If you’re even a casual fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs or the NHL in general, there is a good chance that you know who Pat Burns is.
The former Maple Leafs coach became an ‘A’ list celebrity in Toronto after coaching the Maple Leafs to the Western Conference finals in 1993, only to lose in seven games to Wayne Gretzky and the Los Angles Kings.
While 1993, and the success of the Maple Leafs might seem like ancient history, lately, there has been a overwhelming push by hockey fans all over North America to induct Burns into the hockey hall of fame as he continues to fight, what looks to be, a losing battle against lung cancer.
Since mid-March, over 50,000 members have joined a Toront
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Each Spring, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada gears up its largest fundraising initiative of the year, the MS Walk.
With over 70,000 participants and volunteers last year, the event will take place across Canada on Sunday, April 18th, 2010 with proceeds from the event supporting the MS Society’s national research program - as well as a number of services that assist people living with MS.
In lieu of the walk, we spoke with 24 year old participant, Kailley Sweet about her experience participating in the walk, why it’s close to her heart and how you can help to make a difference.
Kailley, tell us a bit about the MS Walk.
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On April 15th, new and expecting mothers are invited to join the ‘Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies’ seminar – taking place at the Pilates For Life studio in the heart of Yorkville.
The Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies workshop will include a 1-hour seminar that will review the latest topics in health for women, babies, and the whole family.
Participants will have the opportunity to learn good health principles, how to improve energy, get a restful sleep and (for those who are ‘on the run’) how to properly eat.
The event will be hosted by holistic nutritionist and trained vegetarian chef, Katie Compton.
Pilates for Life is Yorkville's foremost pilates a
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This past Sunday, March 14th marked the 11th annual St Patrick’s Day Run & Walk.
Facing high winds, rain and the wrong side of day light savings time, over 2,000 Toronto based exercisers showed up to tackle a 5km urban course that offered support for the non-profit organization, Achilles Canada.
Achilles Canada encourages people with disabilities to participate in running and exercise-related activities. The St. Patrick’s Day event has grown into the hallmark of the organization’s fundraising initiatives.
This year’s event sold out for the fifth consecutive year and included not only a 5km race, but a complimentary post-race beer provided by the Steam Wh
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Skiing? Not likely. Ice Skating? Don’t think so. What about tobogganing? Not this March Break.
Officially spring does not start until March 21st, but this year Mother Nature has decided to speed things up and has given Toronto area residents the luxury of ‘the big melt’ a few weeks in advance.
As a result if you’re a Toronto area exerciser, you’re either counting your lucky stars for the cleared walkways and warm weather (perfect for running or cycling), or damning globally warming for taking away your weekend pond hockey game.
With weather forecasts calling for no temperatures below zero and a mix of showers and sun over the next week, it’s
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It was a battle and the girls played their hearts out, but in the end the Sir Oliver Mowat Mustangs, senior girls volleyball team, ended up just short of becoming back-to-back Ontario champions.
Riding an impressive 48 – 1 record into OFSAA, the Scarborough school had high expectations, and brought their best, but in the end it was Ottawa based, Ecole secondaire publique Louis-Riel, that took home gold winning in three straight sets over Mowat (30-28, 25-21, 25-21).
As defending Ontario champions, Sir Oliver Mowat, had entered this year’s provincials, in Stratford, hoping to become the first Toronto school to win back-to-back girls’ titles since the
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The Best Way to Spend Your St. Patrick's Day!
As Spring approaches it's time to get back outside and start enjoying that warming weather. Perhaps there is no better way to mark this occasion than the annual
St Patrick’s Day, 5km Run & Walk in support of Achilles Canada, taking place March 14
th at the Steam Whistle Brewery.
An annual event for 11 years now, the St Patrick’s Day, Run & Walk has grown into a staple event for exercise-enthusiasts from all over the Greater Toronto Area.
This year, event organizer, Brian Mclean is expecting close to 1,500 participants to show up for a fun filled morning in support of a good cause
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The good old push-up!
We all know this exercise as a classic and this is how it will, undoubtedly, remain. Some things never change, and as the old saying goes, “
if it ain’t broke, then don’t fix it.” In celebration of our love for all things traditional, we here at Exercise Toronto have decided to feature the push-up as our exercise of the week.
Today, we live in an era where the health and wellness industry is full of so much choice that it is easy to get caught up in finding the ‘quick fix’ and easy to forget some of the traditional elements, that have proven results.
While many of these new exercises and technologies are beneficial and certainly serve t
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“Our wrestling program has a rich tradition of winning and that's a result of our commitment and team-first approach.”
After talking with the Newtonbrook Secondary School‘s Wrestling coach, we were left with four words that perfectly describe the wrestling program at this Toronto based high school: commitment, hard-work, talent and family.
Since November 2009, the Newtonbrook Wrestling Team has been practicing for three hours a day, three times a week and is considered the measuring stick for all other wrestling programs in the city.
After this year’s Toronto City Championship it looks as if this will continue.
This was
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If you're an active runner, than you probably know the story of Roger Bannister and the four-minute-mile, but the truth is, it never gets old.
It’s the type of story that legends are made of, the type of story that is only heard of in fairytales and the type of story that lead a little known athlete from Middlesex, born in 1929, to become knighted by Queen Elizabeth and cemented as not only an English hero and but an exercise legend.
Throughout history there are endless stories of individuals overcoming what was believed to be ‘impossible’ to only break through and acheive something that not only is remarkable, but eventually becomes routine due to the power of
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