Tevy Pilc Profile

by Laura Ross
Tevy Pilc is a Jewish-Canadian student in the Centennial College journalism program who is determined to be a positive representative for his faith. He is quiet and somewhat reserved, not maintaining eye contact and not speaking often, but what he does have to say is well thought out and worth listening to. He does [...]

Healthy Kids @ Royal Winter Fair

Katrina Rozal
            A swarm of school children raised their hands while they tried to sit calmly on the yellow and green coloured benches that stretched before the stage. They all had an answer to nutritionist Judy Scott Welden’s question.
“What are some activities that you and I can do to stay healthy?” [...]

Kate Green animal portraits at the Royal Winter Fair

By Gesilayefa Azorbo
            Midland. Welsh. Dorset. Canadian.  Name the accent, and chances are Kate Green has sported it at some point in time. The Ottawa-based artist was born in Canada, but both parents are originally from England so for a portion of her childhood, spent in various parts of England, her accent changed each time [...]

Kosher on display at the Royal Winter Fair

by Tevy Pilc
“What’s kosher, what’s kosher?”
That’s what the group of fifth graders all said when they saw the word, immediately rushing towards their teacher with much bewilderment. The teacher was also intrigued by the mentioning of this word at the booth because when it came to accommodating to their Jewish dietary laws, a public fair was [...]

Equine Aficionados at the Royal Winter Fair

by Anthony Geremia
 
            Two horses gallop across the dirt floor of the stable as the audience cheers them on, while a single rider balances precariously on the backs of both of them. Such is the scene that greets you Wednesday upon entering the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, an annual November event in downtown Toronto. Half [...]

Perpetua’s Knitting at the Royal Winter Fair

by Amanda Ly
11/18/08
 
For Saul Sotomayor, the Peruvian alpaca is more than just a commodity — it connects him back to his family and  
community in Moquegua, Peru.
 Amidst the giant pumpkins, prancing horses, and sassy show dogs vying for attention at the Royal Winter Fair, Wednesday are  Sotomayor and his mom Perpetua Sotomayor, who have set up a [...]

No Barriers at the Royal Winter Fair

by Kareen Awadalla
November 18, 2008
Just outside the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto, Dwayne Griffiths was making his afternoon delivery.  Unloading a Shoppers Home Health Care truck full of wheelchairs Wednesday, Griffiths explained how each year Shoppers donates a number of wheelchairs to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair to be rented out to fair goers free [...]

K9 Cody teaches new tricks

By Selena Mann

11/20/08
Cody looks like a typical yellow Labrador sitting in a cage  Wednesday while inquisitive passersby at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair watch him curiously.
However, unlike other dogs, he has a job to do. He works for Toronto Animal Services alongside his  two legged partner, Robert Dale Meerburg.
 
Cody’s job description includes helping teach children [...]

James Gain draws a crowd at the Royal Winter Fair

by Celeste de Muelenaere

In a small white tent with heavy lighting amidst thousands of other constructions just like it, there is a man. He is of average height, his head is completely free of any hair and he looks far younger than one might expect of someone who graduated in 1987.
His black and white striped top [...]

Monica Valencia profile

by Courtney Roberts-Lawes
For some aspiring journalists, having a successful career in the field is what is most important. But for others, a career comes second to helping others and creating opportunities for those who need them. Monica Valencia, 19, belongs to the latter group.
 
Valencia, a third year student in the joint degree/diploma program in journalism [...]