Yesterday and Today - December 2021
- January, 2022

Yesterday and Today
Emery’s original Hillman
By Tim Lambrinos
The recent Vanier Cup college football championship game, played on December 4th in Quebec City, thrilled fans across the nation. This game always seems to deliver excellent athleticism and youthful, competitive passion, and this year’...
Congratulations to the 2021 Emery Village BIA scholarship recipients
- July, 2021

By Sean Delaney
Two years ago, the Emery Village BIA Board of Management approved scholarships to help recognize outstanding students from local high schools in Emery Village and the adjacent school district in skilled trades categories.
Both Emery Collegiate and Westview Centennial High Schoo...
Yesterday and Today - Feb 2021
- March, 2021

Emery Village’s cellist supreme
By Tim Lambrinos
Just a few decades ago, teaching instrumental music at schools in North York’s junior high school system was a central part of the educational curriculum. Musical instruction and theory included studying classical pieces written by Britten, Somers,...
The Knechtel family’s mark on music at Emery
- July, 2020

By Tim Lambrinos
This month we honour the life of local renowned music teacher Baird Knechtel (May 22, 1937 – May 29, 2020) Baird shared his passion for music with students for more than 40 years throughout his teaching career at various North York high schools. For all the students that ...
Who doesn’t like a big pay check?
- May, 2019

Make Your Future 2 Job Fair
By Sean Delaney
On April 25th, Westview Centennial Secondary School was host to the area’s second successful youth job fair - the Make Your Future 2 Job Fair (MYF2).
There was a hum, buzz and rumble generated by excited teens anxiously waiting to take in all ...