Cabbagetown is a different place is the summer. Quieter, less vehicle traffic, but more foot and cycle traffic. The kiddos are out for summer, they’re not always looking up and or paying attention, so we need to! Speaking of Kiddos, The Kiwanis Club (see pg.5) and the Cabbagetown Youth Centre both have an amazing array […]
Contributed By Andre Bermon. History is everywhere. It often lingers in places we least expect. The John Innes Community Recreation Centre located in the downtown neighbourhood of Moss Park is one such place where the past yearns to tell its story. Built in 1951 and dedicated to John Innes, the late Toronto politician, the building […]
Contributed by Daniel Bloch & Liora Tal-BlochSales Representatives, BLOCH Real Estate Team Our Annual Front Door Pickup Clothing Drive was a huge success! With the continued support and generosity of our Cabbagetown community, on May 11th we collected over 150 bags of gently used clothing and home goods that were delivered to Oasis Addiction […]
Last summer, Dixon Hall, EcuHome Corporation, and Homes First Society launched the Rooming House Project (RHP). For the last year, our team has been working with close to 200 tenants in 23 rooming houses throughout Cabbagetown, to provide custom supports with the goal of improving quality of life. To achieve this goal, the RHP […]
Contributed by Bill Morneau. Toronto Centre is filled with people and organizations that care about our community and those who call it home. That’s why we saw the whole community and all three levels of government come together in support of Dixon Hall and their new Youth Centre in Regent Park. A feature of […]
Impact Skateboard Club is a Toronto-based not-for-profit organization for children and youth, focused on inclusion and personal development through skateboarding. Programming and events are based on three pillars: education, accessibility, and social justice. We use the challenges and circumstances inherent to skateboarding in order to teach children about healthy self esteem, boundaries and emotional […]
Contributed by Jennifer Torres. When the community comes out to support their local public school, people doing great things. creates such a wonderful event! Raising funds to support schools art programs is so important, on Thursday April 25th Winchester Public School did just that! Art Matters! Each class worked together to create one collaborative […]
Peter Wylie’s name was in the newspaper, and it was a problem. It was the late 1960s, and he had taken part in an amateur boxing competition in Toronto. Wylie, a rookie police officer, hadn’t realized that cops weren’t allowed to participate in boxing, as the force feared officers might sustain injuries that would interfere […]
