December: Shop and play at Evergreen’s Winter Village
You can play, eat and shop this holiday season at Evergreen’s Winter Village throughout December from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Read moreNeighbourhood: Rosedale
Characterized by a series of natural ravines and a healthy old money pedigree, Rosedale is one of Toronto’s most famous and influential neighbourhoods. The traffic routes that navigate the ravines are all narrow and winding, resulting in there being little thoroughfare in the area. This, in combination with the abundance of trees and foliage found here make this neighbourhood quiet and rather idyllic despite being bordered by two of Toronto’s busiest downtown streets, Yonge to the west and Bloor to the south.
Weekends: Public skating at Evergreen Brick Works
Skating is back at the picturesque outdoor skating rink at Evergreen Brick Works from Dec. 1 until Mar. 17. Public skating is free on weekends.
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Dec. 11: Writers make debut as singers with Handel’s Messiah
The choir B-Xalted! makes its debut with excerpts from Handel’s Messiah — inviting the audience to join in singing the Hallelujah chorus.
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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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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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Oct. 27–28: It’s a Retro Halloween at Todmorden
Todmorden Mills celebrates Halloween traditions of the past with the Retro Halloween Family Drop-In on Oct. 27 and 28 from noon to 4 p.m.
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Security camera footage released in sex assault investigation
Police have released security camera footage of a pedestrian at Church Street and Park Road as part of a sexual assault investigation.
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Sept. 25: Violence against women as a tool of control
A seminar on violence against women as a tool of control will be held at the Toronto Reference Library, Beeton Hall at 789 Yonge St. on Sept. 25 from 7 to 8:15 p.m.
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Sept. 24: Documentary film Colonization Road at Reference Library
A screening of the documentary film Colonization Road will be held on Sept. 24 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Toronto Reference Library (Beeton Hall) at 789 Yonge St.
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July 12–Aug. 30: Robotics camp at Toronto Reference Library
The summer robotics program will be held at the Toronto Reference Library at 789 Yonge St., each Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. beginning July 12.
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Midtown Liberals save one, lose everything else
Premier Kathleen Wynne barely holds her seat, as NDP and PC take the rest in midtown Toronto in the provincial election on June 7.
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June 20: Trillium Book Award readings
The Ontario Media Development Corporation is hosting author readings in Toronto for the finalists of the Trillium Book Award, a prestigious literary prize that honours excellence in prose and poetry in both of Canada’s official languages.
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June 11: Bio of the Hip at Reference Library
“The Hip: More than a Band” will be led by Michael Barclay, acclaimed musical journalist, on June 11 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St.
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Upset in new riding more likely to go NDP orange than PC blue
University-Rosedale, the new riding created in 2015, will see its first election and for University of Toronto political science professor, Grace Skogstad, it will be interesting to see what shade it will wear after this election.
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Sporting Life 10K brings out crowd for Mother’s Day
Thousands of runners hit the starting line at Yonge Street and Roselawn Avenue early on May 13 to run the Sporting Life 10K.
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