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Caribbean Tales In The North. TIFF Owns The South . When it comes to the downtown Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and the College Street Caribbean Tales Film Festival , (CTFF) it is the Two Solitudes of the movie world. TIFF has the Big Names, the Big Movies and a Big Army of volunteers to make sure that the ticket holders stay off the red carpets and out of the VIP parties.  At CTFF, the actors, actresses, directors and crew are in-your-face minglers and if there was a red carpet they would be dragging movie fans onside to whine with them! Jacinth Sutphin at the Dip Case in point. Last Thursday the CTFF kicked off with a beer and pizza gala at the Cafe Diplomatico (aka the Dip ) on College Street just steps from the Royal Theatre (festival home).   Actors and actresses who are household names to Trinidadians and Jamaicans but unknown in Canada, were so willing to pose with fans, the Caribbean Media, and one lone CBC reporter, the selfie sessi

Jacques Bothelin (nicknamed “Speedy")  # CIAS2016  "This will be the last chance for Canadians to see our team in the air," Leader and manager of the Breitling Jet Team, Jacques Bothelin (nicknamed “Speedy") told me on Thursday. "Toronto's big air show is our last appearance here in Canada. We will be performing in the US in the fall and they we will be taking the team back to fly in Europe." After 15-years of performing in North America Breitling's 7 , L-39 Albatros jets will be waving good-bye to Canada today over the skies of Toronto at the Canadian International Air Show. The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance jet trainer aircraft developed in Czechoslovakia by Aero Vodochody. The jet is still in production and there are over 2,000 jets in service around the world! The Albatros heads out - Pearson Airport The team is sponsored by Breitling SA (founded in 1884), a Swiss watchmaker based in Grenchen, Switzerland. Breitling design

  Brockville's Brand New Riverside Attraction for Divers and Shipwreck Fans! It only makes sense that Dave Sheridan, diver, underwater sculptor and educational Programmer at Brockville’s Aquatarium , would use the word anchor when talking about the new riverside shipwreck museum and aquarium called the Aquatarium . “ This is the city’s anchor attraction – not just for divers but for all tourists who have an interest in history, aquatic life and, of course, shipwrecks” said Dave Sheridan. “The new Aquatarium has the look and feel of the Thousand Island.    Anyone who has taken a island tour will have seen the historic Bolt Castle   - the Castle’s boat house is the   architectural inspiration for what we have here.”   Dave Sheridan by Otter Tank  - Weir The $25-million, 27,000+ sq. ft attraction is a learning and discovery centre located on the waterfront in the heart of Brockville.   There are fresh water fish filled aquariums, underwater shipwreck exhibition

All about the Diving in and around Brockville, Ontario. Sidebars written for Huffington Post Blog August 2016. By Stephen Weir Popular Shore Dives in and around Brockville, Ontario   Shore divers head to the Rothesay Rothesay – Wooden Sidewheel Passenger Steamer. Sank in 1889. 300 ft from shore. Augusta Township(west of Brockville) has built change rooms and a park off Highway 2 for divers. The Wee Hawk - work barge sunk in the 50s.   70 ft long, 20 ft down. Near the town of Cardinal west of Brockville on Highway 2. Wreck accessed from shore at the unused Galop Lock two.   Nearby is the Conestoga Wreck and both can be dove on a single tank of air. Conestoga Wreck. 252 ‘ long steamer. Upright, parts of the ship are out of water. She is 10’ feet from shore.   Maximum depth 28.   She was built in 1878, sank in 1922.   ABUC's EMILY C Dive Boat - photo Helen Cooper Brockville area shipwrecks – boat dives Sir Robert Peel. Sidewheel steamer. Depth 135