“He was a parade marshal for every East York parade and he even sat beside the mayor in the car,” said Jennifer Hazlett. “I don’t think there’s anybody that didn’t know him. Everywhere we would go, somebody would always know him.”
“It started off as a student initiative,” said team-leader Peter Wen. “I wrote Dr. Marc Garneau a letter and then he actually came down to our school to visit us at the end of March. He loved our work.”
“Sometimes I get really weird looks on the subway — ‘Why is this person staring at me?’ kind of thing,” Michael Tsouras said. “But I’m always looking at ‘How do I express that line in a pencil or a pen? How do I translate that?’”
“What we’re telling people is: ‘This is Canada’s first and most prestigious exhibition and it had a long and spectacularly infamous history.’ All of which we’re making up.”
Phyllis Allen remembers it as if it were yesterday. “The whole city was abuzz and in celebration,” she said. “I have never seen anything like it. The streets were packed.” In 1967 the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup. The victory brought the entire city to a standstill. Long-time Maple Leaf fan Phyllis Allen joined others along Yonge Street for the victory parade. Toronto has not experienced a celebration of that magnitude in the intervening 46 years.
Tapers, a fashion accessory designed by young designers from Toronto are manufactured in Scarborough. The designers of Aeon Attire mixed their passion for dance to help finance their designs.
With instruments, their voices and a vision, two young musicians prove that life and music are their greatest teachers. Xylk (pronounced Silk) Lorena, 20, and Angela Abrenica, 20, have two distinct styles of music. They never expected to come together and create a duo—Plaitwrights (pronounced playwrights).
Paula Davies’ team is out twice weekly bringing the site back to what it once was. A recent problem that she’s noticed in the preserve is that guests are digging up plants and taking them away.
“(The plot is) two secret lovers from disapproving groups must find a way to overcome their differences and unite as one,” Yang Chen said. “We renamed our choir this year to D-Verses to represent the diversity of our school.”
Cliffside is not only a home to many people, now it’s also a short film. Steven Hoffner, an actor turned director, has returned to his old neighbourhood in Scarborough to tell the story of his…