Old worries resurface with a new environment. Sydney Cabioc, a first-year University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) arts management student, has been struggling to find time for school and her first love, art.
There’s no foolproof method for writing a successful novel, but Terry Fallis has come close. “I don’t have 14 drafts of my novel,” he said. “I really only have one draft that I keep going…
It’s a Thursday evening meeting for EAST, a Scarborough Arts based music and project management collective for creative youth. The room is full of talent.
The smoke started to billow across the ceiling creating a thick black cloud across the kitchen ceiling. Emma Popofsky recalled watching the smoke begin to creep down the walls and into other rooms of the house. “It was terrifying,” she said. “I didn’t know what to do. I don’t think any of us did.
“Retail reacts to what consumers want,” says Gary Rygus of the Retail Council of Canada. “And they want to shop.”
Whistles and shouts echo around the cavernous Agincourt Recreation Centre. Florescent lights glare off the ice surface. It even smells like a hockey arena – coffee and hockey equipment. But the game played is different. Eddie Parenteau manages the team on the ice. “You’re not allowed to put (the puck) in the top of the net because you can’t catch what you don’t see,” he said.
“(For) people who don’t believe in these natural remedies or alternative medicines, it is good idea to see and experience it,” participant Yuri Ito said.
Sandy Krzyzanowski can’t see the Toronto Islands skyline without them. “It breaks my heart to even think that they would consider replacing them, because those ferries are incredibly beautiful,” she said. “You look at the lake and the horizon, and the city skyline through that space…I’ve lived here for 40 years, and I still think it’s one of the most beautiful things ever to look at.”
Merbin Bagaindor’s family walked out of the new Disney Store at Scarborough Town Centre. Her husband pushed the stroller with the Disney bag attached as their little one hugged her favourite Finding Nemo character: Doris.
As Santa’s helper, Dennis Cheel is like no other. His voice is gentle. When he laughs, it is heartfelt. There is no padding or fake beard. He is the real deal. Cheel is also a graduate of the world’s oldest Santa school, The Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School in Michigan. “It is the Harvard of Santa schools,” Cheel said.