Have you made a donation to the Somerset West Community Health Centre capital campaign yet? The new branch at 30 Rosemount opens next month. This is the outcome of a longstanding campaign to improve access to front-line health care and social services in our neighbourhood. It took a lot of
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Miss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: A Challenge: Support SWCHC
Have you made a donation to the Somerset West Community Health Centre capital campaign yet? The new branch at 30 Rosemount opens next month. This is the outcome of a longstanding campaign to improve access to front-line health care and social services …
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: A Challenge: Support SWCHC
Have you made a donation to the Somerset West Community Health Centre capital campaign yet? The new branch at 30 Rosemount opens next month. This is the outcome of a longstanding campaign to improve access to front-line health care and social services in our neighbourhood. It took a lot of
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: A new winter tradition?
Our friends at the GT Express are hosting a snowman-building contest in Parkdale Park this Saturday. Sounds like the beginning of a great new winter tradition.
Here are the details. They are looking for pre-registration, so do let them know you’re…
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: A new winter tradition?
Our friends at the GT Express are hosting a snowman-building contest in Parkdale Park this Saturday. Sounds like the beginning of a great new winter tradition. Here are the details. They are looking for pre-registration, so do let them know you’re coming. we have a lot of kid shuffling on
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: A new winter tradition?
Our friends at the GT Express are hosting a snowman-building contest in Parkdale Park this Saturday. Sounds like the beginning of a great new winter tradition. Here are the details. They are looking for pre-registration, so do let them know you’re coming. we have a lot of kid shuffling on
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Kringle and other holiday traditions
This Friday, come on down to the Hintonburg Community Centre for the HCA’s annual Kringle Event – kids get to spend some time with Santa, make some crafts, consume a treat or two. It’s a fun, free family event that takes place between 6 and 8pm (Sant…
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Kringle and other holiday traditions
This Friday, come on down to the Hintonburg Community Centre for the HCA’s annual Kringle Event – kids get to spend some time with Santa, make some crafts, consume a treat or two. It’s a fun, free family event that takes place between 6 and 8pm (Santa arrives at 6:30).
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Kringle and other holiday traditions
This Friday, come on down to the Hintonburg Community Centre for the HCA’s annual Kringle Event – kids get to spend some time with Santa, make some crafts, consume a treat or two. It’s a fun, free family event that takes place between 6 and 8pm (Santa arrives at 6:30).
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Gil’s Hootenanny, this May Day
Miss Vicky received the following announcement in her inbox, from fellow blogger Laurie Kingston. Gil was a great activist, trade unionist, researcher, and mentor. Can’t think of a better thing to do on May Day. Gil’s Hootenanny, an evening of Songs of Protest, Songs of Hope: May 1st at the
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: More on Shopping Locally
I went into Collected Works the other day, to see if I could cross off a few items on my holiday shopping list. There’s still quite a lot left there, so if you need books, or nice notebooks, or cards, drop by and check it out. Cash is preferred; it
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Handmade Halloween! This Sunday
Well, I have to say that part 1 of the two-part Handmade Halloween was a smashing success. There was a steady stream of families at the Hintonburg Community Centre all afternoon – and some amazingly creative masks, capes, wands, loot bags and decorations concocted. It is so wonderful to see
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Handmade Hallowe’en Volunteer meeting!
Want to help out with Handmade Halloween in Hintonburg? There’s a volunteer meeting tomorrow – Saturday 29 – at Twiss & Weber, 177 Armstrong, 4pm. See you there?
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Shaking things up in Hintonburg
One of the fantastic things about this neighbourhood: people who live here are incredibly dedicated to this community. They come up with really cool ideas and they just make them happen. Take the recent food drive, organized by one of the many Hintonburg residents on twitter. Dawna saw a need
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Busy weekend!
So much stuff happening in the ‘hood this weekend! If I miss anything, feel free to add stuff in the comments. Devonshire School’s annual Playground cleanup takes place on Saturday morning between 9am and 12pm. They will clean up both yards, work in the garden, protect the new trees in
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: April 28: Community Clean Up Day!
Tomorrow (Saturday, April 28) is the annual Community Cleanup Day in Hintonburg and Wellington Village. The BIA is sponsoring this year’s activities – sign up outside the GT or Red Chair Kids, bring rakes and garden gloves. Bags are provided. And have fun! It’s a great way for your family
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: This Saturday: Rockin’ for a Good Cause
Somerset West Community Health Centre is holding a great event this Saturday night (April 21) to raise money for children’s summer programming in our area. The Rock N Blues Review is happening at the Bronson Centre, from 7pm onwards. For 20 bucks you get 3 bands, a cash bar featuring
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Kitchen table talk: food in the schools
Here’s a really great event taking place Wednesday evening, for those interested in food policy and promoting healthy eating in our schools. How do we create healthy school food environments for our kids? You are invited to participate in a kitchen table talk about Creating Healthy School Food Environments in
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Question Period: The Musical
A little-known fact about Miss Vicky: she was once a musical theatre geek. On second thought, that’s not particularly surprising, isn’t it? Now my geeky instincts have pretty much transferred to politics, but once in a while there’s an opportunity to bring those two parts of Miss Vicky together. Entre
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: SoHoHo — The Small Office/Home Office Holiday Party
Hey All, it’s the Webgeek here. I just wanted to tell you about a little shindig a few of us Work-from-home types are putting together. When: Wednesday, December 14th, 4- 7 p.m. Where: Elmdale House Tavern, 1084 Wellington Street West Who: You – if you work at home or a
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