Scarborough native Colin Aguiar has scored two Academy Award nominated films and recently composed the soundtrack for Rosie Takes the Train, an official Canadian Film Festival selection. He also wrote the music for the critically acclaimed television series Traders and Harrison Bergeron.
The discomfort felt by people with hearing or speech impairments when ordering at food joints might soon be over. The Tim Hortons branch at Kennedy Road and Hwy. 401 is catering to its hearing- and speech-impaired customers to ensure they feel more welcomed and at ease.
Community members are banding together to provide eco-friendly solutions to Highland Creek’s water drainage issues. The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) asked Scarborough residents to attend several workshops last weekend where they helped identify ways the community can remedy issues experienced in some neighbourhoods by Highland Creek.
The Toronto Sports Leadership Program celebrated its most recent graduating class earlier this month. But each graduate's personal success is only part of the story, says Ann Doggett, a city community recreation supervisor involved in the program, which provides opportunities through sport to at-risk youth.
A key point of the new federal budget — delivered in March — is the government's push toward more applied research. The idea, says Conservative Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid, is to propel Canada forward on the innovation front.
Toronto will be getting a new paint job starting this summer. The city’s new StreetARToronto (StART) program is aiming to put up wall murals to add flavour and character to many of its neighbourhoods. These may be done as graffiti, stencil, mosaic, projections or other techniques.
Angela Martin was devastated when she and her husband discovered a 100-year-old home they had been renovating on their property had been gutted. The culprits, she says, were after copper. She describes fixings being torn and smashed, all the copper pulled from the wreckage of the house.
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Observer staff recently fanned out across Scarborough to ask you one question: What’s the best thing about Scarborough? Here's what you told us.
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The hunt for summer jobs is soon to begin. Once school is out, hundreds of students will be giving out resumes, applying online, and exploring every possible resource to find a job. To secure summer employment, job hopefuls should consult local Scarborough employment agencies.
Golf can be a relaxing way to spend several hours outdoors. Many golfers will tell you it’s one of the best things about the sport aside from the friendly competition. But ask a person who doesn’t play golf why they don’t pick up the sport and they’ll tell you it takes too long to play, is frustrating or costs too much money.
