...
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