Check out the Observer’s rundown of notable music fests hitting Toronto this summer, including Riot Fest, Veld Music Festival, CARIBANA, Electronic Island, Edgefest, OVO, Digital Dreams, NXNE, and TD Jazz Fest.
The Aerospace program at Centennial College is departing from Scarborough’s Ashtonbee location and is set to land at Downsview Park.
A Canadian defence historian worries that eviction of Toronto’s Air and Space Museum from its Downsview location threatens the country’s aviation heritage. On Sept. 20, Downsview Park, the museum’s landlord, delivered an eviction letter to museum volunteers, saying the museum has six months to pack up and leave.
Eastern Commerce Collegiate is looking to do whatever it takes to win in just its third football season.
A burly silver-and-blue clad defensive lineman has already broken through the offensive line and is narrowing in on the vulnerable quarterback.
But pointedly, the two do not collide, and the bull-rusher pulls up at the blast of a high-pitch whistle. There will be no striking QBs today.
The slogan for the Toronto Roller Derby (ToRD) league doesn’t even begin to capture the essence of the sport. Women and men both take part in the flat-track revival of the 1970s sport, and everyone involved does it on a volunteer basis.