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Homewood/Maitland Safety Association
A member of the Homewood/Maitland Safety Association and members of a watchdog group, who monitor the actions of the Homewood/Maitland Safety Association, talk with transgendered sex worker Pheobe who works the Homewood strip. The Homewood/Maitland Safety Association is a group of local residents who are tired with the ongoing prostitution and drug problem on their streets, and are trying to do something about it by talking to the sex workers. The monitoring group has been showing up in the evenings to make sure the H.M.S.A. isn't acting out of line, as their have been reports of verbal and physical abuse acted out by H.M.S.A. members against the sex workers.
August 22, 2008
Year of the Frog
SCARBOROUGH - After thriving for 360 million years, one third to half of the world's known amphibian species could go extinct in our lifetime, resulting in the largest mass extinction since the disappearance of the dinosours. The Toronto Zoo, the federal Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Natural Resources, and the Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums officially launched The Year of the Frog in answer to the growing worldwide amphibian crisis.
Bob Johnson, Toronto Zoo Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians holds a Whites Tree Frog.
February 29, 2008
Terry Fox Volunteer - Cancer SurvivorSeptember 12, 2007
13-year-old Rachel is a cancer survivor and a member of the Port Perry 'Terry's Team'.
Rusty's Reach Playground at East Lynn Park
Four-year-old Joey tests the new swing set at Rusty's Reach playground. The E.L.F. (East Lynn Park Foundation) was able to secure $200,000 for the rejuvenation of East Lynn Park. The money helped purchase a newly redesigned playground, which was named Rusty's Reach, after a Toronto Parks and Rec worker, Rusty Warkman, who diligently tended to the park until his retirement in December 2006.
Accessability Feature
August 14, 2006
Photo taken for multi-part feature on accessability issues in Durham Region.
Some portraits taken last week for feature articles published in Oshawa This Week, Whitby This Week, The Canadian Statesman, Ajax/Pickering News Advertiser
Video artist Melissa Pauw stands by one of her drawings 'imaginary friends' which is on display as part of a collaborative exhibition entitled 'Mind Map' at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery with three other artists. Melissa also has one of her videos exhibited, also entitled 'imaginary friends', in which she drew by hand on every frame of the video. Her work came about through the idea that as children, people had imaginary friends which disappeared over time as they became adults. Through her video animation peice she wanted to bring back a little bit of that childhood, and give it back to some unsuspecting adults.
July 19, 2006
Andy Kozak was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was just five and a half years-old. He was also the first diabetic racer for Team Diabetes Canada to complete a solo 24-hour mountain bike race. Andy is now getting ready to race solo in the 24 Hours of Hot August Nights race on August 19 at the Albion Hills Conservation Area, where he will be spearheading the fundraiser 'Get Pumped', which will see relay teams racing for 24-hours to raise money for the Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre in Whitby. The fundraising for the C. H. Best Centre will help people with type 1 diabetes get access to insulin pumps, which are the newest form of diabetes management and are also not subsidised by the government after the age of 18. "The idea for the fundraiser was to help people on a local level, raise awareness of type 1 diabetes, and prove that with proper diabetes management people afflicted by the condition, can do pretty much anything," says Andy.
July 20, 2006
Joanne Elawar's brother, Saady Elawar went on vacation to Lebanon, to visit family and friends. He left on May 27th, and was to return at the end of July, but now with escalating violence in Lebanon, thousands of Canadians like him are trapped and are trying desperatly to get back home to Canada. Joanne is hoping that the Canadian Government and the Canadian Embassy in Lebanon will help Canadian citizens get back quickly and safely.
July 17, 2006
A member of the Homewood/Maitland Safety Association and members of a watchdog group, who monitor the actions of the Homewood/Maitland Safety Association, talk with transgendered sex worker Pheobe who works the Homewood strip. The Homewood/Maitland Safety Association is a group of local residents who are tired with the ongoing prostitution and drug problem on their streets, and are trying to do something about it by talking to the sex workers. The monitoring group has been showing up in the evenings to make sure the H.M.S.A. isn't acting out of line, as their have been reports of verbal and physical abuse acted out by H.M.S.A. members against the sex workers. 
