Events for December 2008.
Bicycles 4 Humanity Delivers
The Toronto Chapter of Bicycles for Humanity, led by Suzanne Manvell, did an amazing job in their first year of fundraising to collect bicycles for Africa. In late September, Suzan...more
Scary Haunted House Comes Alive
For the past 8 years, the 10+ age group from the Runnymede Adventure Club (RAC) has created a scary haunted house outside the Runnymede Public School at the north-end portable in t...more
Howl-o-ween Party Goes to the Dogs
It's a Dog's Life hosted their annual Howl-o-ween party for clients and their dogs at their Indian Road location at the end of October. It was hilarious to see dogs and their owner...more
Local Option Art Awards Gala
Best-selling author Don Thompson ("The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art") joined local artists, businesspeople and residents at Latitude 44 Gall...more
Spooky Halloween Painting Party
All Fired Up Paintable Ceramics held their annual Halloween party on October 27th. Over 20 kids attended, all dressed up in their favourite costumes. There was Spider-woman, Indian...more
Education Week at St. Joseph's
St. Joseph's Health Centre (SJHC) celebrated its first annual Interprofessional Education Week in October as a way to highlight their vision to be Canada’s best community teachin...more
Grand Opening Party
The neighborhood's newest veterinary hospital, Dundas West Animal Hospital, officially celebrated its opening on October 29th. Drs. Scott Bainbridge, Scott Mathison and Paula Fishe...more
Lucie Simons
The well-known framing and gallery in the Junction, Latitude 44, held an art exhibit to showcase the beautiful hand-printed serigraph work of Lucie Simons. The exhibit, entitled "V...more
Little Learners Halloween Parade
The little ones at Little Learners Childcare celebrated Halloween early in the morning of October 31st by marching from the daycare's Jane St. address down to Bloor dressed in thei...more
Halloween Food Drive
Kaleidoscope Photography Studio in the Junction opened its doors on Halloween to all the tiny ghouls, ghosts and goblins of the community. It was there that the costumed kids rece...more
After Dark
SNAP photographers hit the streets on Halloween after darkness fell on the community to check out the terrific looking costumes in the neighbourhood pubs. Known for their good time...more
Halloween Studio Walk-Through
Natalie and Sarah of Tangerine Photography Studio donned their costumes and opened up their doors on October 31st in the late afternoon for a tour and a free 5x7 print of little on...more
Primitive Folk Art Exhibit
Rebas Cafe & Gallery showcased a fun, unique art exhibit throughout November. An opening night reception was held on October 30th to kick off the month-long art exhibit where frien...more
Fabulous Fall Sale
Humbercrest United Church held its highly anticipated annual Fall Sale on Saturday, November 1st. It was a crisp, sunny fall day and the crowds were out in full force to take advan...more
Bonspiel for Special Olympics
On Saturday, November 1st, the fourth annual Fun Bonspiel for Special Olympic curlers was held at the Weston Golf & Country Club. Over 60 curlers and 18 coaches came from Hamilton,...more
Urban Poling in High Park
Every Sunday morning, a dozen or so keen people arrive at the parking lot of High Park's Grenadier Cafe before embarking on an invigorating 60-minute Urban Poling walk. Adding wal...more
Promoting Local Mompreneurs
In early November, Catherine Choi, creator of the SoYoung Mother diaper bag, and Jill Goodridge, inventor of the Muffin Mat, were at Bloor West Village's Diaper-eez to feature thei...more
Swansea Ratepayers' Association Meeting
On November 4th, the same night U.S. citizens were voting for their new president, the Swansea Area Ratepayers' Association (SARA) held a public meeting to collect community input ...more
Moksha Yoga Bloor West Turns 1
It was a hot and steamy affair on November 5th as Moksha Yoga Bloor West celebrated their one-year anniversary. The party started with an afternoon flow class and continued into th...more
Junction Event Company Opens Doors
Paradigm Events opening their doors to the Junction on November 7th to introduce their new office to the community. A nice crowd of people stopped by for a cocktail and some appeti...more
