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A ton of French onion soup is set to be cooked and served for a great cause Sunday during the Leslieville Farmers’ Market’s third annual Souper-Bowl Winter Fundraiser. Preparing the soup, homemade croutons as well as his famous pouding chômeur (traditional French-Canadian upside down caramel cake), is Chef Lukas Vynhal and his team at Le Papillon on the Park restaurant at 1001 Eastern Ave. The fundraiser, which takes place in front of the local eatery,
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n the snowy hills of Banff, Alberta, there are only two Chinese restaurants – neither of which Christina Chong has any intention of visiting any time soon. The East York native will be spending her first ever Chinese New Year away from Toronto. She moved to Banff three months ago for a coveted job at an accounting firm – and so far she doesn’t expect the Chinese atmosphere to be quite as authentic as Toronto’s. The 23-year-old usually spends the holiday listening to her vivacious uncle Gary order a traditional eight dish meal to their round table, usually at one of many suitable restaurants in the Richmond Hill-Markham area – one of the Toronto area’s five hot spots for Chinese immigrants and exceptional
runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Donations are welcome. All funds raised will help pay for city permits, insurance and other costs to operate the market, which runs from late May to the end of October. Supporters, who can enter a draw to win a month’s worth of local veggies from Highmark Farm, are asked to bring their own bowls, containers and spoons.
JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com There’s a lesser known, but equally remarkable ecosystem system in the Beach Hill area called Small’s Creek Ravines. Comprised of four ravines, Small’s Creek begins just north of Danforth and Woodbine avenues and runs southward toward Lake Ontario. The creek is one of many streams that once flowed through the city, but due to development was entirely or partially buried underground. Small’s Creek still flows above ground through four ravines in Ward 32 namely Merrill Park Bridge, Williamson Park, Newbold and Gainsborough on the south side of Gerrard Street East. Of those four ravines, Williamson Park is the only one officially designated
dim sum. This year’s Chinese New Year’s celebrations will run from Jan. 31 to Feb. 15. >>>THE CHINESE, page 10
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BIRCHMOUNT GYMNASTICS CENTRE
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by the City of Toronto as an Environmentally Significant Area, meaning it’s home to rare flora and fauna, said Dina Waik, one of the founding members of Friends of Small’s Creek Ravines stewardship group. Established in the summer by a small group of neighbours living near Merrill Bridge Park, Friends of Small’s Creek Ravines is aiming to protect these special urban oases and make them more accessible to the community, especially children from the nearby Equinox Alternative School. The group is aiming to help rehabilitate and preserve the four ravines through which Small’s Creek flows by safeguarding public and private property, maintaining the integrity of the forest and protecting rare species of flora and fauna and their habitats. >>>INFORMATION, page 13
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