Tag Archives: YMCA

As a historian, I really enjoyed watching Victorian Slum House on PBS. It shows (in quiet, realistic and graphic terms) how life was in the slums of London in the 19th century. We here in Toronto also had some horrid slums ...

On June 11, the YMCA Cooper Koo team visited Air Canada Centre for a rare opportunity to train like a professional basketball player as the grand prize winners in the Ford Drills & Skills competition. The teams won the chance ...

Dennis Hanagan– Condo and apartment dwellers are slackers compared to house dwellers when it comes to sorting recyclables and food waste so the junk doesn’t go to landfill sites. Over the past 5 to 8 years when city waste management ...

The Cooper Koo Family Cherry Street Y will be home to a 20,000 square foot accessible green roof – one of the largest in downtown Toronto. A consultation session will be held on Feb. 24 from 7 to 8 p.m. ...

The West Don Lands Committee (WDLC) will hold its monthly meeting on Feb. 23 from 7 to 9 p.m. at 39 Parliament St., 11th floor. The entry code for the meeting room is 182. The meeting will include a presentation ...