Browsing Category 'Health and Well-being'
Gay women don’t box with straight men. By Calvin To Away from the bright lights of downtown Toronto sits a humble gym in the city’s industrial-looking east end, where society’s marginalized women get together, kick ass and find their inner strength. The Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club is a women- and trans-friendly place to get fit. [...]
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The Toronto Power Wheelchair Hockey League unites a small and diverse community through a shared love of hockey and competitive spirit. By Claire Prime The first thing you hear when you walk into Sunnyview Public School in Lawrence Park on a Saturday is the squealing of wheels. Then you hear shouting from the coaches, from [...]
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By Paige Ellis The serious benefits of a very silly yoga practice. A young woman is rolling around on a church floor in a fit of laughter. She frantically wipes tears from her eyes and turns towards the older women lying to her right, also in hysterics. “This is unbelievable!” she says, gasping. What’s so [...]
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By Ruane Remy Seniors stay physically and socially active in a west end Toronto neighbourhood. Beyoncé’s voice echoes through the empty halls of The Albion Centre. The stores are dark behind their glass gates. Yet the mall is alive and full of energy. “Better move, ’cause we’ve arrived. Lookin’ sexy. Lookin’ fly,” Beyoncé sings. Albion [...]
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