It’s all downhill for tobogganing ban at Riverdale Park East
Tobogganing may have been banned as unsafe at Riverdale Park East, but that hasn’t kept locals off what has been ranked Toronto’s best hill for winter fun.
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Author: Rodger Burnside
Chic prison-style eatery pops up on Bloor
The U.S.- based Dave’s Killer Bread is opening Club Fed, which recreates a prison, including a replica of the company’s co-founder Dave Dahl’s cell.
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Former trustee Gershon presented with citizenship award
Gerri Gershon, who served as public school trustee for 33 years, received the Award for Citizenship at Don Valley West’s New Year’s Levee.
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Community joins in Beaches Santa Claus Parade
More than a thousand families lined a kilometre-long stretch of Kingston Road and side streets on Nov. 25 for the Beaches Santa Claus Parade.
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St. Michael’s principal Reeves and president Thompson step down
After repeatedly saying he had the full support of the school’s board of directors, Greg Reeves has resigned as principal of St. Michael’s College School, along with the president Jefferson Thompson.
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Local groups star in Santa Claus parade
It was Toronto’s largest parade. And helping the Santa Claus parade set the record on Nov. 18 were many local participants.
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City’s 10th Kids & Company centre opens in Rosedale
It’s about 2 p.m. at the Rosedale Kids & Company Centre, which opened the day before, and — for a daycare — it is eerily quiet.
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Halloween’s biggest party takes over the Village
What is often called the biggest Halloween party in North America took over the Church-Wellesley Village again — and it may have been the biggest yet.
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Local weed shop open despite police raids, arrests
A local weed shop is continuing to do business — brisk business apparently — more than a week after it was among cannabis dispensaries closed by police.
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Day of the Dead raises thousands of visitors
Nearly 5,000 people visited Artscape Wychwood Barns for the celebration of Dia de los Muertos — the Mexican Day of the Dead — on Oct. 27.
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Fletcher crushes former ally and opponent in Toronto-Danforth
It was an “historical election,” Toronto-Danforth’s re-elected councillor Paula Fletcher told about 120 cheering supporters at the Fox and Fiddle.
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Rosedale, Leaside leading rise in midtown house prices
For all the talk of a slowdown in house sales and a buyer’s market in this city, real estate prices are rising steadily, according to the latest figures.
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Founding of 30-year-old art show recalled
Marking its 30th year this past weekend, the Riverdale Art Show and Sale exhibited more than 200 pieces from 24 artists, all from the Greater Toronto Area.
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A bit of rural life in the heart of Toronto
Where would you go to ride a bull, get lost in the corn and sample old-time country foods? The Midtown Country Fair,of course.
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MP seeking emergency climate debate after residents’ request
Beaches-East York MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith is seeking an emergency Parliamentary debate on climate change after being pressed by local residents.
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