by Lawrence Papoff | Sep 19, 2017 | Events
Taste of Manila street fest celebrates Filipino culture and cuisine To the rat-a-tat-tat and the boom, boom boom of the snare drums, the dah – ditty – dah –ditty dah of the brass, and high-stepping majorettes, the Philippine Heritage Band opened the festivities at the...
by Lawrence Papoff | Jul 18, 2017 | Events
The MAD Project Taking the MAD pulse of Village Clergy From time to time, I like to inject a little more serious content into the blog. I’ve done so with the Out of the Cold project at the Holy Blossom Temple and the Anne Frank post. I wanted to do one on medically...
by Lawrence Papoff | Jul 14, 2017 | Events
Canadians reluctant to hang up on pay phones But pay phones attract mostly curious glances By Lawrence Papoff The trio of twelve-year-olds hovers round the pay phone in the lobby of the Barbara Frum Library. Fascinated, they poke at its keyboard. Heeding the...
by Lawrence Papoff | May 26, 2017 | Events
Art Starts makes the arts accessible to everyone Art projects bring out the artist in participants and bring down barriers to understanding Lawrence Heights is a tough area. Gun crime. Drug dealing. Gang violence. And heartbreak: the 2014 murder of a popular teacher –...
by Lawrence Papoff | May 19, 2017 | Events
Anne Frank a History for Today Anne Frank’s diary more than just the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl Anne Frank’s diary, Kitty, begins in June 1942. “Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written...
by Lawrence Papoff | Apr 26, 2017 | Events
Glencairn and Bathurst Community Coalition takes on not 1 but 2 developers OMB approval of Greatwise project could be victory for 2nd project and possibly a 3rd Greatwise Developments has plans for the clutch of houses and property on Glencairn Avenue and Strathallan...
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