Contributed by Winchester parent and event coordinator Jennifer Torres. This year’s Mingle with F’Amelia Fundraiser was a wonderful evening of delicious food, exquisite wines, laughter and show stopping raffle prizes. It was well worth the trek through frigid temperatures and snowy sidewalks to warm yourself amongst your fellow Cabbagetowners, Winchester School parents and teachers […]
Office of Bill Morneau . Too often low-income, or disabled seniors face issues accessing programs, or feel isolated and removed from their community. That is why community organizations, such as the Bleecker/Wellesley Activity Network are necessary and beneficial to supporting our aging population. Bleecker/Wellesley Activity Network, located in the heart of St. James Town, […]
Contributed by Green Thumbs Growing Kids. Green Thumbs cultivates environmental stewardship through hands-on garden and food education for urban children and their communities. Urban Roots Youth is a youth-centered program that takes place in our greenhouses and gardens, after school, from winter through spring. It’s a great way to get to know other secondary school […]
Contributed by Lenka Gazova . Most recently, CYC has seen decline in provincial funding and without support, the CYC doors will be closed permanently after 38 years! On Feb 7th Kristyn Wong-Tam, along with dozens of Cabbagetowners, Toronto residents, business partners and children, held a press conference at City Hall to fight for the centre […]
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A New Tradition? We sure hope so! — Contributed by Lenka Gazova. The Santa Claus Parade has been spreading joy for over 100 years! Attended by thousands of spectators, volunteers and sponsors each year. Since 1980, the parade has started near Christie Pits Park. This year however, due to ongoing city construction, the organizers decided […]
Duncan Fremlin, Broker, RE/MAX Hallmark Realty Ltd. — Neighbourhoods like Cabbagetown become particularly festive and colourful during the Christmas season. It’s also the time of year when we spend a lot of money. The small independently owned businesses in our neighbourhood are counting on it. The importance of sole proprietorships became particularly important after […]
The holiday edition is out. This is a great issue with great content from our incredible contributors and advertisers. Don’t forget to mention to advertisers and contributors that you saw their articles. Please share articles socially and more importantly remember to support our local businesses. Thank you to all of our Advertisers and Contributors. […]
If you frequent the Regent Park neighbourhood, you might have noticed a construction site at Wyatt and Nicholas Avenues. This isn’t just any new development – it’s the future home of Dixon Hall’s youth centre, an extremely important space for young people in our community. We broke ground on the project in fall 2018 and […]
The Moss Park Hockey League has allowing kids in the downtown east end to play hockey for free. FOR FREE!! The only free hockey in Canada and they have been doing for over 62 years. It has always been a volunteer-driven and word of mouth league. This year alone they have 270 players and they […]
