Every Saturday at noon, Historicist looks back at the events, places, and charactersa 'good and bada 'that have shaped Toronto into the city we know today.

CAROLYN IRELAND 7 What: Okemere, a country estate with many eco-friendly features spread out over 30 acres.

S ay goodbye to the old boy's club. Porsche is breaking down barriers and revving up a new set of drivers, a group of smart, sexy, successful women.

In a presentation by Phil McNelly MPP Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Energy & Infrastructure, St Marys Cement has received a certificate for its Bowmanville facility reaching the milestone of achieving certification in Energy Excellence.

Sidebar Durham H1N1 clinics Starting Monday Pickering: Pickering Town Centre, lower level near the food court, Hwy.

LISA PRIEST N ominated years ago in Canada's Top 40 under 40, Kellie Leitch - who is still under 40 - today becomes chief of surgery for a large hospital in one of this country's fastest-growing communities.

Thomas Jones and Rob Gibson are acutely aware that they are setting themselves up for a barrage of "nature versus nurture" jokes whenever they tell people their son is a budding ballet prodigy.

I'm in Bowmanville, Ont. - actually just a few miles north of Bowmanville at Mosport International Raceway to be exact.

When Colin Kennedy was 10, he accompanied his dad to the local Honda dealer for some routine maintenance on the family Civic and was intrigued by the sounds coming from a nearby service bay where mechanics were trying to tune the four carburetors of an odd little roadster.

Big cat expert Dave Salmoni on living with - problem lions,' rehabilitating them, and how to fend off an attack if one has you in its jaws A conversation with Jonathon Gatehouse Dave Salmoni is a Canadian who has found international fame as the hands-on host of shows about animal attacks and rogue predators for the Discovery Channel and Animal ...

Environment Canada confirmed in a statement today that a tornado touched down in Bowmanville on Monday.

Jeff Statham was hardly surprised when he received a layoff notice two years ago from an auto parts company that supplied General Motors' Oshawa, Ont.

Connor Alison's unassisted goal at 16:03 of the third period lifted the Bowmanville Eagles to a 3-2 victory over the Peterborough Liftlock Stars in CCHL action at the Evinrude Centre on Tuesday night.

The Toronto Sun heated up this year's International Association of Fire Fighters media awards.

"It was bleeding and I could feel it was wet...I was scared, because I thought, these guys are going to kill me." Trial for man accussed of abducting, sexually assaulting 12-year-old girl may be put on hold until December Stanley Tippett broke down in tears in the witness box Friday as he told his version of the events leading to his Aug.

About 400 driving tests in Peterborough were cancelled this week because of striking provincial driving examiners, say Serco DES Inc.

Cellphone calls place an accused kidnapper in Durham Region mere hours after a Peterborough girl was found half-naked behind a Courtice school, court heard yesterday.

A retired Durham Region cab driver testified he picked up Stanley Tippett about 13 km from where his abandoned van was found in Oshawa.

From a press release issued by Parts Canada Superbike Championship organizers: TORONTO, Ont.

A ferocious, wide and fast-moving summer storm whipped up funnel clouds and winds that killed one person in Durham, ripped down power lines for nearly 57,000 people across southern Ontario, sheared off roofs from Gravenhurst to Craigleith to Vaughan and left massive damage in its wake.