No one remembers the last time Baytz Bed and Breakfast had visitors. The hotel is near a track where a train passes by every few minutes, but passengers never get on or off the series of vehicles. That’s because the people are less than two centimetres tall and the trains are about 1/187th the size of real trains.
You’re more likely to do something bad if you can do it passively, a study has found. Two psychology studies conducted at the University of Toronto at Scarborough showed people are more likely to deny help and cheat if it required little effort.
It seems the Agincourt Public Library is about more than just books. The library hosted its third Green Crafts for Teens workshop Dec. 7, offering youth age 11 to 19 the opportunity to make something old new again.
“This is why we all do it, right? We love the music, we love making the audience happy,” Waldston said. “There is nothing like creating harmony with other voices.”
“You never know where a client is going to take the dog,” Westgate said. “My job is to make sure it gets used to as many places and situations as possible. That way when she’s working, she’s familiar with things and she won’t get startled or scared.”
But these plants, displayed in the facility’s Papermill Gallery, weren’t real. They were artful renditions by the Botanical Artists of Canada (BAC), which held its annual juried art exhibition at the centre, located on Pottery Road.
Sisters Betty, Eleni and Samantha Bakopoulos, authors of the award-winning cookbook Three Sisters Around the Greek Table, recently held a cooking demonstration and book-signing at St. Barnabus Anglican Church on Danforth Avenue.
The series continues to showcase the most brilliant Canadian authors of 2010. It also gives readers and authors a chance to meet each other face-to-face, which Fielding called an encounter like no other.
It may be 2010 but 8-year-old Sierra Tsolakis and her 6-year-old sister Saige recently spent an afternoon in the 1800s. The two took part in a Victorian baking workshop at the Scarborough Museum Dec. 3, part of the museum’s Festive Christmas Weekends.
Six-year-old Raquel Romero loves to sing and dance. So when she got to perform at the Scarborough Civic Centre’s tree-lighting event Dec. 1, she was all smiles.