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Cabbagetown Art Show

Doug Fisher’s Cabbagetown Artists, a specialised blog, a spin off of the Cabbagetown Neighbourhood Review, is hosting a pop-up art show this month at Caranberries […]

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Hello Holiday Readers

How many holiday editions is this now?? Twelve to be precise. The last two, amid pandemics, have been interesting. We did the giving guide last […]

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Will Our Small Businesses Survive?

Contributed by Anita Bostok. As Cabbagetown residents, we know full well the advantages of downtown living. We walk down the street, and everything we need […]

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Should I Hire a Personal Injury Lawyer?

Contributed by: Tony Lafazanis – Cabbagetown Personal Injury Lawyer  www.TLLawCanHelp.com If you’ve found yourself asking this question, you are likely in a situation where you could […]

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DVAC Holiday Show and Sale:

The show remains open at the Papermill Gallery until Sunday, November 20th at 4pm We are excited to be back in our favourite haunt, the […]

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Thanks a billion for your support

Thank you to my fellow candidates and you , as residents, for your commitment to the election process and being engaged. It is people like […]

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Racing phenom Ari Korkodilos amazing 2022

Cabbagetowner Ari Korkodilos had another amazing kart racing season in 2022. Ari won the first national Motormaster Mosport race in May, going from last to first, as well as the final national […]

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GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Cabbagetown is a neighbourhood of beauty, heritage, cultural diversity and inclusion. We are Anita Bostok and Norman Hathaway and we’re proud to contribute this regular […]

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Hello Readers

Coming out of the summer, our September edition can always be a toss-up. We usually feature all the Cabbagetown festival stuff…but the Bia has something […]

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Maybe it’s because I’m the son of a man born in 1906, shortly after Queen Victoria died.  Dad was sired out of a mixed marriage […]

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Why Not Pete Lovering?

Contributed by Pete Lovering , PSN Publisher and now officially a politician. Although many people have suggested I run in the Toronto Centre over the years, […]

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Fall Find – Rogers & Company

Contributed by David Lavictoire, Brand Associate, Rogers & Company  The days might be starting to shorten, but it’s still too early to break out the parkas! […]

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Sunday in the Park – August 14th

Contributed by Walied Khogali Ali, Co-Chair – Community Building Working Group – SDP. On Sunday, August 14th 2022 – thousands of residents attended the beloved community […]

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If it Sounds Too Good to be True

Contributed by Virginia Gallop, Executive Director, Cabbagetown BIA. Photo credit Marion Voysey Photography. We all know that old adage, and how rarely does it ever fail […]

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Brigaldara Soave DOC

Contributed by Isabel Wai, Brand Associate, Rogers & Company In the 2000s, Stefano Cesari and his sons, Lamberto and Antonio, initiated a profound renewal at Brigaldara. Today, the estate covers 120 hectares of land, 47 of which are planted with vineyards, while the rest is made up of olive groves, crops, pastures and woodland. The winery […]

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Forsythia Festival Thanks

THANK YOU The organizers of the Forsythia Festival would like to thank all the volunteers and sponsors for a long overdue and great day! Financial Donors Meridian Daniel et Daniel Catering & Events The York Search Group Hepburn Landscaping HomeLife/Realty One Ltd. Weenen General Contracting Limited F’Amelia Evelyn Sommers Psychologist Sam Richardson The Epicure Shop […]

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HEART2HEART CPR HELPS REFORM CITY POLICY

LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER HELPS REFORM TORONTO SHELTER STANDARDS AND ONTARIO’S OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT! Nick Rondinelli – Owner and CEO, Heart to Heart First Aid CPR Services Inc. nick@heart2heartcpr.com  www.heart2heartcpr.com It’s been a while since I have provided the Cabbagetown community with updates on our advocacy work and I am very pleased to share […]

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What Are We Planning for the Gardens

For the last two growing seasons we have not been able to be in the gardens with the children so we are excited to be planning in person programs for the children and after what felt like the longest winter Green Thumbs is excited just to  be getting back  into the gardens, preparing them and […]

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GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Local residents and Real Estate agents Norman Hathaway and Anita Bostok of bostokhathaway.com introduce us to local Cabbagetown Shop keepers is their ongoing series “Getting to Know you”. Cabbagetown is a neighbourhood of beauty, heritage, cultural diversity and inclusion. We are Anita Bostok and Norman Hathaway and we’re proud to contribute this regular feature where you […]

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My brother, Tony Brady

Contributed by Joanna Brady Schmida – When I was approached by Peter Lovering recently about an addendum to the article he was planning to write for the Parliament Street News, I was delighted. For younger people, Tony Brady is just a name. A plaque in the park; the namesake of a tiny laneway in Cabbagetown. But […]

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Hello Beautiful Readers!!

Here we go again, another year of the Parliament Street News. This is our first edition of the year and it was a long winter. But, what says spring better than the Forsythia Festival. After missing two years we went all out with the festival this year with lots of stuff about the founder Tony […]

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SPRING BECKONS

Winter Draws to a Close, Spring beckons, the sap is running! Contributed by The Cabbagetown BIA It’s been another long, cold winter, with the odd tease of balmy weather to come. Dire and traumatic events continue to unfold in Europe and the entire world sits on pins and needles as this escalates and intensifies. The Cabbagetown […]

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Thoughts from Kyiv 

Contributed by Professor Mychailo Wynnyckyj in Kyiv. He and his family are in hiding, writing and fighting from a safe(r) house outside Kyiv – Yesterday’s bombing of the maternity hospital in Mariupol was a turning point. Too many emotions. Too much evil. So much determination. This has to be the last time! My wife and I […]

Downtown Concerned Citizens Organization Mission Statement

Contribued by www.downtownconcernedcitizens.com – The Downtown Concerned Citizens Organization (DCCO) was formed following the precipitous establishment by the City of Toronto of numerous temporary shelters. They were established without any prior consultations with residents and businesses, or disclosure regarding the repurposing of these buildings to temporary shelters. This has resulted in numerous adverse neighbourhood incidents including […]

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Walter Huston 1884 – 1950

Academy Award-winning Actor – Contributed by www.cabbagetownpeople.ca. Walter Huston was born in Toronto where his father was a building contractor. He attended Wellesley, Ryerson and Lansdowne Schools, and Winchester Public School in Cabbagetown. He later studied engineering, but he gave it up and chose acting as a career. He made his stage debut in Toronto in 1902. […]

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Vezi Tayyeb Book Launch

Article and photo contributed by Lenka Gazova.  A musician, a producer, an artist and a genius of all things sound.  Cabbagetown resident Vezi Tayyeb is well known in the Toronto music industry.  His studio, Kensington Sound, just turned fifty.  Where other studios have come and gone, Kensington Sound continues to attract musicians. Oh the stories the […]

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Housing ‘task force’ report a developer’s wish list

Contributed by Andre Bermon, Publisher of the Bridge News. thebridgenews.ca What do you call it when bankers, fund managers, academics, a former provincial party leader, developers and a non-profit get together? Answer: the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force. This group, mainly representing the private sector, looked at solutions to the problem of housing affordability. Their verdict: […]

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Private Security

Once again local residents are left little recourse but to take matters into their own hands in this recent letter to anybody at the city that might care.  We are a group of residents living in the blocks between Gerrard and Carlton, Sherbourne and Parliament Streets.  We have become concerned with the increasing amount of crime […]

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Don Valley Art Club Show and Sale

The Don Valley Art Club Spring Art Show and Sale opens Wednesday, April 27th. No longer limited to being online, the club is excited to simultaneously return to having an “in-person” show at its familiar haunt. The beautiful Papermill Gallery is part of the his-toric and restored Todmorden Mills Heritage Site, which includes a museum, […]

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Climate change hurts an urban city like Toronto.

Climate change hurts an urban city like Toronto. Here’s how to help stop it. Contributed by David Morris – Ontario Liberal Candidate, Toronto Centre Climate change is, right now, impacting all of us – but it doesn’t always feel like that, does it? In an urban city like Toronto, the most we’re reminded of the climate […]

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