Act local to address the reality of climate change By Terri Chu Here’s a question for you: What’s more depressing, the ever-worsening predictions we hear from climate scientists, or the daily news of continued denialism from the Trumps and Fords of the world? If you live on Toronto Island, you are probably too busy to […]
GREENINGS: Not sure what’s worse, climate crisis or denying it? (Summer 2019)
July 16th, 2019 · Comments Off on GREENINGS: Not sure what’s worse, climate crisis or denying it? (Summer 2019)
CHATTER: A festival of mulberries (July 2018)
July 18th, 2018 · Comments Off on CHATTER: A festival of mulberries (July 2018)
Have you ever cursed the mess of mulberries on the sidewalk from mid-June through early August? Did you know these mulberries are actually delicious? The Annex Residents’ Association hosted its second Annual Mulberry Festival on July 7 at Jean Sibelius Park. Attendees picked mulberries from trees in the neighbourhood, and participated in a tree canopy […]
FORUM: Celebrate citizen activists (July 2018)
July 18th, 2018 · Comments Off on FORUM: Celebrate citizen activists (July 2018)
Residents’ associations cultivate neighbourhoods By Mike Layton At the Palmerston Area Residents’ Association (PARA) annual general meeting last month, I realized something. We are so lucky to have such informed, open, and dedicated neighbours. Often people, including the media, are critical of neighbourhood associations labelling them as NIMBY, meddling neighbours standing in the way of […]