Events for April 2010.
Runnymede P.S. Dances Away
Every class at Runnymede Public School from JK to grade 6 took a turn on the dance floor during the school's 4th annual dance-a-thon on a Tuesday in late February. The kids bopped ...more
RHC Celebrates Black History Month
For the seventh straight year, the staff at Runnymede Healthcare Centre (RHC) organized a range of community activities to celebrate the many achievements and contributions of blac...more
Love It or List It Reveal
Local Bloor West Village family the Smyth's, recently participated in the popular W Network program, Love It Or List It, a show which helps homeowners decide whether to renovate or...more
Diaper-eez Opens ... Again
The much-beloved Bloor West Village shop Diaper-eez celebrated their grand reopening on a stormy Friday in late February. They fended off the first major snowstorm of the season wi...more
GreenHere Branches Out
On February 26th, GreenHere celebrated its successful completion of the three-year Trees Davenport project, as well as its development as an independent organization and registered...more
Milonga Porteña - Moulin Rouge Style
Milonga is a term for a place or scene where the Argentine tango is danced and the people who frequent milongas are sometimes called milongueros. On February 27th leagues of love-d...more
Martini Mamas Celebrate One Year
Martini Mamas celebrated a group birthday party at Y Not Play on the auspicious date of February 27th. This moms group met at St. Joseph's Health Centre about a year ago when they ...more
Sketching with her Flute
Aristotle said, “The flute is not an instrument that has a good moral effect: it is too exciting.” Samantha Chang brought some of that musical titillation to Royal York Road Un...more
A Salute to the Games
On March 1st, the children and staff of the PLASP after-school program at St. Pius X Catholic School hosted a riveting theatrical production to celebrate the cosmopolitanism, integ...more
Bloor West Celebrates Hockey Gold
Sidney Crosby's overtime goal against Team USA on the final day of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics propelled Team Canada to the gold medal and united our country in glorious cel...more
How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
Eco-conscious West Toronto residents joined members of Green 13 at Annette Public Library on March 2nd to view a documentary tracing Cuba's model for survival after the Soviet Unio...more
Multicultural Active Living Fair
The ever industrious Grenadier Retirement Residence hosted an active living information fair on March 3rd. Upon stepping through the door guests were propelled into a high-energy e...more
14th Annual Tawny Richard Memorial Hockey Tournament
In 1997, students at Humberside C.I. inaugurated a tournament to commemorate the life of a peer, Tawny Richard, who was killed in a car accident in the summer of 1996 at the age of...more
Scouting Banquet
The 68th Toronto Scout Group came together on March 4th at their home of North Runnymede United Church to recognize Members and Leaders who have gone above and beyond. Honours hand...more
Art Show in the Junction
Trap Door Boutique on Dundas St. West hosted the inaugural exhibition of Eden Bachelder's collection of paintings entitled Birds and Beasts. Originally from North Bay, Eden grew up...more
Reading, Meeting & Greeting
Local first-time novelist Jill Edmondson spent years living in the High Park/Roncesvalles Village area. So when her impossible-to-put-down mystery crime drama came out, Jill decide...more
Urban 'Scapes
SNAP joined artists and aesthetes at Art Works Art School on March 5th for a showing of pieces reflecting the urban landscape. Work ranged from representational and realistic to ab...more
Gallery Launch and Exhibit Opening
A Museum Of My Own celebrated its opening on March 5th with a one-man show by photographer, former psychotherapist and current gallery owner Eric Weiner. Entitled "Who Am I?" the c...more
Partners in Business and In Life
On March 5th local husband and wife entrepreneurs converged on the doorstep of Your Home Custom A/V for an evening get together that got them socializing and talking about new idea...more
Spring Workshop Series
Every Saturday in March, The Herbal Clinic and Dispensary at 409 Roncesvalles Ave hosted a free healthy living workshop for health conscious west-enders. Seminar topics taught a ra...more
