Slobberfest to crown Beach’s most fetching dogs
Beach track club recruits new parasports athletes
Beach Arts Scene
Guild show features affordable art
Entertainment Beat
Two shows highlight East End high school art talent
Launch day a true community effort
Talk to the hand (that holds the trowel)
Donkeys over the rainbow at PrimRose
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Slobberfest to crown Beach’s most fetching dogs
Tongues will wag next weekend when Community Centre 55 hosts its annual Slobberfest dog contest at Beaches Park. The all-day event kicks off at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 25, when the most fetching pair of dogs will be crowned Slobber King and Queen to lead a pack parade. Dog owners are asked to meet [...]
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Beach track club recruits new parasports athletes
When Justine Wilmot decided to take her first spin in a racing wheelchair at the Whitby Abilities Centre, she couldn’t have asked for more elite company. Sporting a red London 2012 Paralympics jacket and a haircut that looks just as fast as he does, Justine’s first guide around the oval was Josh Cassidy, winner of [...]
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Beach Arts Scene
Bernadette Wong will be showing her surreal landscapes at Gerrard Art Space, 1390 Gerrard St. E., from May 22 to June 9. The show is called With A Bang. Wong draws on childhood memories, recurring dreams and nightmares and world issues for inspiration, sculpting and texturing her acrylic paintings. She considers herself as a storyteller, [...]
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Beacher the face of Ride for Heart
Matt Fleming says cycling the Gardiner and Don Valley Parkway for the Heart and Stroke Foundation isn’t a race – it’s a joyride. “You see five- and six-year-olds on the back of their parents’ bikes, all the way up to people in their 70s,” says the 18-year-old Beacher. “It’s a lot of fun.” As he [...]
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Glen Manor home offers a window on the history of the Beach
The Beach, as it has been officially known since the 2007 electoral referendum, has seen a long-standing debate over its name. Even the municipal referendum to determine the neighbourhood street signs had to be held twice in an effort to come to some sort of resolution between the Beach and the Beaches camps. As the [...]
