The fifth annual Emery Charity Venetian Ball
- November, 2019
By Sean Delaney
On Friday, Oct.25 the fifth annual Emery Charity Venetian Ball returned to the Fontana Primavera Banquet Hall. In attendance were more than 350 community members for an evening reminiscent of a grand Venetian carnival. It was a night filled with glamour and high fashion, but als...
A history of McDonald's restaurant at Finch Ave and Weston Rd
- September, 2017
By Claudio D'intino
A family relative, who was a bricklayer, went with me to a job site at Weston Rd and Finch Ave. It was the summer of 1973 and I was 12 years old. It was the new McDonald's being built at 3415 Weston Road, next to Finch West Mall.
There was no work available there, but he...
The Medallion – Emery Casa comes of age
- June, 2017
By Sean Delaney
It was a splash when many from the Emery community, along with all three levels of government, celebrated the grand opening of a new affordable rental building at Weston Rd. and Finch Ave, Wednesday, May 17.
With major transit improvements on the horizon in the form of the Fin...