During March break Free Family Skate at the Coca-Cola Coliseum. Children 12 years and under are required to wear a CSA approved helmet. Skate rentals and sharpening are not available. Your chance to skate in a pro hockey venue.
The Parkdale Library will be closing for approximately 3 months to redesign and revitalize the main floor. This includes enhancements to the Musical Instrument Lending Library, added flexibility to deliver programs, new carpeting and more public seating.
This Family Day weekend, explore Ontario Place, Toronto’s winter oasis on the waterfront and create new memories to last a lifetime. In addition to their regular winter program and renowned Winter Light Exhibition, they are excited to host back-to-back DJ Skate Parties with DJ Fawn Big Canoe and DJ Shane Mackinnon, a YMCA Kids Winter Pop Up and a complimentary screening of A Beautiful Planet at the Cinesphere. For those artistically inclined, Art Tonite will host paint nights Saturday and Sunday and SPFX Kids will be onsite for a series of special effects classes and face painting for kids. Plan your Family Day at Ontario Place, where there is something special for everyone!
You can view a full list of activities here.
Creative Reuse is selling fabric pieces and quilting pieces – various sizes and types, old sewing pattern catalogues, thread, sewing trim of all kinds, velcro, and much more, including some art materials, and interesting odds and ends.
BRING YOUR OWN BAG
Sale is CASH ONLY
You are invited to a South Parkdale Traffic Community Meeting with City of Toronto Transportation Staff and City Councillor Gord Perks.
This will be an opportunity for you to share concerns related to traffic volume in the neighbourhood as a result of events at Exhibition Place Grounds and Liberty Village.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Councillor Perks’ office at 416-392-7919 or councillor_perks@toronto.ca.
The federal Minster for Seniors the Hon. Filomena Tassi along with our MP Arif Virani will discuss the issues facing seniors in our community. Your can register by calling 416-769-5072 or emailing arif.virani@parl.gc.ca.
Bike Pirates, (http://bikepirates.com/) have received a LARGE number of smallish bikes, 20″ wheel and smaller (including a unicycle!). The have safety-checked them all and have been giving them out for FREE but still have about 30 bikes left. Can you, a friend, a family member or anyone you know use a kids bike? They are keen to get them out of their shop, as they are closing on January 31 for an annual 10-day cleanup/renovation period and any of these little bikes still in the shop will be scrapped — which is a shame, as they as very usable and they would like to get kids started riding bicycles early.
Bike Pirates is at 1416 Queen St. W. or email them at dawn@claviersbaroques.com
Our MP for Parkdale-High Park – Arif Virani is holding a Town Hall meeting with a special focus on climate change and putting a price on carbon pollution. We are facing the most existential crisis of our time with drastic effects from climate change and global warming, as the UN’s recent IPCC report made clear.
Space is limited. Please RSVP HERE to reserve your spot.
We need your help! The Parkdale Resident Association (PRA) is conducting a survey of the City’s proposed development of properties at Queen St. West and Cowan Ave. (Library, Community Centre, Park, 1313 and parking lot). We are asking our PRA neighbours (YOU) for their input to help us together (re)-imagine what is the future potential of this site.
Click HERE to fill out the survey…thank you for participating.