Mark your calendars for Sun. Dec. 10 at 6pm for Ward 36 Councillor Gary Crawford's 8th annual tree lighting ceremony at Variety Village. The community tree lighting is a great way to ring in the...

02 Dec 2016

News

Christmas tree lighting

December 2, 2016
Christmas tree lighting, Variety Village, Ward 36 Gary Crawford

(News release from Gary Crawford's office) Mayor John Tory to join Councillor Gary Crawford at his 7th Annual Community Tree Lighting Toronto – Councillor Gary Crawford will be welcoming Mayor John Tory to the Councillor's 7th Annual Tree...

03 Dec 2012

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Tree lighting ceremony

December 3, 2012
Christmas tree, Gary Crawford, Santa Claus, Variety Village

There were Christmas carols, candles, hot chocolate and community spirit in abundance last night at the third annual Community Tree Lighting Ceremony at Variety Village, hosted by Ward 36 Councillor Gary Crawford. More importantly for...

11 Nov 2012

Arts, Flood Coverage, News

Clamshell Quintet raises $10,000

October 19, 2021
Clamshell Quartet, floods, fundraiser, Gary Crawford, Maria Augimeri, Mike Layton, Paula Fletcher, Variety Village

Toronto City Councillors in the newly formed band Clamshell Quintet set aside their political differences last night and raised more than $10,000 for Variety Village in their musical debut. The general consensus was that the...

05 Nov 2012

Arts, Flood Coverage

Rock ‘n’ Roll fundraiser

November 5, 2012
Clamshell Quintet, floods, Gently Bent, Variety Village, Ward 36 Gary Crawford

Toronto City Councillors will be ditching the rhetoric and picking up instruments at a benefit next weekend to help Variety Village recover from this summer’s devastating floods in Birch Cliff. Clamshell Quintet debut The flood fundraiser...

22 Oct 2012

News

Lieutenant-Governor in Birch Cliff

October 22, 2012
David Onley, Lieutenant-Governor Games, Variety Village

By Mike McCann Variety Village was a busy place last week! On Thursday October 18th, Variety Village held a corporate luncheon at Arcadian Court honouring Ontario's Lieutenant-Governor, David Onley. Along with Toronto's corporate community there were many...

08 Sep 2012

News, Sports

Variety Village athletes go for gold

October 19, 2021
London Paralympics, Variety Village, wheelchair baseketball

It's a big day for Variety Village at the 2012 London Paralympic Games. Canada's men's wheelchair basketball team is competing against Australia in the gold medal game at 4:15pm Toronto time. The team includes four athletes...

30 Aug 2012

Flood Coverage, News, Sports

$200k damage in Variety Village flood

October 19, 2021
basements, Christmas party, flooding, Paralympics, relief fund, Variety Village

Six weeks after hundreds of homes flooded in Birch Cliff and other parts of Ward 36, Variety Village has stepped forward to say it also flooded July 15th and August 10th and sustained more...

27 Aug 2012

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Summer camp’s over

October 19, 2021
summer camp, Variety Village

Howls of laughter break out in the courtyard of Variety Village, which is crowded with children participating in a mock trial of their counsellors on the final day of summer camp. As “charges” are read...