The holiday season is upon us and for one Pickering neighbourhood lighting up the block is at the top of their list. Rigby Lights is a four-house synchronized light and music show, the only one of its kind in the GTA, and is going into its third year.
Bendale Acres Long Term Care Facility got into the holiday spirit early with a revival of it its Holly Jolly Market that took place on a snowy Saturday Nov. 23,2013
Cheerful sounds and the smell of hot apple cider filled Glen Stewart Park on Tuesday. Neighbours joined Santa and a Salvation Army band in the Beach park to sing along to some holiday tunes and raise money for the Army at the 24th annual Caroling in the Park event.
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.
The Toronto Police is hosting their 18th annual toy drive. They’re asking for donations of new, unused toys to “help…give a child a Christmas”, the promotional poster says.
The Grade 10 students entered “the smelly little drama class,” as most at Francis Libermann Catholic High School call it. They took off their shoes, formed a circle, and waited for the national anthem. Following the singing of “O Canada” and morning announcements, Catherine Smith asked her students to think of the years encompassed by the First World War, between 1914 and 1918. Using their imaginations, they wrote letters as soldiers that had left home.
Families and individuals living below the poverty line are invited to come down to BBNC for an interview to determine eligibility for the SHARE Christmas program.
The men of St. Dunstan Anglican Church won a year ago, beating the women by $5. “We think they just put the $5 in,” Norma Campbell said with a laugh. Each year at the church’s Holly Berry Bazaar, the men and women of St. Dunstan compete to see who can raise the most money by selling their baking.
For a holiday celebrated by millions around the world, Christmas has been one of the more controversial celebrations throughout the years. Many different, mostly secular aspects of the holiday cause a public stir: the tree, the gifts, decorations, carolling and bells. But over the last two decades, religious facets of Christmas have sparked the most notable debates.
TTC employee Chris Nottbeck spent much of a blustery Dec. 7 driving. Road conditions were terrible and the commute was slow as drivers braced themselves for an overnight blizzard. Nottbeck, however, couldn’t have been happier to be out on the road.