This Saturday, May 12, features a day-long Scarborough festival celebrating youth dedication, passion, leadership skills and contributions to the community.
City’s partners for this Scarborough festival are:
City of Toronto’s Parks, Forestry and Recreation division
Centennial College Alumnae
Building It to Suit Youth (BITSY)
HMV
Loblaw’s Super Store
McDonalds
Bulk Barn
and the Scarborough Hockey Association
The highlights of the Scarborough Festival Celebrating Youth include:
This video presents Transit City Light Rail Transit (LRT), a plan of both Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and the City of Toronto to expand rapid transit services into neighbourhoods across Toronto in Ontario, Canada:
“Earlier today the Metrolinx Board recommended a plan to get shovels in the ground on four new public transit projects in Toronto. This plan would see us deliver on all four projects by 2020, with Eglinton Crosstown and Scarborough RT moving forward later this year.
As I have stated before, our government respects the will of the city’s democratically elected councillors. This plan reflects input from the City of Toronto based on the position adopted by Council. In terms of next steps, the plan will now be brought forward to Cabinet.
The McGuinty government has made a firm, $8.4 billion commitment to these projects. Our focus is on getting shovels in the ground and delivering much-needed public transit projects for the residents of Toronto.”
Transportation Minister Bob Chiarelli
Then, at the Toronto Transit Commission Meeting on May 1, 2012, Commissioners received a detailed presentation from TTC staff on the four Light Rail Transit (LRT) projects for Toronto, resulting in the following TTC actions:
This video, from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension,:
demonstrates how to identify fiddleheads of the ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris), which are eaten in Maine, Northeast States (US) and Eastern Canada
also, gives some food safety tips for fiddleheads
Fiddleheads are:
curled, edible shoots of the ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
and are commonly eaten at this time of year as a seasonal vegetable
a seasonal delicacy in many parts of Canada
collected in the wild
sold as a seasonal vegetable or served in restaurants
also sold in cans or as a frozen product
However, Health Canada reports that an unidentified natural toxin present in the fiddlehead is most likely causing:
This video presents Drew Hayden-Taylor, a well known Ojibway playwright and author, who gives us an inside look at the Aboriginal and First Nations involvement in the War of 1812:
Heritage Toronto invites you to the following FREE events commemorating the bicentennial of the War of 1812:
War of 1812: Bicentennial Talks
You're Invited: Toronto's Bicentennial Commemoration Events May 16 - June 17, 2012
This video presents Duo Vita (John Oliver, guitar; Lynn Kuo, violin): David Smooke ‘Dance Music’ in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 2009:
This video shows the highlights of Goodlife Fitness Toronto Marathon 2011:
“The course of both Half and Full Marathons is really scenery.”
Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Sunday May 6th, 2012 – “On your mark, get set…go! Over 12,000 participants from 50+ countries will hit the streets of Toronto in support of the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation, Toronto General & Toronto Western Hospitals.”
