As a Neighbourhood Community Officer (NCO) in 22 Division, Constable Jermaine Watt was looking for ways to engage young people in his community. The holder of a pilot license the last 16 years, Watt chose aviation, as a unique way to connect with young people. “Flying is something I really...

A mature, busy and family focused Honours high school student received the 43 Division Community Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) Game Changing scholarship to continue her studies in university. Tamkin Bigzad was awarded the $7,500 scholarship because of her extraordinary ability to balance school work, participate in extracurricular activities and help...

Gabriel Nool, 18, aspires to be a police officer. The Scarborough Academy for Technological, Environmental and Computer Sciences at WA Porter Collegiate Institute graduate will attend Centennial College to pursue the Police Foundations program. “I like watching crime scene television series and helping people,” said Nool, who was among 10...

Nearly 60 youth in the Regent Park community took park in a 10-week ProAction Cops & Kids-sponsored basketball and soccer program for girls and boys. Every Wednesday, the young basketball participants converged on Regent Park Community Centre for the program. The soccer players were in action on Saturdays. “We spent...

High school graduate Shamo Elghoche was the recipient of the inaugural Father Fred Mazzarella Memorial Scholarship presented on June 29. It took place at James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic Secondary School graduation at Woodbridge Banquet & Event Centre in Woodbridge. Mazzarella, who in 1990 began working as a part-time chaplain with...