Didgeridoo - Lesson

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The Cheltenham Badlands in Caledon, Ontario

This beautiful geological formation is found along the Niagara Escarpment. It was an accidental find really. We were looking for a restaurant near Bolton and discovered these rusty-coloured rolling hills and gullies of shale.

The badlands are found Northwest of Toronto and is well worth the trip if you're in the area. There is parking along the road leading to the site. It doesn't take long to traverse this barren geologic wonder. that was once covered by a lake which dried up thousands of years ago. The surrounding forest is spectacular in the fall with the changing colours of the leaves.

Humber Shores, Lake Ontario

My favourite place in Ontario is along the Humber Shores area in the west end of Toronto that runs West of Windermere to just east of Royal York. 

To Tip or Not to Tip? Are North American Restauranteurs Stiffing Their Staff?

By Irene Fantopoulos

From the film Reservoir Dogs to ordinary folk like you and me, whether to tip and how much is the question that plagues North Americans. Sure there is the issue of how much do we/should we tip hairstylists, manicurists, cabbies and the mail man, but they aren’t part of this discussion.

I don’t necessarily mind tipping for excellent or fairly good service. But what I do mind is when restaurateurs prescribe that I must tip or be a social pariah. Why do wait staff appear to  have just escaped from the pages of a Dickensian scene – hungry and needy.