Federal All Candidates Meeting – Sept. 29th

Community, Local Interest, Meetings

HOW WILL YOU VOTE?

Come meet the Federal candidates running in the Parkdale–High Park riding. This is your opportunity to question the candidates on matters that are important to you AND hear their vision for our community.

Federal election day is on Monday, October 19th, 2015. Advance polling runs from Friday, October 9th to Sunday, October 12th. Click here for voter information.

Date: Tuesday, September 29th
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: 128 Fern Avenue – Fern Avenue Public School

Co-Hosted by the Roncesvalles Macdonnell Residents Association and the Parkdale Residents Association 

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Swansea 8,000 Years – Sept. 13th

Community, Local Interest

This 1-day event is in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Etienne Brûlé’s expedition with the Wendat-Huron down the Toronto Carrying Place Trail to the shores of Lake Ontario. Come and meet Etienne Brûlé and the many great historical figures who ventured the Trail leading to the development of Toronto as we know it today!

Plenty of things to do for ALL ages. A few highlights:
♦  You can be a part of history – audition to be one of the historical figures – click here.
♦  Unveiling of The Moccasin Project with Elder Gary Sault of the Mississauga of the New Credit Nation
♦  Arrival of the final stage of the 3-day Brûlé-Wendat Expedition
♦ Savour historic food prepared by Chantal Vechambre
♦ Métis Fiddler Quartet

Rain or Shine – Entrance is FREE (click here for more detail)

Date: Sunday, September 13th
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Place: 222 Riverside Drive – Lucy Maud Montgomery Parkette

Co-Hosted by the Swansea Historical Society and the Swansea Area Ratepayers Association

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Workshop – Mapping the Needs & Assets of Parkdale – Sept. 10

Community, Local Interest

Parkdale Community Needs & Assets Mapping

What challenges do we face in Parkdale? What about Parkdale’s unique strengths, resources and abilities? Through this workshop, PCED would like to discuss these questions, and identify ways to tackle challenges while also building community wellbeing and shared wealth to create a more inclusive and just Parkdale.

Help develop a Parkdale neighbourhood plan. Attend this workshop and develop a neighbourhood vision for Parkdale, one that offered the opportunities for diverse community members, groups, and stakeholders to share their thoughts, ideas, and visions for what we value most in Parkdale for community wellbeing.

Open for anyone living and working in Parkdale

Registration on-line here or by email – kkamizaki@parc.on.ca

Date: Thurs., September 10th
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Place: 201 Cowan Ave. – Greenest City (at St. Mark’s Church)

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Parkdale History – 400th Anniversary

Community, Local Interest

“The Shared Path” presentation to mark the 400th anniversary of Etienne Brule (and Champlain) along the Humber River, and first contact with the aboriginal peoples of the area. Jack Gibney of Parkdale Village Historical Society (PVHS) and Daryl Landau of Roncesvalles Village Historical Society (RVHS) presenting.

Date: Wed., August 26th
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Place: 228 Roncesvalles Ave. (at Wright Ave.) – High Park Library

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Historic Houses of Parkdale – on Rogers TV

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Series 372, Subseries 58 - Road and street condition photographsVIEWING LIVE STREAMING via a web browser

All Rogers Customers (cable, internet, wireless, home phone) can watch the shows online WHEN they are airing on the channel.

You first have to REGISTER for a MyRogers account (don’t need to be a Rogers customer).  Go to their website:  www.rogerstv.com

Top left corner, big red box that says ‘Watch Now’.  All you have to do is login ONCE using your MyRogers Account Login.   Please note you can also watch any Rogers TV station throughout the country with this feature.

To watch “Structures” during the scheduled air times, please make sure you select Toronto in the top right corner.

Subsidized Backyard Tree Planting – LEAF

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LEAF offers a subsidized Backyard Tree Planting Program to help you get the right tree in the right place. For approximately $150 to $220 per tree you will get a site consultation in your yard with an arborist, a five to eight foot tall tree (or two to four feet tall for evergreen trees) and full planting service.

Or, if you want to plant in your front or side yard (or just like to get your hands dirty), try the Do-It-Yourself version of the program. For $100 to $150 per tree, you’ll receive access to online tree care and maintenance video workshops, personalized advice from arborists by email, and a tree delivered right to your door!

Native shrubs and garden kits are also available. The program is available to homeowners, multi-units, and businesses across Toronto.

For more information on how the program works or to book a consultation, visit www.yourleaf.org

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Queer West Film Festival – August 7 – 9

Community, Local Interest

The 7th Toronto Queer Arts and Culture Festival will be hosting a 3-day arts festival this year, expanding their annual film festival from a one evening screening. Increasing the length of the event will allow them to showcase more of the very best of emerging LGBTQ filmmakers both locally and internationally.

Movies @ THE REVUE CINEMA, 400 Roncesvalles Ave.
Doors Open @ 3:30 PM | Films start: 4 PM

Tickets online @ TICKETSCENE
Tickets also @ Revue Cinema Box Office and
For Your Convenience tickets also available @ Sun Milk Variety Store, 1547 Dundas W. (July 15 to August 9)
Ticket Prices: $10 each night or Three Day Passes for $25

Accessibility: The washroom is not wheelchair accessible.
All screenings – Restricted – No one under 18 admitted. ID Required.

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Condos Proposal for King and Dufferin

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New condo developments are moving into Parkdale!

Lifetime Developments submitted rezoning and site plan approval applications to the City of Toronto on July 20th. The company wants to build condo towers at 1221 and 1182 King St. W. The initial proposals put the buildings at 19 and 21 storeys, respectively.

In current renderings, each condo will offer three levels of underground parking as well as ground and second floor retail spaces. The project will also provide nearly 750 residential units. Currently, the intersection houses two banks, the only remaining downtown Island Foods location and some other fast food establishments. 20150717-condo-parkdale

Vertical Split Duplexing Community Consultation – July 14

Community, Local Interest

Toronto’s Official Plan states that our residential neighbourhoods are to remain stable. The City has recently changed the zoning by-law in a way that is allowing developers to rapidly build ‘mega-houses’ and condominiums on residential streets.

The old zoning allowed a single house to be split horizontally into a two-dwelling ‘duplex’—typically, to allow a rental unit in the basement. Vertically split duplexes were not allowed.

The new zoning allows vertical duplexes—vertically split houses.
The City says they changed the zoning to allow for shared staircases. But developers are having a field day with the new permission. They buy a house, then apply to demolish it and build a very large vertical duplex having the appearance and size of two large semi-attached houses. They then condominiumize the vertical duplex and market each unit as a separate house.

Come to the Community Consultation Meeting on New Vertical Duplex Permissions and the impact on our residential neighbourhoods with Councillor Mike Layton, City Planning Manager Lynda Macdonald, City Planner Kirk Hatcher, and a representative from Zoning

This is the only Community Consultation that has been scheduled about this important issue. Please attend.

Date: Tuesday, July 14th
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Place: 248 Ossington Avenue (Ossington and Dundas) – West Neighbourhood House

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