Milton District Hospital is celebrating the official grand opening of nine new Smilezone’s throughout the hospital.
WinterFest2020 Ontario Kidpreneurs Bazaar, organized by Ayesha Naeem, rolled out at the Milton Bible Church on January 4th as a venue for showcasing youthful entrepreneurs and their businesses.
When Laylo Atakhodjaeva started researching food waste in Canada she discovered that 40% of food basically ends up in landfills. She found out that stores might be throwing away perfectly edible food. “In my religion,” Laylo said “it is sinful to waste anything and I knew that I had to do something about it. After more research, I realized Community Fridges that have been so popular in Europe to reduce food waste could be ideal in Canada as well.”
Long-time residents of Milton will recall Super A Video – a beloved home video store once located in the plaza at the corner of Ontario Street and Derry Road. It was there amidst the movie stacks that the idea for the Milton Film Festival was born. MFF Lead Programmer Katie Pearce says that’s where current Festival Founder and Director Jennifer Smith first began dreaming of the possibilities.
Samina Amin brings her passion for art to everything she does, including her job as a relator. It helps her in advising clients while staging a house. “When I go, I can tell people what to use; how to present a house,” she said. She likes to bring bright colours into décor through the use of paintings, and pictures.
“By the grace of the Almighty the twelve months I have given to this project have been nothing short of a labour of love.” This is how Fahim Hamid Ali ends his afterword in the program for his documentary “Magical Milton.” The film premiered at the Mattamy Theatre inside the FirstOntario Centre for the Arts Milton.
What better time to celebrate the start of a new decade than by announcing the fulfilment of a post-secondary educational project that’s been 12 years in the planning. As of January 2020, Wilfred Laurier University will be offering a Master of Education program at the Milton Educational Village (MEV). A reception was held at Pasquilino’s restaurant in Milton on December 19th to celebrate this all important first step towards establishing a campus that will, in decades to come, serve over 15,000 students.
The Milton Film Festival has announced the nine feature films which will be screened at the seventh annual event over the weekend of January 24-26, 2020 at the FirstOntario Arts Centre Milton.
Kicking off the Festival’s three day schedule is the classic HIS GIRL FRIDAY, which is celebrating it’s 80th
Through the inspiration of Dr. Andrea Row bottom of Grace Church, the Nativity pageant “On the Way to Bethlehem” has become an annual tradition since 2001 in our town. The pageant is the major project of Milton Area Christian Churches Working Together. Andrea explained that: “The pageant is a three night performance staged at the historic Country Heritage Park, Milton, regardless of the weather, until this year: Friday and Saturday nights were very
It was the first of December, a cold and icy weekend morning, when young entrepreneurs head out to set up their booths at the Little Merchants Expo, organized by Milton Muslim Moms, with parents as their helpers.
Prior to the event, these children had had time to formulate a business plan, with pointers provided at an especiallyorganized workshop. Hafsa Hassam, the founding member of MMMs, and think-tank behind the Expo,