Earlier this month, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced that starting July 1, people immigrating to Canada under the Provincial Nominee Program would have to take a mandatory test in either French or English before they’re allowed into the country.
It wasn’t very long ago that just wearing glasses labeled you as a ‘nerd,’ but now there is a trend of ‘geek chic’ that is hitting the streets, and girls are getting swept up in…
“Almost cut my hair, it happened just the other day,” sings Scarborough resident Larry Kosowan, playing with his acoustic steel-string guitar. Kosowan played the song Almost Cut My Hair by Crosby, Stills and Nash in the back of the Working Dog Saloon on Tuesday night.
Ironically, Kosowan did cut his hair. All twelve inches of his flowing, dark brown locks.
Every year on April 22, communities get together to clean up their neighbourhoods and participate in events that educate them on how to be kinder to the environment. But every day should be Earth Day, says Keith Treffry of Earth Day Canada. “After Mother’s Day is over you still love your mom the rest of the year,” he said.
An independent school in the GTA is pushing the boundaries of conventional learning by teaching grade three students social studies using the game SimCity on the iPad. Holy Trinity School in Richmond Hill began testing hot new technologies like computer tablets in September 2011 for different subjects and different grades.
The hay fever season is here and many welcome it with a sneeze. Besides just enduring it, most suffering from seasonal allergies know only two options: either take medication or get expensive allergy shots from an immunologist. But a growing number of people are discovering a cheaper and less aggressive third solution: a spoon full of raw honey from a local bee hive.
What was once a musical format teetering on the brink of extinction, vinyl records have made a sudden resurgence across Toronto. The vinyl market in Toronto has been in an upward trend since the early…
During a trip to the library, Gail Jordan, told her son they couldn’t use the computer, she had forgotten the library card. But was surprised when he said “don’t worry mommy” and typed in the access code.
Many musicians are left with no place to play coming out of graduation. Christopher Ng, a University of Toronto alumni, decided to fill that niche by initiating the UTSC Alumni and Community Concert Band. The band allows musicians, including himself, to continue their passion for music after graduation.
The “C Word” is an exhibit that looks at Canadian artists and their crafts as a form of expression. It was unveiled at the Doris McCarthy Gallery, located at the University of Toronto Scarborough, in February.