VIVA MULTICULTURALISM ST. THOMAS MULTICULTURAL DAY: Representing Cuba, Dominican Republic and Colombia at the St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School Multicultural Day on Tuesday are (l-r) Grade 10 students Michell Urana, Manuela Mejia and Mirialys Lopez. The event featured displays of students from 17 different countries.
AWARD WINNING INNOVATION EARNING KUDOS: Dee Eckford, sales manager for Ontario and Atlantic, and Jason Weinstein, general manager of Eclipse Medical, received the Award of Excellence for Product Innovation, Medichair Halton's eighth annual New Medical Product and Educational Venue. The two are pictured here with the device, which earned their company the award, the 889 XLSN four-wheel cabin scooter.
DELIVERING THE MESSAGE: Keynote speaker Matt Evans, Executive Director of Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving (OSAID) talks to Halton high school students at The Choice is Yours, an interactive conference for youth, by youth, on safer partying.
Ralph Robinson
FOREST TRAIL FESTIVITIES: Ecole Forest Trail was alive with celebration as its students marked its grand opening.Here, Sara Walshe, Paige Canning and Brianne Hanson perform the schools dance team gold medal performance.
GRAND OPENING SOLUTIONS: Solutions CEO Rick Walia and his wife Priya were on hand for the recent grand opening celebration of the 10th Solutions store at the RioCan Centre Burloak. Solutions carries high-end, quality products that are both fashionable and functional.
From left, Viktor Korolyuk, Esteban Lerzundy, Alexandra Podkoscielny, Matthew Kim, Nicolas Huiskamp, Kareena Braich and Madison Tester sing at the assembly.
GUIDING LIGHTS: The Halton Mentoring Partnership program honoured many of its mentors with certificates of recognition recently at the Halton Regional Administration Centre. Mentors can be the people who help new Canadians really adjust to life in Canada.
HELPING OUT: Oakville YMCA volunteer Andrew Nyhuis is a teen who gives his time to the Y and the youths it serves like Hannah DeSouza.
INTRODUCING OPEN HOUSE: Yvonne Mollinga, (left) the new owner of Amber Door Spa, 1500 Heritage Way, chats with client Iris Bruce during an open house to introduce a new line of jewelry that is the favourite of celebrities such as Steven Speilberg and Tori Spelling.
Krisalyn-Rose Barnett (on the left) and the rest of the schools skipping team perform at the ceremony.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TEN GOOD YEARS: Good Night Good Morning recently celebrated its 10th anniversary with a cake cutting at the upscale lingerie boutique at 100 Bronte Road (unit 3). Cutting the cake are (l-r) Ana-Maria Pires, Anya Izakowski (owner) and Mary Brown. To contact the store call 905-847-1512.
