I wish all the Junction residents a very happy, prosperous and safe 2010!! May all of your new year's resolutions come true :)
Dec 31, 2009
R.I.P. Kenneth Mark
Kenneth Mark was a Junction resident, community activist and Toronto's 62nd homicide victim..
Latest:
Community activist Kenneth Mark had just left a pizza parlour in Toronto's Junction neighbourhood when two people snuck up behind him and shot him in the head, police say. (Tony Smyth/CBC)
A Toronto man shot dead by two assailants in the city's west end Tuesday night was almost certainly executed for his anti-gang activism, police say.
Kenneth Mark, 29, was known in the community for chasing away gang members trying to recruit youth and had been shot in the neck with a pellet gun 18 months ago for his efforts, his family said Wednesday.
Mark was on his way to work Tuesday night at about 9:45 when he stopped into a pizza parlour on Dundas Street near Runnymede Road, in the Junction neighbourhood. He left the pizzeria to head to the Wal-Mart outlet where he was a night manager, and put on headphones to listen to music while he walked, police said.
Here is a new Facebook group created in memory of Kenneth Mark, please feel free to leave your thoughts and condolences to Kenneth's family: R.I.P KENNETH MARK "THE GENTLE GIANT AND HERO."
Do you have a fruit tree to share?
I know this is a bit early in the year to think about harvesting your fruit trees but this is such an amazing idea! Your next year's harvest may benefit a local food bank or a shelter!
We can put your fruit tree to good use by harvesting its bounty and donating the fruit to local food banks and shelters! You get to keep up to 1/3 of the fruit and we leave your yard free of fallen fruit.
To register your fruit tree, go to http://www.notfarfromthetree.org
Picked in 2009: (8135 lb of residential fruit!) sweet cherries, sour cherries, serviceberries, mulberries, apricots, plums, crabapples, pears, sumac, elderberries, apples, black walnuts, and ginkgo nuts.
Wise Daughters Craft Market Sale this Saturday!
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I love this time of the year! :)
11am – 6pm
Includes Fixeight onesies, wall tattoos, holiday decorations, calendars, keyboard jewellery and much more!
Wise Daughters Craft Market
Local handicrafts and do-it-yourself workshops
3079B Dundas St. West, Toronto, M6P 1Z9
416-761-1555 www.wisedaughters.com
Evymama's boxing week sale ends Jan 3rd! Hotslings & Baby Carriers are 50%OFF!
Evymama Nursing and Maternity - Toronto's only Breastfeeding Boutique!
Located in the Junction of'course, west side of Jane ( 266 Jane street), at Harshaw Ave., between Bloor and Annette streets. 416.913-0546 email:info@evymama.ca
Boxing week sale hours:
Thursday, December 31st, New Year's Eve 9-4 pm
Friday, January 1st, New Year's Day, CLOSED
Saturday, January 2nd, 9am-7pm
Sunday, January 3rd, 9am-7 pm
Boxing Week Specials Include:
Buy any Blazer and get the Matching Pant or Skirt at 50% OFF
50% OFF all Hotslings and Pippalily pouch-style baby carriers
50% OFF Patapum Baby Carriers
30% OFF Selected Bella Materna Bras & Panties
50% OFF Peanut Shell Nursing Covers
50% OFF Selected Nursing/Maternity Winter Fashions
95% OFF Selected Discontinued Nursing Bras
Dec 30, 2009
Dec 28, 2009
New adult store opening soon, next to the Dundas/Keele Early Years Centre
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First posted on Junctioneer, this new Junction retail development "Lucky You" has generated many opinions, to read them, click HERE
I'm a bit disappointed regarding the nature of this new retail, hoping it'll be something "tastefull" like the Condom Shack on Queen St :) What do you guys think?
Sad news! The Gingerbread House Family Cafe has closed its doors...
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Thanks for being a part of our neighbourhood, even for such a short time, you will be greately missed!
Register for Post-Natal Yoga and check out the beautiful new Eco Store at Green Lavender!
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Mom n' Baby/Post Natal Yoga with Lisa Antozsek
Every Monday - 1-2pm
January 25th - March 1st 2010 (6 Week Session)
Cost $120 (register by January 22, 2010)
Post Natal Yoga is a fun, energetic class that helps you de-stress and enjoy some time with your new bundle of joy! Perfect way to connect with your baby while moving deeper into your Yoga practice. The class focuses primarily on rebuilding deep abdominal muscles and the muscles of the pelvic floor. Emphases will be put on stretching out tight shoulders, backs and legs. Come with your baby, or just you! Newborns to pre-crawlers are welcome. No yoga experience necessary.
Green Lavender
2842 Dundas St West (Just East of Keele on the North side)
416 792 2447
http://www.greenlavender.ca
Dec 18, 2009
Stunning new storefront! Mjolk is now open!
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2959 Dundas St W, by Pacific Ave, across the street from the Junction Square Train Platform!
416-551-9853
Daddy's Digital Media, a brand new and unique Junction-based small business
Local dad of a two year-old started his own home video editing company, check out a really humorous and creative example HERE
In his wife's own words:
Like many expectant fathers, the first item my husband Charlie purchased when we found out we were pregnant, was a video camera. This was in his mind the most important parenting tool around. I was not so sure that it needed to be number one on the list but I will say that I'm happy he got one. That camera has caught everything and I mean everything, from crib assembly to babymoon holiday to that first essential cry the day our daughter was born. And in the two and a half years since it came home, it is never far from the action. We have hours, no days of video captured on tapes, discs and on our hard-drives. Monumental amounts of sweet memories; smiles, songs, sunny afternoons and quiet story moments. Now if only we had the time to sort it; time is a very precious commodity around here, perhaps the most precious. I'd wager a hefty portion of our mortgage payment that most parents would do just about anything for a little extra time. Full article HERE
Charlie Borg
Daddy's Digital Media
416 689 2674
http://www.daddysdigitalmedia.ca/
In his wife's own words:
Like many expectant fathers, the first item my husband Charlie purchased when we found out we were pregnant, was a video camera. This was in his mind the most important parenting tool around. I was not so sure that it needed to be number one on the list but I will say that I'm happy he got one. That camera has caught everything and I mean everything, from crib assembly to babymoon holiday to that first essential cry the day our daughter was born. And in the two and a half years since it came home, it is never far from the action. We have hours, no days of video captured on tapes, discs and on our hard-drives. Monumental amounts of sweet memories; smiles, songs, sunny afternoons and quiet story moments. Now if only we had the time to sort it; time is a very precious commodity around here, perhaps the most precious. I'd wager a hefty portion of our mortgage payment that most parents would do just about anything for a little extra time. Full article HERE
Charlie Borg
Daddy's Digital Media
416 689 2674
http://www.daddysdigitalmedia.ca/
Dec 11, 2009
Little Bird Fly has a new sign and Circle Sing music program that begins January 14th!
From The Little Bird Fly blog:
We’re proud to welcome our very first family-oriented program by Jennielea, Songstress & Storyteller from CircleSing, who’ll be running 2 programs starting January 14, 2010. Register now to reserve your space!
SongBlossoms BopSkipHop – Toddlers (1-2.5 years old) Thursdays 10:30am at Little Bird Fly
MuSings Babies (3 months – 1 year old) Thursdays at 9:30am at Little Bird Fly
All siblings are half-price. 12 week program $180, 8 weeks $140, 4 weeks $75
Register your space now! bookjennielea@circlesing.com
Deadline for registration: January 7, 2010
2955 B Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M6P 1Z2 (Monday – Saturday, 10am – 6pm)
647-348-3443
Holiday special from Crema & Wise Daughters Craft Market thru Dec 24th! #JunctionTO
Holiday special from Crema & Wise Daughters thru Dec 24. Spend $20+ at either, enjoy any drink for free (@Crema) or free greeting card (@Wise Daughters!) I love seeing local businesses collaborate, great idea!
Wise Daughters Craft Market- Local handicrafts and do-it-yourself workshops
3079B Dundas St. West, Toronto, M6P 1Z9
3079 Dundas Street West
Toronto, ON M6P 1Z9
(416) 767-3131
Toronto, ON M6P 1Z9
(416) 767-3131
Heinz Mixed Cereal for babies may be contaminated
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Heinz Canada are warning the public that Heinz Mixed Cereal for babies should not be consumed.
They say the product - Heinz Mixed Cereal, a Baby Cereal, Stage 2, From 6 Months in the 227 gram package - may contain elevated levels of Ochratoxin A and is being recalled.
It is a mycotoxin produced by some fungi that can grow in certain food crops such as grains, grapes and coffee beans, and is classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a possible human carcinogen.
The affected product has best before date codes of BB/MA 10 DE 26 and BB/MA 10 DE 29.
Read FULL ARTICLE HERE
Dec 9, 2009
Dec 7, 2009
Hats, Mitts, Gloves and Scarves Drive @ 11 Division Police Station this Saturday!
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Saturday December 12th, 12-3pm
11 Division Police Station
209 Mavety Street
416-808-1153
The Community Police Liaison Committee of 11 Division Police Service is gathering new and gently used Hats, Mitts, Gloves and Scarves between December 7 and 12.
Your donations will be distributed by Social Service Agencies how support those in need in the area served by 11 Division.
Join us for Hot Chocolate at 11 Divison from 12 noon until 3 p.m. Meet the officers of 11 Division and the members of the CPLC.
Wise Daughters Craft Market JANUARY Workshops!
Click HERE for the complete list of workshops!
Drop in to knit, crochet, needlepoint or whatever you like to do, in the company of other crafty people. No charge. BYO mug for tea or coffee.
Family Nature Workshop at the High Park Nature Centre!
image credit-qmnonic on flickr
Decorate a Tree for the Birds!
Family Nature Workshop
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009 (choose one)
10am - 12 noon
2 -12 years with parent /guardian
$7.00 per person (adults and children)
Decorate a holiday tree in High Park with handmade pine cone
bird feeders and popcorn garlands. Hand-feed chickadees and
learn how birds survive the winter!
Snacks provided.
Pre-registration required, as space is limited.
To register, call the Nature Centre at 416-392-1748 ext. 6
or email naturecentre@highpark.org
Visit our website for more information: http://www.highpark.org
Dec 4, 2009
Santa in the Junction! Saturday, December 12, 11-1
Dundas St W and Pacific Ave, at the Junction Train Platform
The Junction has become one of West Toronto’s most child friendly neighbourhoods. This year at our “Santa in the Junction Event”, along with Santa Claus we will have The Baker Street Victorian Carollers, directed by Richard Crossman, The Creative Children’s Dance Centre, hot chocolate, and the Junction Fire Department.
The Junction has become one of West Toronto’s most child friendly neighbourhoods. This year at our “Santa in the Junction Event”, along with Santa Claus we will have The Baker Street Victorian Carollers, directed by Richard Crossman, The Creative Children’s Dance Centre, hot chocolate, and the Junction Fire Department.
Please bring a donation for the Firefighter’s Toy Drive and join us to celebrate this holiday season with your friendly neighbourhood businesses of the Junction! Don’t forget your cameras! We are also having a window decorating competition. Come and see the beautiful displays and vote for your favourite.
Loris Lesynski at the Annette Public Library, December 12th!
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Come join author & illustrator LORIS LESYNSKI on Saturday December 12, 2pm at the ANNETTE STREET PUBLIC LIBRARY for stories, funny poems recited together, and seasonal crafts. For children 5-12.
No registration required, free event! For more information call the Annette Street Public Library at 416-393-7692
145 Annette Street
Toronto, ON M6P 1P3
(416) 393-7692
Toronto, ON M6P 1P3
(416) 393-7692
Dec 1, 2009
Annette Street Public Library Is now Wireless!
info&image: Annette St Branch & Arts Junction Blog
Annette St Public Library
Annette Branch, 145 Annette Street
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