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. […]
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 […]
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 get to know the people and businesses that make Cabbagetown so special. If you’d like to be featured or would like to nominate someone please get in touch. […]
Children and youth come to Dixon Hall every day
Children and youth come to Dixon Hall every day looking for guidance. They want to feel their life matters, and because of our community of generous supporters, our staff can provide the resources and support the kids need; their story can be changed. Manny came to Dixon Hall when he was just nine years old. […]
Memories of my Grandmother
Contributed by Alexandra Yeboah The last time I heard her laugh, was the day she made a remark about my smile. I didn’t readily embrace her compliment then, as it felt strange for her to be commenting on my “white teeth,” in such a somber moment. Shortly after, I reached for her hand, and thought […]
Groundbreaking Data in Overdose Response by Heart2Heart CPR
Contributed by Nick Rondinelli – Owner of Heart2Heart CPR, nick@heart2heartcpr.com I am excited to share with my community some data that we collected from our overdose response training called Peer Support Responder. The training took place between June 1 to July 17th, 2021, and was conducted at our head office at 216 Carlton St. We have […]
Cabbagetown’s premier kart racer, Ari Korkodilos
The Fastest Cabbage in Town. In a normal vegetable garden, a row of green cabbages is content to bask in the Toronto sunshine and get big and nutritious. But in Cabbagetown, there is a young ambitious cabbage who never stands still and prefers to go faster than any cabbage has gone before. This could only […]
Cabbagetown racing champ Ari Korkodilos Needs help!
Everybody knows about the tortoise and the hare and how that race turned out. Now our Parliament St. neighbourhood has a new folktale plot: Cabbagetown boy starts racing late, quickly takes the lead, and can’t stop winning. Forget the tortoise! Ari Korkodilos began racing at age 13 with kids who had started five years earlier. […]
Has it only been 20 years?
Bostok Hathaway – Getting to Know you
Contributed by Anita Bostok and Norman Hathaway. 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 get to know the people and businesses that make Cabbagetown so special. If you’d like to be featured or would […]
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